Port Operations
Boluda family establishes subsidiary for mergers and acquisitions
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The Boluda family is preparing to purchase new companies under the umbrella of Grupo Boluda...
Potential Chinese investments in Rijeka, Trieste may threaten Slovenia’s Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Koper port may lose its leading role in the northern Adriatic and become a port of regional importance if...
Spain’s government to approve participation in Valencia port logistics project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Spain’s central government plans to approve its participation in the construction of the Intermodal and...
EU helps Georgian ports manage container vessels
On 10-12 April, eight Port State Control (PSC) inspectors from the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia participated in a three-day tutoring project on PSC...
Prime Minister Šarec and Chinese Premier on possibilities for expanding relations between the two countries
News Release – Prime Minister Šarec and Chinese Premier on possibilities for expanding relations between the two countries – April 11, 2019...
Georgia proposes advancing relations with Romania to strategic level
News Release – Prime Minister Proposes Advancing Relations with Romania to Strategic Level – 15 April 2019 Georgia proposes to advance relations...
Georgia’s government ready to meet Anaklia port investors
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Georgia’s Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, Maia Tskitishvili, has said that...
COSCO hotel proposal for Piraeus port hotels approved
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The Greek Culture Ministry’s Central Council for Modern Monuments has approved a proposal submitted by...
Trade unions call off strike at Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Spanish trade unions CCOO, UGT and CIG have called off the 24-hour port strike scheduled for April 17, 2019,...
Natural Mining Resources activities at Gijón port exceed forecasts
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Swiss group Natural Mining Resources is stockpiling Russian coal in Gijón port to mix with mine tailings...
Puertos del Estado backs Gijón port’s regasification plant project
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The new president of national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has reiterated the...
Huelva port launches weekly container train service to Madrid
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Huelva port has launched a new weekly container train service between Madrid and its South Pier, joining the...
Greece joins China’s ”16+1” Partnership With Central and Eastern Europe
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Greece has officially joined the ”Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European...
Tarros launches weekly service linking Tarragona port to Turkey
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The container terminal of the port of Tarragona, DP World, has started handling a new container shipping...
DHL Global Forwarding sets up Logistics Hub in Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – DHL Global Forwarding, an international provider of air, sea and road freight services, is to set up...
Intesa Sanpaolo presents Italian Special Economic Zones in UAE
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Italian lender Intesa Sanpaolo participates in the Italian government’s mission in the United Arab...
Snav signs “Ancona Blue Agreement”
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Italian ferry company Snav has signed the “Ancona Blue Agreement” aimed at improving the quality of...
Venice port’s VTP names president
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Venice port passenger terminal operator Venezia Terminal Passeggeri (VTP) has appointed Fabrizio...
Trieste port launches Comodalce intermodal project
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – The Comodalce project “Enhancing COordination on multiMODAL freight transport in CE” has started...
Italian trade unions suspend talks on renewal of national contract for port workers
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti has suspended the negotiations for the renewal of the...