Port Operations
Barcelona port presents offer for French market in Toulouse
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2018 – Barcelona port has recently held a meeting in Toulouse with freight forwarders and French international...
Andulusian port promote city-port relations
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2018 – A total of 13 autonomous Andalusian ports have taken steps to make their facilities to tourists...
Genoa port sees reduced September performance
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 11, 2018 – Genoa port registered revenue down 20-25% in the month of September 2018, following the August collapse of...
Companies join AdSP-Contship EU intermodal project meeting in Milan
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) October 11, 2018 – A number of companies from eight member states have participated in an Intermodal EU project meeting at...
Anfac highlights Santander port’s 7 millionth car handling
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – Anfac (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Automóviles y Camiones) has reported that Santander...
Italy aims to recover normal traffic at Genoa port in March 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – Italy’s government estimates that the normal traffic of cargo to and from Genoa port can recover in...
France’s Groupe Cat to restructure activity at Santander port
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – French transport and logistics holding Groupe CAT has decided to restructure its presence in the port of...
Morocco’s port agency, Huelva port to improve connectivity
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – the National Ports Agency) and Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva (APH...
Spain’s Cobasa to assemble bridge at Santander port
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – Spanish company Cobasa (Cobasa Grupo LogÃstico, SA) has started receiving the pieces of a...
Málaga port needs more public-private investment
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – Málaga port needs to deepen its cooperation with companies and institutions, in order to attract more...
Lebanese port of Tripoli welcomes new China container service
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – A new shipping line has started between Tripoli, north Lebanon, and China. The container ship named...
Ambassador of Singapore visits Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – The Ambassador of Singapore Koh Yong Guan has visited the headquarters of Piraeus Port Authority SA...
Livorno port’s Lorenzini Terminal to receive largest mobile harbour crane in Europe
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Lorenzini & C, terminal operator, has invested over €4 million in a Konecranes Gottwald HMK 8412-64...
Port Authority of the Balearic Islands hosts meeting of “Port Forward” project
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2018 –Â Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) is part of...
Leixões port to obtain EU financing for container terminal dredging
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Leixões port has obtained financing to solve its main problem and the only competitive disadvantage with...
MEDIACO Vrac acquires Tier Port Services
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 –Â Mediaco Vrac, part of the Mediaco group, a port logistics company, has acquired Tier Port Services in...
EC launches public consultation on extending shipping consortia anti-trust rules exemption
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on the possibility of prolonging for...
Italy’s ports lag behind in economic growth generation
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – The total cargo traffic of ports in the Mediterranean region rose by 500% in the last 20 years, whereas the...
Spain’s port of Granadilla de Abona executing first cargo loading operation
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – Spain’s port of Granadilla de Abona is carrying out its first cargo loading operation, consisting of...
Portugal’s mainland ports traffic rises 1.3% in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – Portuguese mainland commercial ports handled a record 89.2 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, 1.3% more than...