Port Operations
EU to co-finance E-Bridge ports project in Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – The European Commission will co-finance the E-BRIDGE Project (acronym of Emergency and BRoad Information...
Eni starts wave power energy generation at the Ravenna offshore site
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – The Italian energy company Eni SpA has installed and activated the Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter...
COSCO looks to inland Serbian ports to link to Europe
Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – COSCO considers the region of Southeastern Europe (SEE) to be one of its strategic markets and intends to...
Thessaloniki Port Authority holds talks with the Republic of Northern Macedonia
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Sotirios Theophanis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA),...
AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale launches restyling of passenger station at Trapani port
Trapani, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian Sea...
EC proposes €11.8 million financing for new rail terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – The European Commission (EC) has proposed a total of €11.8 million ($13.3 million) to the...
Las Palmas port joins Earth Hour initiative
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Las Palmas port plans to shut down the lighting of the main facade of its headquarters on...
Ortona, Pescara remain under Ancona port authority’s management
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – The possibility of Pescara and Ortona ports joining Civitavecchia port authority...
Final conference of SECNET project to be held on March 29 in Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – The final conference of the “SECNET – Cross-border institutional cooperation for the strengthening...
Princess Cruises confirms order for construction of two cruise ships by Fincantieri
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Princess Cruises has confirmed the order for the construction of two cruise ships by Italian naval...
Málaga port establishes Seatrade Med fair organising committee
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Andalusia’s local institutions that work in the promotion of cruise traffic have established...
Marsa Maroc signs JV deal with Eurogate, Contship Italia
Tangier Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Marsa Maroc has signed a joint venture with Eurogate International GmbH and Contship Italia...
Haizea Wind to build monopiles of the first Italian wind farm, located at Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – Bilbao-based Haizea Wind Group (HWG), a manufacturer of wind towers and offshore foundations, has signed a...
Bilbao port reaches 2020 traffic target ahead of schedule
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Bilbao port has already reached the traffic forecast for 2020, after closing 2018 with 35.6 million tonnes, but...
Livorno port’s rail freight traffic rises 14% in 2018
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Livorno port handled 35,670 carriages and 1,963 trains in 2018, representing a 14% increase in...
Friuli Venezia Giulia regional government approves €4 million funding to Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Friuli Venezia Giulia regional government has approved the provision of €4 million ($4.5 million)...
Bank of Tokyo Italy director visits Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – The director of the Italian branch of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd, Kaneyuki Iseda, accompanied by...
Bari port presents new passenger terminal project
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – The new passenger terminal of the port of Bari, which will be built on platform 10 at the Darsena di Ponente...
Italy-Croatia crossborder port cooperation project starts
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – The Improving maritime transport efficiency and safety in the Adriatic (INTESA) project, co-financed with about...
Portugal launched Bluetech Accelerator – new technology for ports and shipping
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – The Portuguese Ministry of the Sea and FLAD (Luso-American Development Foundation), have jointly...