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Port of Bilbao sees slight reduction in 2016 cargo traffic
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – In 2016, the Port of Bilbao handled 31.9 million tonnes of traffic, 1.39% down on the previous year,...
Motril-Tangier Med line services 76,000 passengers
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – More than 76,000 tonnes of goods and 3,852 trucks were handled at the maritime line linking the port of...
Tenerife port cargo traffic rises by 7.8% Y/Y in 2016
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Tenerife port handled 13.6 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, 7.8% more than in the previous year. The...
Barcelona port operates first call of HDASCO ship as part of Mediterranean service
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Iranian shipping company Hafez Darya Arya (HDAS Co), belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran...
Bilbao port cargo traffic declines by 1.39% Y/Y in 2016
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Bilbao port handled 31.9 million tonnes of goods in 2016, a decline of 1.39% on the year, the port...
Trieste port cargo traffic rises 4% Y/Y in 2016
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Trieste is a port that is growing by some 4% annually. This is what emerges from the annual statistical...
Leixoes port to operate 107 cruise calls in 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Leixoes port has already confirmed 107 calls of cruise ships, which will represent a growth of around...
Sines port cargo traffic rises 16.4% Y/Y in 2016
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. All terminals of the...
Marseille port to open ship repair dock in April
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNdM)’s new ship repair dock number 10 at Marseille port will be...
Las Palmas port to start dredging of Puerto del Rosario
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Rhoden Nielsen A/S will start the dredging project at Puerto del Rosario port this weekend. The work...
Noatum receives seven cranes at Valencia port container terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Spanish company Noatum has received seven cranes in its container terminal at Valencia port as part of...
Odessa port trade unions protest against towing fleet privatisation
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – The trade union committee of Odessa port protested against the attempts of the Minister of...
Barcelona port awards €23.8 million contract to ACS
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has awarded a €23.8 million ($25.5...
Spanish, French governments seek return of LD Lines subsidies
Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The Spanish and French governments are discussing the possibility of launching an audit to...
Malaga port joins European LOCATIONS project
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Malaga port has joined the LOCATIONS (Low-Carbon Transport in Cruise Destination Cities) project of the...
Taranto port starts dredging works
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The Port Authority of the Ionian Sea System has started the project for the dredging of 2.3 million cu m...
Santander port books record-high traffic of new cars in 2016
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Santander port closed 2016 with a new absolute record in the movement of new vehicles, with a total of...
Valencia port recovers position on Chinese market
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) registered a difficult year with a slight...
Lisbon Cruise Terminal is among the Portuguese capital’s advantages
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Lisbon Cruise Terminal, designed by architect Carrilho da Graça, is one of the advantages of Lisbon,...
Algerian government prepares plan to reduce costs of imports, exports
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Algerian Minister of Public Works and Transport, Boudjemaa Talai, said in Algiers that a national...