Port Operations
Gioia Tauro port’s container traffic declines 6% in 2018
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – Gioia Tauro port recorded a 6% decline in container traffic in 2018 to 2.3 milllion TEUs. The data...
Balearic port authority calls tender for passenger station at Ibiza port
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has called a tender for the...
InvaSave shipped to Las Palmas for demonstrations under INTERREG programme “Atlantic Blue Port Services”
Press release – European Network of Maritime Clusters (ENMC) – January 9, 2018 On Thursday 27 December, an InvaSave 300 Mobile Ballast Water Treatment...
Limassol port workers to strike January 16
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – Limassol port’s workers plan to stage a 24-hour strike on January 16 to protest against the process...
Sines port’s cargo traffic rises 5% in 2018
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – Sines port ended 2018 with cargo traffic of 1.75 million TEUs, an increase of 5% on the year. The total...
AdSP Mar Tirreno Centrale, Confindustria Campania, Intesa Sanpaolo join forces to promote ZES Campania
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Ranking – Vigo top Spanish fishing port in November 2018
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2018 fish landed (tonnes) statistics by...
Ranking – Algeciras top Spanish port by cargo handled in November 2018
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
PortMiami delegation visits Madrid to discuss port issues
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – A delegation from “PortMiami” has visited Madrid and held talks with Puertos del Estado...
Spanish port agency maintains dialogue with European Commission to reach solution to tax exemption
Madrid, January 9, 2019 – Puertos del Estado maintains dialogue with European Commission to reach solution to tax exemption Puertos del Estado (PE) was...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – November 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Negotiations of collective agreement with Setúbal port dockworkers resumed
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement for the dockworkers at Setúbal port were resumed...
Koper port works on strategic business plan for 2020-2025
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – In the first quarter of 2019, Luka Koper, the operator of Koper port, will prepare a new Strategic...
Libya to hold Bulgarian ships in its territorial waters
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Libya will hold every Bulgarian ship that has entered its territorial waters, according to an order by the...
Spain’s government opposes European Commission, defends port tax exemptions
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – The warning of the European Commission for Spain to put an end to exemptions to the payment of corporate...
Algeciras port receives EMAS certification
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras) has received from...
Boluda upgrades Las Palmas-Cape Verde route
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima has announced the extension of the route...
Fincantieri studies data room of Croatia’s Uljanik
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Italian company Fincantieri SpA and Australia’s Scenic Group are studying the data room of Croatian...
Alcoa generates 43% of Ferrol port’s traffic
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – US industrial company Alcoa Corporation generated 43% of the total traffic of Ferrol port in 2018, or 5.85...
Ceuta port introduces second fuel supply vessel
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – The “PetroBay” ship, owned by shipping company Boluda, has arrived at the port of Ceuta to operate...