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.
Portugal to invest €2.5 million in constructing dock on Tavira island
Tavira, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Portugal’s government has presented a €2.5 million ($2.9 million) project for the construction of a...
Vigo port calls tender for expansion of car silo at Bouzas terminal
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has called a tender for the expansion of the silo of vertical...
Vigo port to expand Bouzas ro-ro terminal capacity
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has decided to launch an ambitious plan, the construction of a...
Port of Leixões cargo throughput up 9% in first half 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – In the first six months of this year, the Port of Leixões handled 9.7 million tons of commodities,...
Alternative Transport firm to buy new ship with EBRD loan
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to loan €27.5 million loan to...
Morocco’s AML incorporates third ship into Gibraltar Strait service
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Moroccan shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) has announced the incorporation of a third ship to the...
EU CEF allocates €3.5 million to Venice port development
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July2, 2017 – The European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has allocated €3.5 million ($4 million) to...
Venice port to receive €3.25 million under CEF
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Venice port has gained financing under two projects of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) out of a total 13...
Vigo port faces congestion risk due to dock workers strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has explained that the...
Suardiaz extends Morocco ro-ro service
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – Suardiaz, the Spanish shipping and logistics group, is extending its Montoir-de-Bretagne (Nantes)...
Neptune Lines starts operating at Setubal port
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Greek shipping group Neptune Lines has started operating the “Iberia + Med + Aegean & Black...
Grimaldi launches Mexico Ro-Ro service
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – The Grimaldi Group is launching a new direct Ro-Ro service to Mexico for the transport of cars, rolling...
Vigo port launches ro-ro ramp at Bouzas terminal
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2017 –  Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has completed the rearangement of the huge parking lot at...
MacAndrews starts door-to-door service connecting Bilbao, Poole ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – MacAndrews, a specialist in multimodal transport, has announced the launch of a door-to-door product through a...
Greece’s Neptune Lines starts operating at Santander port
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – Greek shipping company Neptune Lines started operating at Santander port on April 3. The Greek company offers...
Italy’s Onorato acquires Livorno port’s ro-ro terminal operator
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Italian company Onorato has acquired Livorno Terminal Marittimo (LTM), the operator of ro-ro and ro-ro-pax...
Alternative Tasimacilik A.S. receives EBRD loan
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a senior loan to Alternative...
Ignazio Messina’s employees at Genoa port agree labour deal
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – The employees of Italian company Ignazio Messina & C at Genoa port have signed an agreement changing...
Algeria’s MCI presents line to Spain at ceramics fair
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – Algerian company Maghreb Container International (MCI) S.L. is participating in the international...
EU supports Finnlines service Between Bilbao And Antwerp
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), which manages infrastructures and research projects...