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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual ports and articles feature hyperlinks to individual ports.
Port of Algeciras sees container traffic down over 13% in first quarter of 2021
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2021 – In the first three months of 2021, the Port of Algeciras handled 694,973 containers, down 13.98% on the...
Port of Barcelona hosts Escola Europea meeting
The Escola Europea – Intermodal Transport has set a clear objective for this year: to intensify digitalisation with the aim of enriching its training...
Valenciaport, a strategic port for the agri-food industry that increases its exports by 40% in the first quarter of the year
The Port of València handled more than two million tons of agri-food products during the first three months of the year. Exports registered an increase of...
Spain: Total seaport cargo traffic by port authority – Q1 2921
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2021 – The 46 state-managed ports of general interest handled 46,378,257 tons during March, growth of 4.6%...
Spanish port traffic grew by 4.6% in March
The 46 state-managed ports of general interest handled 46,378,257 tons during March, growth of 4.6% compared to the 44,333,047 tons moved in the same month of...
Assoporti supports port investments in Italy’s national economic recovery plan
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 27, 2021 – Assoporti (the Association of Italian Ports) has welcomed the latest draft of the national recovery and...
Government representative visits port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 27, 2021 – The Undersecretary for the South and Territorial Cohesion, Dalila Nesci, has visited the Port...
Portuguese prime minister supports Sines 4.0 project
In the public presentation of the Sines 4.0 project, which includes an investment of 3.5 billion euros for the installation of a megadata center in Sines, the...
Port of Lisbon handled 1.4 million tons of goods for the Azores and Madeira
In 2020, the Port of Lisbon registered a total of 1.4 million tons in the movement of goods with the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira, representing...
Port of Leixões will become the first port with zero emissions by 2035
The plan, which will be detailed this year, foresees decarbonisation and energy self-sufficiency, 15 years before the deadline set by the EU – April 26,...
U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s Op-Ed on the U.S.-Greece Defense Relationship
The United States and Greece: The Sky’s the Limit for What We Can Accomplish Together Ambassador Pyatt *This op-ed was originally published in...
Port Authority of Valencia will reduce the energy consumption of its buildings by 23%
The PAV has put out to tender the project to improve the energy efficiency of the air conditioning plant at the offices of the Port of Valencia – April...
Port of Rijeka set to benefit from road development
The Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butković has participated in the presentation of the project of building a connecting road in the...
CMA CGM most likely to rebuild Beirut port in a project worth €600 million – German multi-billion euro project rejected
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – The over-ambitious $5-7 billion plan with an up-to-20-year construction span of two German companies for the...
Record for rail freight at Genova Pra’
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – PSA Genova Pra’ has reported that in the month of March, the facility transported 20,892 TEU by rail, a...
Morocco considers FSRU vessel on Atlantic or Mediterranean coast
Nador, Morocco, (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – Local sources are reporting that the Moroccan government is considering establishing a floating storage...
Railway connection between the Port of Trieste and Nürnberg is strengthened
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – Following its introduction in November last year, the intermodal rail cargo service between Trieste and...
Port of Taranto sees Q1 traffic up over 9%
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, the port of Taranto handled 4.6 million tons of goods, an increase of +9.1%...
Giuseppe Grimaldi appointed general secretary of AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (Naples)
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – On the recommendation of the president Andrea Annunziata, Presdient of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...
Port of Antwerp reports solid Q1 2021 cargo throughput
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, the Port of Antwerp reported total freight traffic of 59.1 million tonnes,...