Port Operations
Genoa will host the second edition of Blue Economy Summit – May 13-15, 2019
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – The 2nd edition of the Blue Economy Summit will be held in Genoa from 13 to 15 May 2019, an event dedicated to...
Giuseppe Santoro Srl signs concession agreement with Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – Giuseppe Santoro Srl has signed an agreement with Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale...
PSA Peugeot Kenitra factory set for mid-year launch
Tanger Med, (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – French automaker PSA Peugeot aims to start production at its Kenitra factory in mid-2019, with CEO Carlos...
EBRD finances innovative logistics hub in Turkey
News – EBRD finances innovative logistics hub in Turkey: Private Turkish-German venture opens new gateway to transport cargo – May 9, 2019 Turkish...
Rijeka port extends deadline for container terminal operation bidding
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – The tender for a 50-year concession on the new container terminal at the Rijeka port has been extended by two...
China’s Cosco brings Valencia port’s expansion project to court
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – Two years’ ago, Chinese group Cosco Shipping Ports Limited, the third largest container shipping company...
Noatum Logistics expands warehouse network in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – Noatum Logistics has opened a largest logistics warehouse in Ribarroja, Valencia, expanding the company’s...
Eurogate, Contship complete MINTT share acquisition
Tangier Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – Eurogate International GmbH and Contship Italia SpA have completed a transaction to enter the capital...
MSC places sole bid in tender for Valencia port’s northern expansion
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has submitted an offer for the construction and operation...
Las Palmas presents offer to offshore sector companies in USA
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – Las Palmas port authority presented last week its portfolio of services and logistics offer to different...
Arcelor-Mittal’s production cut to affect Gijón, Avilés ports
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – The production cut of 700,000 tonnes that Arcelor-Mittal will apply in the factories of Asturias will be...
Italian port authorities working to make Bari-Civitavecchia transport corridor competitive
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – Italy’s Southern Adriatic and Lazio port authorities are working to make the corridor that...
Motril port executes works to increase ferry passenger safety
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – Motril port is carrying out works in the vicinity of the ro-ro ramp of the Las Azucenas dock to increase the...
Almería port, consignees, shipping companies sign coordination protocol
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – The consignees, shipping companies, port services companies that work in Almería port, Maritime...
China’s CSIC sees Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik as gateway to Europe
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) sees Croatia’s Uljanik shipyard as a gateway to Europe,...
Lisbon port’s container traffic keeps declining in Jan-Feb 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Lisbon port’s container traffic continues to decline in the first two months of 2019, recording a...
Barletta port to invest €2.8 million in maintenance dredging
Barletta, Italy (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Barletta port plans to invest €2.8 million ($3.1 million) in maintenance dredging to bring the port area...
Ferry operators threaten to leave Santander port over stowaways incursions
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – The good performance of Santander port in 2018, in which it handled six million tonnes of cargo, was marred...
Italian trade unions to stage 24-hour port strike on May 23
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti plan to jointly hold a 24-hour strike of port workers...
Vigo port to invest €50 million in expansion of Bouzas terminal
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Vigo port plans to invest €50 million ($56.1 million) in the expansion of the Bouzas terminal to improve service to...