Port Operations
Greek ports sign cooperation agreements with Kenya counterparts
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 3, 2019 – The Greek ports of Piraeus and Alexandropouli are yet to sign cooperation agreements with Kenya’s...
China’s CSIC considers investments in two Croatian shipbuilders
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – Representatives of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) have visited troubled Croatian shipbuilders...
Corsica ports’ ferry traffic to Italy, mainland France declines in 2018
Bastia, France (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – Corsican ports handled a total of 1.37 million ferry passengers on services to Italy in 2018, down 1.5%,...
Harren & Partner sets up Genoa-based maritime agency
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – The SAL Heavy Lift shipping company, a subsidiary of German group Harren & Partner, has established the...
Italy’s Moby Group reports loss in 2018
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – Italy’s Moby Group recorded a loss of €62.6 million ($70.2 million) in 2018, versus a net profit...
Spain’s TMS to invest €9.6 million in Alicante port by 2020
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – Spanish company Terminales Marítimas del Sureste (TMS), the main concessionaire of Alicante port, generating...
AMT Terminals receives two SPPx cranes at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – APM Terminals has started unloading two new STS Super Post Panamax cranes (SPPx) at Barcelona port to improve...
Turkmenistan presents Türkmenbaşy port in Riyadh
Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – A presentation of the capacity of the international port Türkmenbaşy in the context of optimizing...
Analysis – Kanal Istanbul – the largest construction project in the world for a decade
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Construction works for Canal (Channel, Kanal) Istanbul project, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of...
Italy to examine authorisation for Chioggia port LPG storage complex
Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – The study that led to the signing of the inter-ministerial authorisation decree in May 2015 for the Punta...
Puertos del Estado innovation director visits Termavi terminal
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – The innovation director of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, accompanied by...
Cádiz port to shortly tender pavement of new container terminal
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Cádiz port authority plans to shortly tender a project for the pavement of 45,000 m² of the new container...
Spanish court dismisses appeal by Sacyr against Las Palmas port tender
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Spain’s Central Administrative Court has ruled not to admit the appeal filed by construction company...
Portos de Galicia to start operating large-dimension containers
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Galicia regional ports agency Portos de Galicia has announced that it will open in the coming months a new...
Moby Group reports positive cargo traffic results in 2018
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Moby Group closes 2018 with revenues in line with the previous year and an increase in operating costs caused...
Cádiz port welcomes first cruise powered by liquefied natural gas
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – The port of Cádiz has received the first cruiser powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the AIDANova vessel,...
Thessaloniki Port Authority reports financial results for 2018
On April 30, 2019 the Board of Directors of Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) has approved the Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year 2018. The annual...
Las Palmas port picks Applus, CIC for technical assistance on expansion project
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Las Palmas port has picked a consortium of Applus Norcontrol and Canarias Ingeniería Civil (CIC) to...
Huelva port, Enagás to launch Cold Logistics Hub in 2021
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Huelva port authority and Enagás have announced that they have in place the necessary investments so that the...
Lazio region sets measures to improve air quality at Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Lazio regional council voted in favour of the inclusion of measures for air quality improvements to...