Port Operations
Italy’s Blu Navy signs staff management agreement
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – Italian ferry company Blu Navy (BN di Navigazione S.p.A.) has signed an agreement with Sirius Ship...
South Korea eyes investments in Suez Canal Exclusive Economic Zone
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – South Korea’s government is interested in establishing a partnership with Egypt for the development...
Valencia port’s financing may be insufficient for Sagunto dock’s revamp
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – Valencia port’s €5 million ($5.7 million) financing for the revamp of Sagunto port’s dock...
Corunna Oil Deposit project at Punta Langosteira to be presented soon
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – The basic project for the construction and operation of Corunna Oil Deposit in A Coruña...
PwC report issues recommendations on Azores port’s development
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – Port overhaul and a reduction in bureaucracy are the key factors to developing the Azores...
CMA CGM to operate route linking Algeciras to Morocco as of June
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – French shipping company CMA CGM has included the port Algeciras on its Morocco-Spain route from June,...
Tunisian entrepreneurs seek business opportunities at Civitavecchia, Gaeta ports
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – A delegation of Tunisian entrepreneurs has visited Civitavecchia and Gaeta ports to explore...
Kherson port completes anchorage dredging work
Kherson, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced that Kherson port has completed dredging of...
Daniele Rossi replaces Zeno D’Agostino as president of Assoporti
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Zeno D’Agostino, President of Assoporti since April 2017, has left the post and has been replaced by...
Huelva port asks government for more animal health inspections
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Huelva port plans to ask the government for a greater number of inspectors of external and animal...
Levante UD may build sports complex on Valencia port land
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Valencia port has said that the offer presented by sports club Levante UD is the only bid that has arrived...
Balearic port authority launches drone control programme
Alcúdia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has initiated a pilot...
APM Terminals Algeciras beats container operations record
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – APM Terminals’ container terminal in Algeciras port broke a new record in 2018 by registering...
Italy’s Council of State delays decision on legitimacy of La Spezia port decisions
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Italy’s Council of State has decided to delay a decision on the legitimacy of acts of La Spezia...
Sète port to handle 125,000 cruise passengers in 2019
Sète, France (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Port de Sète’s cruise season expects to handle 125,000 cruise passengers in 2019, up from 115,000...
Valencia port launches first freight operation using electronic CMR
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Spain launched the first intermodal freight transport from Valencia port that uses an electronic...
Alexandroupolis port seeks new law to promote concession-based future
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – The President of the Port Authority of Alexandroupolis, Christos Doukas, together with the...
Eni starts building a photovoltaic plant in Porto Torres, Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Eni subsidiary company Eni New Energy SpA has commenced construction of a photovoltaic plant...
Durrës port to receive WBIF grant for reconstruction work
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – In the framework of the 20th Western Balkans Investment Instrument (WBIF) call for technical...
Italy to deliver formal notice to MCT for breaches in Gioia Tauro port concession
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Italy’s government plans to shortly send a formal notice to Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT)...