Port Operations
Cartagena port awards Peñarroya factory demolition contract
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Cartagena port has approved operational contracts for the retail area of Alfonso XII dock and for...
Alicante port suspends cargo traffic due to pollution levels
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Alicante port has suspended cargo traffic due to the increase in pollution caused by the atmospheric...
Cartagena port dismisses Escombreras expansion as alternative to El Gorguel project
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) president Joaquín Segado has...
La Spezia port joins initiative for Pontremolese railway upgrade
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority) has...
APM Terminals’ new container terminal in Vado Ligure now 78% complete
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – The new APM Terminals container terminal in Vado Ligure has reached over 78% completion, and scheduled to...
The steel cutting ceremony of the first patrol vessel ordered to Fincantieri by Qatar took place at Muggiano (La Spezia) yard
Trieste, February 27, 2019 – The steel cutting ceremony of the first patrol vessel (OPV – Offshore Patrol Vessel) ordered to Fincantieri by the...
AdSP Settentrionale (Venice) to take over management of Chioggia port
Chioggia, Venice (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The Rovigo Chamber of Commerce of Venice and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
ValenciaportPCS will connect in real time to the Noatum Valencia terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – As of March 4, the electronic platform of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), ValenciaportPCS, will...
Livorno port president, secretary general receives public office ban
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The president and the general secretary of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Tuscany region president asks minister to discuss nomination of interim Livorno port president
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Tuscany regional government president Enrico Rossi has asked infrastructure minister Danilo Toninelli to...
Palermo port’s cruise traffic rises 25.8% in 2018
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Palermo port recorded a 25.8% surge in the number of cruise passengers in 2018, Pasqualino Monti,...
Spain’s Perforaciones Trujillo awarded contract from Las Palmas port authority
Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Spanish company Perforaciones Trujillo SL will be responsible for transporting 25,000...
Sagunto City Council, Valencia port sign cooperation agreement
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Sagunto City Council has signed a cooperation agreement with Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...
Barcelona port to invest €10 million in telecoms network upgrades
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Barcelona port plans to invest €10 million ($11.4 million) in the deployment of a new...
Cemex to invest €4.85 million in cement factory in Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Mexican multinational cement producer Cemex plans to invest €4.85 million ($5.52 million) in the...
Gioia Tauro port launches proceedings for termination of MCT concession
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Gioia Tauro port has communicated to the shareholders of the Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT)...
Russian transport projects that will help Azerbaijan’s ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – In February, the Russian government has published detailed information on Russian national projects...
Barcelona port and IREC present hydrogen as an alternative fuel for transport
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The port and Barcelona and El Instituto de Investigación en Energía de Cataluña (IREC –...
Danube Ports Network sets up First Advisory Group and announces appointments
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The Danube Ports Network (DPN) has announced the formation of an Advisory Group (AdG) to assist in...
Monfalcone port to soon join AdSP del Mare Adriatico Orientale (Trieste)
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – The procedure for the transfer of the management of Monfalcone port to Autorita’ di Sistema...