Port Operations
MSC to acquire 49% stake in Gruppo Messina
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), through its subsidiary Marinvest, plans to acquire a 49% stake in the...
Portuguese ports cargo traffic declines as crude oil imports fall
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Portugal imported about one million tonnes of crude oil from January to April, 914,900 tonnes less, which...
Continental AG to produce tyres for port application in Portugal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Germany’s Continental AG plans to expand its industrial unit in Portugal’s Famalicão to produce...
Vado Gateway terminal receives three STS cranes
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – APM Terminals’ Vado Gateway container terminal has received three ship-to-shore quay cranes produced...
AdSP del Mare Di Sardegna completes execution of Circumvectio, Nectemus projects
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian Sea Port Authority)...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) invests €2 million to improve service quality at Bari port
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority) has...
Las Palmas port to study reduction of ship fees in 2020
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – Las Palmas port’s board of directors will study on June 28 a proposal to reduce in 2020 the rates...
Spain stays committed to developing Barcelona port’s infrastructure
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, met today with the president of the port of...
Barcelona port hosts MEDports Association meeting
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – The Executive Committee of the MEDports Association has met in Barcelona port, where it was hosted...
Syria’s Parliament approves contract on Tartus port investments
Tartus, Syria (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – Syria’s parliament reports that it approved a bill to ratify a contract with Russian company STG...
Sardinian Sea Port Authority to launch tender for Olbia port passenger station operator
Olbia, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian Sea Port Authority) plans to...
Monfalcone port to launch €18 million dredging project
Monfalcone, Italy (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – Monfalcone port plans to launch a €18 million ($20.4 million) dredging project to increase...
Barcelona port hosts the SINO-European International Freight Forwarders Conference
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – Barcelona port President Mercè Conesa has inaugurated the SINO-European International Freight...
Grupo Control wins port security services contract for ports in Andalusia
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – The Ministry of Development, Infrastructure and Land Planning, via Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía...
Málaga port’s cruise traffic keeps growing in Jan-Apr 2019
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Málaga port handled a total of 115,653 cruise passengers in the first four months of...
Las Palmas council approves nautical service center project at port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council has given the green light to a project for the construction of...
Seville port starts loading of world’s largest offshore wind turbine
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Seville port started on Tuesday the loading of sections that make up the largest offshore wind turbine in the...
Gijón port fish catch rises 56% in Jan-Apr 2019
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Gijón port registered between January and April an increase of the fishing of 56.2% over the same period last...
Italian investment fund F2i considers further acquisitions in ports sector
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Italian infrastructure investment fund F2i’s plan in the ports sector is wide-ranging. After having...
Ferrol port to launch construction of yachting facilities
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Ferrol port plans to launch a project for the construction of new yachting facilities on the quays of...