Port Operations
Luka Koper reports 2018 net operating profit of €60 million, up 71%
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 24, 2019 – Luka Koper Group has reported a net operating profit for 2018 of €60 million ($68.05 million), up...
Luka Koper adds rail capacity to speed up vehicle handling
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 24, 2019 – Following the announcement last week that the local Kolektor CGP has won the contract to build...
APM Terminals Barcelona increases reefer capacity and lessens CO2 emissions
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – APM Terminals Barcelona has announced a 31% increase in reefer capacity and taken measures to reduce...
Genoa hosts Italy Russia seminar
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Genoa has hosted the third Italian-Russian seminar, “Italy-Russia: the art of innovation”,...
Hyundai, CMA CGM may team up to manage Isla Verde zone of Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – South Korean business conglomerate Hyundai, which controls phase A of Isla Verde zone of Algeciras port,...
Koper port awards railway lines construction contract to Kolektor CPG
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Luka Koper has selected the bid of Slovenian company Kolektor CPG in a tender for the construction of new...
Vilagarcía port supports Compostela 2M21 project
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía (APV – Port Authority of Vilagarcía),...
Vigo port’s operators want board of directors’ seat
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – The spokesman of the Federation of Operators (Federación de Usuarios) of Vigo port, Enrique Mallón, has...
Bayonne port gain ground as multimodal platform in 2018
Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Bayonne port has developed its role as a multimodal platform and in 2018 recorded an overall growth in...
Valencia port records best January container traffic ever
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) closed the first...
Gioia Tauro port workers end blockade as MSC guarantees investments
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Workers at Gioia Tauro port have removed the blockade of the harbour they launched on February 13...
Gijón port to launch concession of former Naval Gijón shipyard
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón (APG – Port Authority of Gijón) has approved the launch of a concession...
COSCO’s Piraeus port development plan receives partial approval
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Greece’s Port Planning and Development Committee gave a partial approval of the master plan of...
Government works on business plan for shipbuilding group Uljanik
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – Croatian Economy Minister Darko Horvat has said that any restructuring plan for the troubled...
New deep water terminal to be built in the port of Poti
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – A new deep water terminal will be built in the Georgian port of Poti, which will enable it to receive...
EU to lend €250 million to Georgia for improvement of the highway between Caspian and Black Seas (Updated with details)
Originally published February 20, 2019 as “EU to lend €250 million to Georgia for local TEN-T transport development”; Updated with further...
Italian court dismisses appeal against Yilport’s concession at Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – The Lecce administrative court has rejected the appeal presented by the South Gate Europe Terminal...
Koper port’s tender for external hiring contractor fails
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – Koper port has selected no offers for a public contract for an external company hiring workers at the...
Agaete port’s extension project may fail over lack of funding
Agaete, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – The extension of Spain’s Agaete port, already awarded for €44.6 million ($50.7...
Cepsa Gibraltar factory complies with Algeciras port’s environmental requirements
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – Cepsa’s factory in Gibraltar-San Roque has received an environmental certification,...