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New report confirms positive economic trends in EU fishing fleet
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The economic performance of the EU fleet improved significantly again in 2014, according to the...
MedCruise Board of Directors meeting to be held in Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The 111th meeting of the MedCruise Board of Directors (The Association of Mediterranean Cruise...
Event – European Maritime Day – Poole, UK, May 18-19, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 -The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual meeting point for Europe’s community of maritime...
Chipolbrok starts service to Far, Middle East
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – US-based shipping company Chipolbrok, which operates its Spanish hub at the port of Bilbao, has started a...
Petlim container port second phase scheduled for Summer
Petkim, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Petlim container port second phase will enter service in June of this year,” said SOCAR Turkey Energy...
Grimaldi interested in Mediterranean acquisitions
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Speaking during the 3rd Naftemporiki shipping conference in Athens, Grimaldi managing director President...
Hellenic Ports Association reports an increase in cruise passengers in 2016
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Cruise passengers to Greece recorded a 5% increase in 2016, making it a ”good year” for the...
Greek cruise traffic set to fall in 2017
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Despite forecasts of robust growth for the international cruise travel industry, the Greek cruise...
Limassol issues delays Total hydrocarbon exploration
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Total S.A., the French energy company, has informed the Cypriot government that plans to drill for...
Ukrainian Sea Port Authority to carry out Yuzhny dredging works
Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Port Authority (USPA) will fulfil agreed requirements to carry out dredging works at...
Event – BiLOG Logistics and Maritime Forum
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Piacenza’s mayor, Paolo Dosi and the President of Eastern Liguria Sea Port Authority, Carla...
Valencia port container traffic rises 2.32% Y/Y in 2016
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Valencia port closed 2016 with a container traffic of 4.722 million TEUs, a figure that represents an...
Cadiz port delegation visits Canary Islands to promote shipping line
Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – A delegation from the port community of Cadiz headed by the president of the port authority, Jose Luis...
Spanish northern ports presidents meet to discuss cooperation, intermodality
Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Competition and collaboration, competitiveness and efficiency, coordination and planning, are some of the...
Marseille port cargo traffic remains stable in 2016
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Marseille port generated a cargo traffic of 80.9 million tonnes in 2016, almost unchanged on the...
First train on TEN-T Adriatic-Baltic corridor to depart from Trieste port on Jan 25
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The first intermodal train scheduled on the Kiel-Gothenburg route will travel from Trieste port...
Portugal expects 60% rise in Setubal port cargo traffic
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorino said that the Portuguese government expects a...
Cosiarma returns to Lisbon port on Jan 22
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Italian shipping company Cosiarma S.p.a., which left Lisbon port in 2014, has resumed its maritime...
Puertos del Estado president says access construction to Punta Langosteira is essential
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The access to the Punta Langosteira, the outer harbour of A Coruna port, is “a pending...
Motril port cargo traffic rises 10% Y/Y in 2016
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – With a total cargo traffic of 2.1 million tonnes and a growth of 10% on the year in 2016, Motril port...