Port Operations
Santander port’s growth exceeds Spain’s average in 2018
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – A 6.4% increase in cargo and passenger traffic in Santander port is double the national average of port...
A Coruña port expects 190,000 cruise passengers in 2019
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – A Coruña port has raised expectations for 2019 for record cruise passenger numbers, which predict...
Barcelona port closes 2018 with 534 employees
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – Barcelona port has consolidated its average workforce above half a thousand people. After closing a...
Port of Barcelona will promote the business mission to Japan in the 11th WCA Conference
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – The Port of Barcelona will participate in the 11th WCA Worldwide Conference, the annual meeting of...
Spain’s state ports see cargo rise by 3.3% in 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Provisional data shows that the 46 state-owned ports handled 563,475,196 tons of cargo in 2018, up 3.3%...
Proposed new dry port west of Cairo attracts international consortia
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – The Egyptian Finance Ministry has announced plans to build a $100 million dry port west in the 6th of...
Amber Rail Freight Corridor becomes operational
Koper, Slovenia, February 13, 2019 – With the publication of paths for international freight trains in mid-January 2019 the Amber Rail Freight Corridor...
Blue Water Shipping awarded Anaklia port contract
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Blue Water Shipping has been appointed as the local freight forwarding agent by Van Oord, contractor...
EU adopts new Fisheries Partnership with Morocco including Western Sahara
Press Release – European Parliament – February 12, 2018 A new agreement on the legal, environmental, economic and social governance of EU...
Rijeka port’s container traffic rises 8.1% in 2018
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Rijeka port’s container traffic rose 8.1% in 2018 to a record-high 227,375 TEUs, with more than...
Bari, Brindisi ports to strengthen links with Israel’s Haifa
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Haifa port authority representatives have completed a visit to the southern Italian region of Apulia to sign...
Trenitalia to start operation of line linking Rome to Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Italian company Trenitalia plans to start the operation of a cruise passenger service...
France’s Viia to launch rail service linking Barcelona port to Luxembourg
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – French railway transporter company Viia plans to open its new railway line between Barcelona port and...
Leixões port aims to compete with Barcelona, Valencia
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Vigo is not the only target of Leixões port’s offensive in container traffic. Until now it was...
Pescara approves €552,000 port overhaul tender
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centrale (Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority) has...
Spain’s Haizea Wind acquires WEC
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Spain’s Haizea Wind Group (HWG), specialised in the construction of wind towers and offshore marine...
Spain’s stowage reform marks most disputed trade union elections in recent years
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Spain’s reform of the stowage sector, which put workers and companies on the warpath due...
EUROGATE group’s container handling volumes remain stable in 2018
EUROGATE – Press Release – February 11, 2017 Despite the persistently challenging market environment, the EUROGATE Group was able to keep container...
Casablanca port looks to develop free economic trade zone
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – National Ports Agency) is issuing a tender...
Huelva port opens fish market building
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Huelva port has opened the doors of the new fish market building, which after an investment of €6.9...