Ro-Ro
Port activities related to Ro-Ro (roll on, roll off) – ships or ferries designed which carry vehicles that can be driven straight on and straight off. Includes passenger ferries and vessels with lorries and trailers carrying cargo.
Grimaldi Lines increases Bari port capacity
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Two new vessels of the Grimaldi group have replaced Eurocargo-Patrasso and Eurocargo-Trieste, in service in the...
UN Ro-Ro launches Patras-Pendik ports service
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – UN Ro-Ro, the shipping company, is to start a service between Pendik port, Istanbul, and Patras port in...
Combalia launches direct monthly service for vehicle shipments from Europe to South America
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Combalia Agencia Maritima has set up a direct monthly service for vehicle shipments from Europe to South...
DFDS completes acquisition of Turkey’s UN Ro-Ro
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 9, 2018 – Danish company DFDS has completed the acquisition of the Turkish shipping company UN Ro-Ro, obtaining the...
Trieste ports reports improved traffic figures for Jan-Apr 2018
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 4, 2018 – In the first four months of 2018 Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP –...
Höegh Autoliners adopts new concepts at service calling at Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – Shipping company Höegh Autoliners Holdings AS has launched its new express service from Europe to Oceania at...
Valencia port to attend Breakbulk Europe event
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Mar Chao, commercial and development director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Port...
Italy’s Ignazio Messina launches Italy-Tunisia ro-ro link
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – Italian shipping company Ignazio Messina has launched a new ro-ro maritime link between Italy and Tunisia. The...
Bilbao port completes construction of ro-ro ramp
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Bilbao port authority has said it completed the construction of a ro-ro ramp number 8 at the harbour. The works...
Valencia port consolidates offer to keep ro-ro traffic leadership in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – Valencia and Sagunto ports, both managed by the Valencia port authority, have developed in recent years a series...
Grimaldi renews fleet with €1 billion investment
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Italian shipping company Grimaldi has renewed its fleet with investments of €1 billion ($1.2 billion) to be...
Delo NUTEP container terminal reports improved March 2018 traffic
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 – In March 2018, NUTEP handled 40,776 TEU, up 31 % on the same period of 2017. It is also up 12%...
Avilés port considers installation of ro-ro ramp
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – Manufacturers of large industrial parts that operate in the port of Avilés are demanding a ro-ro ramp, a...
Koper port plans new Ro-Ro berth
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Koper port is planning to build a new Ro-Ro berth in Basin 3 which will be designed to meet the mooring...
DFDS acquires Turkish shipping company U.N. Ro-Ro
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – Danish shipping and logistics group DFDS has acquired Turkey’s U.N. Ro-Ro İşletmeleri A.Ş., an...
Terminal TRI Genova receives port concession extention
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western...
Samer & Co completes overhaul of ro-ro terminal at Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Italian company Samer & Co Shipping S.p.A. has officially completed the overhaul of its Riva Traiana Ro-Ro...
MSC to launch con-ro service linking Trieste to Izmir
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to launch a new service for the transport of ro-ro, containers...
Genoa Chamber of Commerce takes part in Go Smart Med project
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The Genoa Chamber of Commerce continues to participate in the Go Smart Med project, funded under the Interreg...
Leixões received inaugural scale of one of the largest ro-ro ships
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – On, February 14, the Port of Leixões received, for the first time, one of the largest ro-ro...