Port Operations
Marseille Fos port signs charter to improve access for city inhabitants
Marseille Fos, France (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Whilst the Grand Maritime Port of Marseille (GPMM) has always played a key role in the city,...
Italian government to launch special economic zone at Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The Italian government plans to set up a special economic zone at Gioia Tauro port, due to its crucial...
Basque Country insists on receiving ownership of Bilbao, Pasaia ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The government of the Basque Country plans to keep requesting the transfer of the ownership of Bilbao and...
French port accountants meet in Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – Accountants of French seaports have visited Marseille to discuss common issues. Accounting officers...
Customs issue reduces work hours at Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – Due to no agreement being reached between the Greek association of customs officers (OTYE) and...
Luka Ploče holds talks about Bosnia and Herzegovina interests
Ploče, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – President of the Management Board of Luka Ploče d.d. Captain Ivan Pavlovic met in Mostar with Bosnia...
Conferenza Nazionale delle Autorità di Sistema Portuale meets in Rome
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – The first Conferenza Nazionale delle Autorità di Sistema Portuale, the national body of port...
Massimo Provinciali appointed to Port Authority of Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Port...
Ravenna announces the “Hub portuale Ravenna 2017” development plan
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – Daniele Rossi, chairman of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (Port...
Marín port boosts profit to €2.5 million in 2016
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Marín port said it had boosted its profit to €2.5 million ($2.98 million) in 2016 on the back of a...
Puertos del Estado says Seville port does not need 16 metres draft
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president Jose Llorca has said that Seville port...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – August 2017 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported August 2017...
Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – August 2017 container terminal statistics
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported August 2017...
Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş – August 2017 container terminal statistics
Kumport, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has...
Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – August 2017 container terminal statistics
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by Cosco of China, has reported August 2017 container terminal...
Maersk explores options to reduce ship congestion at Algeciras, Tanger Med ports
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Danish shipping giant Maersk is exploring options for the minimisation of the congestion of ships at the...
Basque government not to privatise ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – The Basque Government has no plans to privatise the ports under its management, an official of the...
Gijón port’s profit soars in H1 2017
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Gijón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón) recorded a profit of €4.76 million ($5.66...
Naples, Bari ports sign cooperation deal
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Italian port authorities of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea (Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Prime Minister claims reduction of port charges to raise Ukraine’s ports competitiveness
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, under the policy of development of transit potential of Ukraine...