Port Operations
Cartagena port to close January with 10,000 cruise passengers
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Cartagena port expects to close January with more than 10,000 cruise passengers for the first...
A Coruña port calls liquid bulk terminal tender
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – A Coruña port has published a tender for the concession of a liquid bulk terminal at the pier...
Ireland invests €35.7 million to gain leadership in Gran Sol fish catches
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Ireland’s government continues investing in its fishing ports, a measure with which it seeks...
Noatum to complete Bilbao port rail terminal expansion in June
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao will complete in June the expansion of its rail terminal, which will...
Slovenian government agrees to second railway track between Koper and Divača
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The Slovenian government has agreed to investment in a second railway track between Koper and Divača,...
CIRCLE: supporting European Commission (DG MOVE) and Motorways of the Sea Coordinator in the development of the MoS Implementation Plan 2019-2022
Genoa, January 28, 2019 CIRCLE: supporting European Commission (DG MOVE) and Motorways of the Sea Coordinator in the development of the MoS Implementation Plan...
Grimaldi ships on Barcelona-Civitavecchia port route will generate zero emissions
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2019 – The Italian shipping group Grimaldi is to install lithium batteries and gas filters (scrubbers) in...
Rosneft to manage oil products terminal in Lebanon’s Tripoli port
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 26, 2019 – Russian energy company Rosneft has signed a 20-year agreement with the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and...
USPA dredged 10 ports and canals in 2018
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2019 – In 2018, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) directed the for dredging of six ports and four...
Vittoria Shipyard completes construction of its first HSC vessel
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The Vittoria Shipyard launched this morning in the waters of the White Canal the vessel of the type High...
Livorno port management analyses labour situation
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Analysts expect new growth record for cruise industry in 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – The cruise industry will continue to grow in 2019, breaking a historical record: 24 new ships will be...
Rosneft to operate oil storage terminal at Lebanon’s Tripoli port
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – Russia’s Rosneft has agreed to resume operation of the terminal or the storage of petroleum...
Ceuta port names new president
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – Juan Manuel Doncel will replace Rafael Rodríguez Valero as head of Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta (APC –...
Almería port makes €1.5 million investments in 2018
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – Almería port president Carmen Ortiz has highlighted the level of investments planned in 2018, which has...
Tunisian ports handle 8.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2018
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – Tunisian ports handled 8.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2018. A total of 4.2 million tonnes of cargo were...
Valencia port reviews investment activities
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, and the president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV...
Italy’s transport minister discusses Livorno port’s problems
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Italy’s transport minister Danilo Toninelli has met the mayor of Livorno, Filippo Nogarin, and the...
Confitarma calls for termination of state aid to ferry operator Tirrenia
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The agreement between the Italian government and ferry company Tirrenia, for the services of...
Tirrenia says that Confitarma defends interests of Grimaldi
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The owner of Italian ferry company Tirrenia, Vincenzo Onorato, has responded to the accusations of...