Port Operations
CMA CGM to construct new office high-rise in Marseilles with Bouygues Immobilier
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – CMA CGM, the global French shipping group, has announced that it will work with Bouygues Immobilier to...
CMA CGM signs two strategic agreements with China State Shipbuilding Corporation
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping...
China’s Quechen signs a new agreement with Marseille Fos port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – During the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to France, an agreement was signed between the...
Carbon4PUR Project: 14 partners experiment with industrial CO2 recovery
Press Release – Marseille Fos – CARBON4PUR Project: 14 partners experiment with industrial CO2 recovery – March 21, 2019 In a context of...
Is Malta missing out on the new Silk Road?
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – After the Italian ports of Genoa and Trieste joint the China’s new Silk Road project, the attention...
Marsa Maroc breaks container traffic record in 2018
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Marsa Maroc has broken its container traffic record last year, closing 2018 with a turnover up MAD 2.7...
Ancona port starts demolition of Granari della Sicilia silos
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – The demolition of the silos tlocated in the state-owned area of Ancona port in concession to Silos...
Luka Kotor signs concession agreement for Kotor port
Kotor, Montenegro (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Montenegrin company Luka Kotor has signed a concession agreement to operate Kotor harbour for a period of...
Abruzzo region approves funding for docks construction at Pescara port
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – The regional council of Abruzzo has approved €16 million ($18.1 million) of funding for the construction of...
Bilbao port president asks for transfer of harbour’s management to Basque Country
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Bilbao port’s president Ricardo Barkala has asked for the transfer the port’s management to the...
Calabria’s Gioia Tauro port misses a role in the new Silk Road
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – President of the Calabria Region Mario Oliveiro has written to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte,...
Valencia port to strengthen management transparency in 2019
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Valencia port authority has committed itself to strengthen in 2019 its actions in terms of transparency,...
Costa Cruises to relaunch regular calls at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Costa Cruises plans to relaunch the regular calls of its ships in the port of Genoa. Andrea Doria...
APM Terminals Algeciras breaks container ship handling speed record
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – APM Terminals in the port of Algeciras has broken the cargo handling speed record on a container vessel, by...
Spain to adopt EU Ports regulation
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – On March 24, 2020, EU Regulation 2017/352 will come into force by which a framework for the provision of...
Valenciaport Foundation signs cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Infrastructure of Brazil and port associations
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – At the Intermodal South America fair, held in São Paulo from March 19 to 21, a cooperation agreement was...
Tarragona port to attend Seventeenth Meeting of Cereal Operators to promote itself as agri-food logistics hub
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Last week, the port of Tarragona attended Encuentro Nacional de Operadoras de Cereales (ENOC –...
Di Majo addresses “Autotrasporto e Portualità: Analysis and Proposals” convention
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Francesco Maria di Majo, President Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Brexit preparedness: EU completes preparations for possible “no-deal” scenario on 12 April
Press Release – European Commission – Brexit preparedness: EU completes preparations for possible “no-deal” scenario on 12 April – March...
EU Commissioner Vella participates in the 10th Monaco Blue initiative to improve global ocean governance
Press Release – Commissioner Vella participates in the 10th Monaco Blue initiative to improve global ocean governance – March 25, 2019 Commissioner...