Port Operations
Turkey’s ports handles 1,778,525 vehicles in 2018
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – Turkey’s ports handled 1,778,525 vehicles in 2018, the country’s transport ministry...
Cádiz port to handle 286 cruise calls in 2019
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – Cádiz port is forecasting 286 cruise calls throughout 2019, with May as the month with the highest number...
Barcelona port increased container traffic by 15% & set new records of activity in 2018
Port de Barcelona – February 4, 2019 The Port of Barcelona closed FY 2018 with record results in the main traffic indicators and reinforces its role as...
Civitavecchia port and CAR of Rome to develop Memorandum of Understanding
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 3, 2019 – Fabio Massimo Pallottini, Director General of CAR (Centro Agroalimentare Roma) and Francesco Maria...
Trieste, Monfalcone ports to play vital role in China’s New Silk Road
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – Italy’s Trieste and Monfalcone ports will play a vital role in the New Silk Road project launched by...
Iskra to take over Šibenik port concession in Croatia
Šibenik, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – Croatia’s government has approved the transfer of a concession for the operation of Šibenik port...
Salerno port to handle 69 cruise ships in 2019
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – A total of 69 cruise ships will dock in the port of Salerno in 2019, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
Abu Dhabi Ports discusses investments in Montenegro’s Bar port
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – An Abu Dhabi Ports delegation has visited Montenegro to discuss potential investments in Bar port,...
Italy’s La Dragaggi wins tender for handling of marine sediments in Pescara port
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – Italian company La Dragaggi srl has won a tender for a project for the handling of marine...
Livorno port to commence demolition of dangerous crane on Feb 7
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Transport development discussed at joint EU-Georgia meeting
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – The first EU-Georgia High- Level Transport Dialogue took place on 29 January 2019 in Tbilisi,...
China’s COSCO shows interest in container terminal at Rijeka port
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Chinese shipping giant COSCO has expressed interest in the concession of a container terminal at Rijeka...
Las Palmas ports cruise traffic rises 7.3% in 2018
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Las Palmas ports handled 1,330,553 cruise passengers in 2018, up 7.3%, with an increase...
Spain to maintain protectionist towing rules
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Spain’s national ports agency Puertos del Estado has drafted a regulation maintaining the...
Spanish company applies for concession at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Spanish company General de Bombeo de Hormigón has applied with Seville port for the concession of a plot of...
Tenerife port approves €22 million investments
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Tenerife port has approved the launch of a set of works to be carried out in the port of...
Valencia entrepreneurs support construction of northern access to harbour
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The Valencian Business Confederation (CEV) has stressed the importance of the construction of the northern...
Madeira government to reform islands’ port system
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The Madeira regional government plans to review the port operation of the entire system of the islands,...
Setúbal port to maintain dialogue on controversial dredging project
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The president of the port administration of Setúbal today vowed to maintain dialogue with...
Priority of government is the development of the port of Alexandroupolis
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Secretary General for Ports, Port Policy and Maritime Investment Christos Lambridis has said that...