Port Operations
Messina port’s passenger terminal to be commissioned in 2020
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – The new passenger terminal of Messina port, designed by Ottavio Di Blasi & Partners, will be...
Thessaloniki port orders Konecranes agreement
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA has submitted an order for 12 Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers,...
Ferrol port hosts LNG refueling operations for first time
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – For the first time, Ferrol port has hosted liquefied natural gas (LNG) refueling operations to ships....
Bilbao port seeks to become hub for handling special cargo
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Bilbao is seeking to consolidate itself as a hub for special pieces and needs to carry out expansion...
Jesús Caicedo Bernabéa appointed president of Port Authority of Almería
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Jesús Caicedo Bernabé has been appointed president of Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA –...
Leixões port set for significant investments
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo Ports Authority (APDL) has launched the public tender for...
Sines port upgrading its services
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The port of Sines is taking a number of steps to upgrade its services – the Zalsines (Zona...
Diana Containerships reports results for 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Diana Containerships Inc, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships,...
Nautica Service to operate tourist dock at Sardinia’s Porto Torres
Porto Torres, Italy (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Italian company Nautica Service Srl was picked as the new concessionaire of the Nino Pala tourist...
La Spezia port to award cruise terminal operation in next two weeks
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – La Spezia port expects to award to a consortium of Costa Crociere, the Mediterranean Shipping...
Turkish ports handle 4.2 million tonnes of transhipments from Iran, Russia
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Turkish ports handled 4.192 million tonnes of transhipments from Iran and Russia in January....
Puertos del Estado to support greenhouse gas emissions reduction
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Spain’s national ports agency Puertos del Estado has signed a cooperation contract for the reduction...
Italy’s MSC to double cruise passenger numbers at Livorno port in 2019
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has said it plans to double the number of cruise passengers...
Vigo port cancels port spaces plan drafting tender
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Vigo port has cancelled a tender for the drafting of a plan for the delimitation of uses...
Turkey’s Yilport aims to bring Leixões port’s capacity close to Sines
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Leixões container terminals will be able to grow 153% over the next two years, given that the Turkish...
Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
COSCO’s European terminals reports increased TEU traffic in January 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Piraeus Container Terminal SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...
Piraeus Container Terminal sees over 18% increase in January 2019 traffic
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Piraeus Container Terminal SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...
Piraeus Port Authority details environmental plan
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 24, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has published a press release details its environmental policy. PPA...
Constanta port hosts Medcruise meeting to promote Black Sea cruise industry
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) February 24, 2019 – National Company Maritime Ports Administration S.A. Constanta has hosted the February 22, 2018,...