Port Operations
Spanish ports exceed 10 million cruise passengers in 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The ports of Spain exceeded the objective: the cruise industry contributed 10 million passengers during...
Taranto port launches €15.3 million wastewater treatment tender
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Taranto port has launched a tender for a €15.3 million ($17.4 million) project for the construction of a...
Las Palmas port eyes expansion into Mauritanian market
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Las Palmas port aims to reinforce its presence in Mauritania beyond fisheries and will once...
Valencia port shows interest in Vicálvaro dry port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Valencia port has announced its intention to participate in the construction of the dry port of railway...
Barcelona port loses litigation against construction companies
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Barcelona port authority has lost the litigation against several construction companies for the sinking of...
Algerian minister says port development will drive economy
Skikda, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The Minister of Public Works and Transport, Abdelghani Zaalane, has said that the development of ports...
Analysis – China on port shopping spree in Europe and globally
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Since the start of the 21st century, Chinese companies have acquired stakes in some 15 ports in Europe,...
Deputy Minister Edoardo Rixi visits Savona-Vado port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Deputy Minister Edoardo Rixi, accompanied by the President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
Balearia to repair Ramon Llull ferry at Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – The fast ferry Ramon Llull of Spanish company Balearia will arrive on January 23 in the port of Livorno...
Ravenna port needs dredging to recover cruise traffic
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Ravenna port sees cruise traffic decline as a result of the draft risk it poses. The number of cruise...
CMA CGM introduces new Mediterranean service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – CMA CGM Short Sea Lines Med has announced the introduction of a new Mediterranean service in which the...
Maersk platform at Italy’s Vado Ligure port 77% completed
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – The construction of the multifunctional Maersk platform at Italy’s Vado Ligure port is 77%...
Genoa port’s PSA Voltri-Pra terminal hosts Safety Day conference
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Genoa port’s PSA Voltri-Pra terminal hosted the seventh edition of Safety Day, an event that is held as...
Gijón port awards contract to New Construction SL
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Gijón port has awarded New Construction SL a project for the construction of the paths of the cranes in...
Valencia port to build €400 million tunnel under the sea
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Valencia’s regional government, Spain’s Public Works Ministry and Autoridad Portuaria de...
Puertos del Estado represents Spain at Boot Düsseldorf event
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – A Spanish delegation, led by Puertos del Estado, will be present at the biggest European event...
Puertos del Estado presents trade fair calendar
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the organisation that manages state-owned ports, has agreed with Spanish port...
LTT not to appeal against concession award at Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Livorno Terminal Toscano srl (LTT) plans to abstain from appealing against the ruling on...
Las Palmas port presents ‘Mid Atlantic Ship Repair & Supply’ Congress
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Las Palmas port authority president Juan José Cardona and the manager of the Puertos Las Palmas...
Italy’s environment ministry approves dredging of Monfalcone port
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Italy’s Ministry of the Environment has approved the dredging of Monfalcone port’s basin...