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Albanian ports increase cargo handling in April 2021

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 28, 2021 – The total volume of freight loading/unloading in Albanian ports in April 2021 was 451,600 tonnes, up 27.7...

MSC Cruises has applied for a 25-year cruise port concession at the Adriatic port of Ancona

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) May 28, 2021 – MSC Cruises, one of the world’s leading shipping companies, has applied for a 25-year cruise port...

Valenciaport installs a pioneering system of walkable solar panels

Solar panels has installed at ground level, walkable by pedestrians and vehicles, an adaptable pavement to be placed on any plot of land, connected with...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – April 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in April 2021 of 45.45...

Spanish ports recover and grow 8.7% during the month of April

The 46 state-owned ports in Spain closed the month of April with a movement of 45,458,749 tons, an increase of 8.7% compared to April 2020 – May 26,...

Decarbonisation and digitization, a common strategy of European ports to promote economic transformation

València, May 25, 2021.- Decarbonisation, digitization, use of alternative energies, intermodality and engines of innovation are some of the common...

CVC Capital Partners and China Merchants Holdings may seek Kumport stake

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 26, 2021 – CVC Capital Partners and China Merchants Holdings International Co. are two companies interested in...

Three new investments in the Port of Koper

Today, on 25th May 2021 we inaugurated three new investments in the Port of Koper. The first is a smaller one, namely a petrol station for the supply of...

13 quarries to provide construction materials for Algeria’s new deep-water El Hamdania port

Cherchell, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 26, 2021 – A high-level meeting has moved forward the project for the construction of Algeria’s new commercial...

AIDA Cruises chooses Malaga as the port of call in its national itinerary

Aida Cruises has announced the start of a new national itinerary departing from Palma de Mallorca, in which it has chosen Malaga as its port of call for the...

Port of Cartagena welcomes cruise ships in July

The Port of Cartagena has closed eight new calls as of July through the AIDA shipping company – May 25, 2021 President of the APC, Yolanda Muñoz, said...

PortCastelló is tendering the works of the railway bridge and its connection with the north dock

The specifications for the contracting of the works of the railway bridge and its railway connection with the north dock of the port of Castellón have been...

Total general traffic in the Port of Cadiz Bay increased by 6.37 percent in the first four months of 2021

Total general traffic in the Port of Cadiz Bay increased by 6.37 percent in the first four months of 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year,...

Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz plans to start the integration of the Ciudad dock in 2022

The Bay of Cádiz Port Authority plans to start the integration project of the Ciudad dock (Cádiz commercial dock) in 2022, for which it has two million euros...

The Port of Bilbao Authority and UniportBilbao are participating in the Breakbulk Europe Connect 21

The Port of Bilbao Authority and UniportBilbao are participating in the Breakbulk Europe Connect 21, to promote the Port of Bilboa and maintain contact with...

Port Authority of Almeria see January-April cargo traffic up 37%

Between January and April of this year, the Port Authority of Almeria and Carboneras handled almost 2 million tonnes of goods, up 37.7% on the same period in...

Port of Algeciras sees April total cargo down over -5%.

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 25, 2021 – In April 2021, container traffic handled by the port of Algeciras was 5.09 million tons, a decrease of...

Asian Ports Dominate Global Container Port Performance Index

Asian container ports are the most efficient in the world, dominating the Top 50 spots according to the new global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI)...

World Bank and IHS Markit launches new global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI)

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) May 25, 2021 – World Bank and IHS Markit have launched new global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), an index...

EU support for the Port Authority of Valencia north enlargement

València, May 24th, 2021.- The European Union has supported the works inside the northern extension of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) where the new...

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