Port Operations
Marseille Fos port names executive and supervisory board members
May 6, 2019 – Port de Marseille Fos Former port of Le Havre managing director Hervé Martel has started work as interim managing director of the...
APM Terminals works to develop Port Said East Port and Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT)
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – APM Terminals is working with the government of Egypt to ensure the success of Egypt Vision 2030 for Port...
Hutchison’s Synergy adds third rail frequency between Barcelona port and Miranda de Ebro
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Synergy, the logistics operator of Hutchison Ports group, has started a third train frequency between...
BEST container terminal in Barcelona port increases capacity
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Hutchison Ports’ BEST container terminal in Barcelona port, has received six new Automated Stacking...
Mario Paolo Mega appointed head of the Strait Port Authority
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has appointed engineer Mario Paolo Mega as president of the...
TFG Transfracht starts new service for southern port in Koper
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – TFG Transfracht, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, will start a new service for Koper port on May 10, linking...
Blockchain to become crucial factor for port management
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Maritime transport plays a transcendental role in the global world. Currently, about 80% of world trade is...
GIC acquires a 10% stake in Terminal Investment Limited
Singapore (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – GIC Private Limited, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, has acquired a 10% interest in Terminal Investment...
Spain’s BCM applies for operation of terminal at Puerto del Rosario
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Boluda Corporación Marítima (BCM) has submitted an application for the operation of a land plot of 16,507 m²...
Livorno Terminals to invest €100 million in Porto Livorno 2000
Livorno, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Three years away from the winning the tender for the operation of Livorno port’s passenger station Porto...
Trade union CCOO, Bilbao port join forces in railway project
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Spanish trade union (CCOO), Teruel Existe and la Plataforma del Ferrocarril de Teruel have met with Bilbao port...
MSC becomes majority shareholding in Spain’s Laumar
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the second largest shipping company for container traffic in the world...
Bari port’s cruise traffic set to grow 6.5% in 2019
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Bari port’s traffic is expected to grow both in terms of passenger numbers and ships docked, according to the...
Shell’s Gasnor opens LNG facility in Gibraltar
Gibraltar (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Gasnor, a Norwegian natural gas company and subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has announced the opening of a new...
ExxonMobil chooses Valencia port to distribute its products in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and India
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2019 – The international connectivity offered by the port of Valencia has been decisive for the multinational oil...
Romanian seaport traffic increases in first quarter of 2019
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) May 7, 2019 – Total goods traffic in the first quarter of 2019 in Romanian maritime ports increased by 12.75%, reaching...
Algeciras port, Andalusia government to cooperate in advancing infrastructure development
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 7, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras) plans to launch a...
Ceuta port generates 25% of city’s employment
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) May 7, 2019 – The employment impact of Ceuta port of has been the central base of the study presented by a...
Almería port launches tender for second phase of ‘English Cable’ reconstruction
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) May 7, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería) has announced the launch of a...
Castellón port to launch concession of ceramics dock
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) May 7, 2019 – Castellón port authority plans to launch a concession for the ceramic materials handling dock as of June 1,...