Port Operations
EIB approves €195 million financing of projects at Civitavecchia, Fiumicino ports
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €195 million ($224.7 million) loan to...
Livorno port to host autonomous vehicle test project
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Livorno port will become the second pilot site in Europe together with Tampere, in Finland, to test the...
Valencia, Sagunto, Gandia port generate €2.5 billion economic impact
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia ports generate an economic impact of €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) in the...
Valencia port to use blockchain technologies in its smart port strategy
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Valencia port has taken advantage of its participation in the “Smart Ports & Supply Chain...
Poland’s OT Logistics denies plans to sell part of Luka Rijeka shares
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Polish company OT Logistics has denied media rumours about talks for the sale of part of its shares in...
Trieste port set to compete with Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Trieste port is actively seeking Chinese investment in a move which could challenge Piraeus port, now...
Balearic Handling bids to operate cruise terminal in Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 –Â Vigo Atlantic Cruise Terminal, controlled by Mallorca-based Balearic Handling SL and Incargo Galicia,...
Puertos del Estado launches new body to help ports
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, accompanied by the director of Exploitation,...
Noise environment project starts in Ligurian ports
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – With the acronym ‘Rumble’, which stands for noise reduction in large port cities, a new project...
Swedish delegation visits Augusta port
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – A Swedish delegation from the two most northern regions of the country, Västerbotten and...
Philippine officials express interest in increasing exports through Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Vigo port has received a visit of a delegation of Philippine diplomats in which Lola Rois, the new operations...
Andalusia regional government to invest €8.5 million in overhaul of Carboneras port
AlmerÃa, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Andalusia regional government plans to invest €8.5 million ($9.5 million) in the overhaul of Carboneras...
Livorno port launches safety at work cooperation project with local institutions
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Livorno port has signed a cooperation agreement with a number of local institutions to promote the safety at...
EU to invest €5.2 million in three LNG projects at Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) of the European Commission has approved three projects at...
Portugal working on the launch of a space port in Azores
Santa Cruz das Flores, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The Azores Islands regional government stressed today that a future space port on...
Italy calls tender for operation of Porto Torres’ Nino Pala dock
Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian Sea Port...
Elizabeth Lee Martinez, U.S. Consul General in Milan, returns to Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 –Â U.S. Consul General Elizabeth Lee Martinez has returned to Genoa port following a visit in March this...
BlueHUBS in the Mediterranean to receive €19.789 million in EU CEF funding for TEN-T ports
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The European Commission has proposed to invest €695.1 million ($804.7 million) in 49 key projects to...
EU to invest €2.788 million in Rijeka port
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The European Commission has proposed to invest €695.1 million ($804.7 million) in 49 key projects to...
Leixões port to receive EU funding of €17.41 million
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The European Commission has proposed to invest €695.1 million ($804.7 million) in 49 key projects...