Port Operations
Seat, Autometro to relaunch rail service to Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Spanish carmaker Seat SA and Autometro SA, a company owned by FGC and COMSA Rail Transport,...
South Korea’s KT to establish ICT infrastructure in Suez Canal
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – South Korean telecoms company KT Corporation (formerly Korea Telecom) plans to establish an information and...
Spain’s TMS expects fuel storage project in Alicante port to have positive economic impact
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Spanish company Terminales MarÃtimas del Sureste SA (TMS) expects its project for the construction of a...
Suez Canal agrees German investments worth $75 million
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority president Mohab Mamesh has said the institution has agreed with two German companies...
Spanish ports’ fish catch declines in Jan-Aug 2018
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – The catches of fresh fish in Spanish ports amounted to 144,754 tonnes between January and August 2018, a...
Las Palmas port presents cooperation project with Mauritanian harbours
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Las Palmas port and the Mauritanian harbours of Nuadibú and BahÃa De Repos will...
Spain’s Anesco warns against negative effects on stowage sector of social contributions rise
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Spanish stowage employer union Anesco (Asociación de Empresas Estibadoras/National Association of...
Delegation from Zhuhai city visits Contship’s La Spezia Container Terminal
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – On October 26, 2018, a delegation from the Chinese city of Zhuhai visited La Spezia, attending...
Valencia port gains ground in car traffic segment
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – Car traffic at Valencia port rose by 6.7% on the year in the first nine months of 2018, although its largest...
Ceuta port to host LNG conference on November 7
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – On November 7, 2018, Ceuta port will host a conference on liquefied natural gas (LNG) linked to maritime...
Hapag-Lloyd to launch container line linking Tangiers to Senegal, Mauritania
Tangiers, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – The world’s fifth-largest container owner, the German Hapag-Lloyd AG, has announced the launch of...
OPCSA terminal in Las Palmas to launch new access to facilitate customs procedures
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – The OPCSA container terminal (Operaciones Portuarias Canarias S.A.) of Las Palmas...
Ceuta port may soon start receiving Russian ships again
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta (APC – Port Authority of Ceuta) is making arrangements to receive, again,...
MarÃn port presents IT system for export of containers
MarÃn, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – MarÃn port has presented an IT platform for the export of containers that will streamline the operational...
September traffic declined by 11% in Vigo port but accumulated increases
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 – Traffic at Vigo port was down nearly 11% in the month of September, compared to the same period of 2017....
Batumi Sea Port increases cargo handled in Jan-Aug 2018
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – In the period January-August 2018, Batumi Sea Port (BSP) handled cargo totalling 791,135 tons, up 70%...
Lebanon’s Tripoli port looks to attract Chinese investment
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2018 – Toufic Dabbousi, head of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, has met with Chinese...
Valenciaport Foundation trains managers from Kuwait and Egypt
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation (Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana) has organised a training course...
Sagunto see reduced total traffic in Jan-Sep 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2018 – In the first nine months of 2017, Sagunto port handled total traffic of 3,831,049 tons, down 13.92% on...
Alicante port attends Fruit Attraction in Madrid
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante (APA – Port Authority of Alicante) has participated in...