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Cadiz port cargo traffic rises 0.1% in January 2017
Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Cadiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) handled 322,880 tonnes of cargo in January, up...
ANESCO, trade unions agree on basis of talks for future collective bargaining
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association ANESCO and trade unions Coordinadora, UGT and Comisiones...
TMT increases TEU and rail volumes during January 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. container volumes increased 25.5% in January 2017 compared to the same...
Bulgarian competition regulator cancels Vidin port concession
Vidin, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Bulgarian competition authority has cancelled a 35-year concession of the South Container Terminal at...
Montenegro to connect Bar port to TEN-T
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The Montenegrin government aims to connect the country to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) by...
Sochi-Istanbul cruise line to be launched on May 1
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Sevastopol governor Dmitry Ovsyannikov said a cruise ship will start operating the...
Leixoes port cargo traffic rises 12% in Jan 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The month of January was the best in recent years at the Leixoes port, registering the handling of 1.625...
Madeira ports cargo traffic rises in 2016
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Madeira ports 1.354 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 5% on the year. Containerised cargo traffic...
IDC prepares measures to avoid cargo diversion
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) is preparing to announce measures to avoid the diversion of...
Portuguese government awards railway contract for connection to Spain
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The project for the construction of a freight railway line connecting Portugal to Spain, with a special...
Police suspend dredging at La Spezia port
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Italian Police and the La Spezia harbourmaster have again suspended dredging at Molo Fornelli dock at...
Valencia port to upgrade Noatum container terminal railway access
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is preparing a plan for the adaptation of...
Regulators signed cooperation deals for Mediterranean, Atlantic transport corridors
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Spanish anti-trust authority Comisión Nacional de Mercado y Competencia (CNMC) signed a cooperation...
Ferrol port cancels first cruise call for 2017
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao) has cancelled the first cruise call for...
Aviles port cargo traffic rises 12% in Jan 2017
Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Aviles port handled 393,094 tonnes of cargo in January, up 11.9% on the year. The main reason behind the...
Vigo port cargo traffic rises 4% in Jan 2017
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Vigo port cargo traffic rose by 3.91% on the year in January to 290,739 tonnes, Vigo port authority...
Adif, FdC agree start of Barcelona harbour railway access upgrade
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure operator Adif and Ferrocarrils de Catalunya (FdC), the...
ZIM unveils restructured network
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – ZIM has announced details of its new ZIM MED PACIFIC (ZMP) service, commencing April 2017. ...
Andalusia government warns against negative consequences from stowage reform
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – The vice president of Andalusia regional government, Manuel Jimenez Barrios, has warned against the...
Dubrovnik wins “The Best Mediterranean Cruise Port” Excellence award
Dubrovnik, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – At the tenth edition of the Mediterranean Cruise Excellence Awards 2017 hosted in the MedCruise...