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Barcelona port’s net profit rises 50% in 2017

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Barcelona port recorded a net profit of €50 million ($62.4 million) in 2017, up 50% from the €33.4...

Spanish trade union applies for extension of transition period in stevedoring sector

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Coordinadora has applied for the extension by one year of the transition...

Government opens €1.6 million tender to modernize Setúbal and Lisbon ports

Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – The Ministry of the Sea has announced the opening of the tender for the modernization of traffic...

Basque government proposes new president of Pasaia port authority

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – The Basque government has proposed Felix Garciandia Telleria for the position of president of Pasaia port...

Hutchinson Ports increases Barcelona port terminal capacity

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – BEST (Barcelona Europe South Terminal) has increased its capacity to handle the world’s largest...

Piraeus Port Authority has presented its proposals for the port master plan

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has presented at a public consultation its proposals for the...

Las Palmas port awards 30 contracts in 2017

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) awarded a total of 30 contracts for works...

Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company joins regional conference

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company, a partner in the Maritime Spatial Planning – Black Sea...

Wärtsilä & Samer Group sign agreement on the industrial canal terminal

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Wärtsilä Italia S.p.A. and Samer Group have signed an agreement for the acquisition of a business...

EDT claims €150 million in compensation due to privatization

Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) January 21, 2018 – EDT Offshore Ltd, an oil and gas services company operating out of Limassol port, is suing the Cypriot...

Venice port at forefront of LNG initiative to adopt the fuel for ships

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) January 21, 2018 – In January 2017, Italy implemented European Union regulations on alternative fuels  – Legislative...

Event: Conference on Maritime Western Silk Road Opportunities, Venice, January 20, 2018

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) January 20, 2018 – Today, in the Ca ‘Vendramin Calergi palace in Venice the conference “The EUSAIR Macro-regional...

Piraeus Port Authority receives certificate from EBETAM

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 20, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has received the internationally recognized Certificate from the...

Wan Min resigns as chairman of Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 20, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced the resignation of Wan Min from the position of the...

Almería port to remove dangerous parts from mineral loading bay

Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – Almería port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Almería) has said it will start the removal of parts at...

Event: 2nd European Forum – Shaping the Port of the Future – Civitavecchia, April 10, 2018

The 2nd European Forum – Shaping the Port of the Future – will take place in Civitavecchia, April 10, 2018, organised by The MediTelegraph and On...

Greece promotes regional port privatistion

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – “There is great interest in these strategically important ports”, said a senior official of...

Luka Ploče holds supervisory board session

Ploče, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – Luka Ploče d.d., the operator of Ploče port, has held a Supervisory Board session and the following...

Government sets up the State Service for Marine and River Transport of Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the decision to establish the State Service for...

Cartagena port president presents digital transformation strategy

Cartagena (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) president Antonio Sevilla has presented to the port...

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