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Port of Gioia Tauro set to receive cranes from China
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – The Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) will soon welcome a ship from China carrying four new cranes...
Port of Bilbao sees 10% growth in cargo in H1 2024
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – Between January and June, the Port of Bilbao has handled 18 million tonnes, which is 1.6 million more than...
Turkey’s first FPSO unit on its way to Filyos port
Filyos, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – Turkey’s first floating natural gas production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has set off from...
Port of Bilbao awards Central Pier construction contract
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Bilbao has awarded the contract for the works of the...
Luka Ploče handled 2.22 mln tons of cargo in H1 2024, -14%
Ploče, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, Luka Ploče handled 2,227,315 tons of cargo, a decrease of 14% in comparison...
Port of Rijeka handled 2.92 mln tons of cargo, -4.6%, H1 2024
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, Luka Rijeka handled 2.92 million tons of cargo, a decrease of -4.6% compared...
Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) fell by -3.01% in July
The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for the month of July has decreased – August 2, 2024 This price index, which is based on the export...
Albania announces tender for new commercial port in Durres
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – Albania has announced an international tender for the construction of a new commercial port in Porto...
Albanian seaports increase cargo traffic by over 37% in H2 2024
Tirana, Albania (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the seaports of Albania handled 2.14 million tons (MT) of cargo, compared with...
Enel workers continue strike at Port of Brindisi
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – For nearly two weeks, the Port of Brindisi has been affected by a strike of workers from Enel. Picketing...
Port of Ravenna and FS Group sign digitalisation agreement
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – The FS Group’s Logistics Hub and the Port System Authority of the Northern Central Adriatic Sea...
Port of Leixões reports 10% passenger growth in H1 2024
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Leixões recorded 10% growth in the number of passengers and a...
Wartsila to transfer its manufacturing site in Trieste, Italy to shipping company MSC
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release 1 August 2024 In July 2022, technology group Wärtsilä announced a plan to ramp down manufacturing in...
Terminal Rinfuse Venezia seeks concession extension
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2024—Terminal Rinfuse Venezia SpA has requested a 25-year extension to its concession, which covers over 278,500 m²....
Valenciaport awards rail tender
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has awarded the works for the duplication of the track and the...
Port of Marseille Fos handled total cargo traffic of 34.8 Mt in H1 2024
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 31, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Marseille Fos handled total cargo traffic of 34.8 million tonnes...
Luka Koper issues tender for container terminal expansion
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2024 – Port operator Luka Koper has issued a tender for the expansion of the container terminal. The expanded...
Fincantieri, Accenture to work on port digitalisation
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2024 – Fincantieri, an international shipbuilding, and Accenture, a global professional services company, are...
Drug trafficking moves from Algeciras port to Marbella
Marbella, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2024 – Drug trafficking gangs are increasingly moving their operations to Spain’s Marbella because of a...
Drones help Tarragona port, Spain
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2024 – The port of Tarragona has been using drones since September 2021, with the assistance of state-owned SENASA....