Ports
All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual ports and articles feature hyperlinks to individual ports.
Containerships starts Ferrol-Canary Islands service
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) November 18, 2020 – Containerships, part of CMA CGM, is to commence a weekly service linking the Galician port of Ferrol with...
Basque government asks central government to end port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2020 – The Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, president of the Basque government, has formally asked the Prime...
CMA CGM: bunkering of a new-generation LNG-powered container ships begins in Rotterdam
A pioneering decision to acquire a new generation of 26 liquefied natural gas-powered containerships – November 13, 2020 The CMA CGM Group has embarked...
Grimaldi’s Eco Valencia ready to enter service in Mediterranean
Exactly one month after her delivery, this morning for the first time the Eco Valencia entered the port of Livorno. This is the first of the 12 hybrid Ro-Ro...
5G connectivity and artificial intelligence will allow exact and real-time geoposition of vessels in Barcelona port
The Port of Barcelona started the ‘5G Maritime’ pilot test in July, a project that aims to validate the location of ships in real time and with...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale (La Spezia) awards rail management contract
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 17, 2020 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
Valenciaport sets a new historical record: 508,177 containers in October
This month, the half million containers managed were exceeded for the second time (in August, 503,482 TEUs were reached) – November 16, 2020 It is the...
Turkmenbashi seeks to restart ferry connections with Makhachkala and expand transit corridors
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – Dagestan is considering a proposal to resume a ferry service between the Caspian Sea ports...
Pasaia port benefits from strike at neighbouring Bilbao port
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – The ongoing strike by stevedores at Bilbao port has driven shippers to seek alternative ports to collect...
Global Ports Holding announces Taranto port agreement
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, is pleased to announce that Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
Global Ports Holding – Valencia Cruise Port agreement
València, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), a global independent cruise port operator, has issued a press release...
Greek prime minister praises COSCO investment in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – The investment of the Chinese COSCO Shipping in the largest Greek port is a mutually beneficial...
Port Authority of València selects Baleària’s offer to build the new passenger terminal
The proposal complies with the “selection” phase and achieves a score of 93 out of 100 – November 13, 2020 The Board of Directors of the Port...
Port Authority of València will build a new jetty in the port of Sagunto
An independent engineering study nullifies any possibility of intervention on the old structure, which was heavily damaged between the DANA of December 2019...
5G connectivity and artificial intelligence will allow for accurate, real-time geolocalisation of vessels in the Port of Barcelona
News Release – 5G Barcelona – November 16, 2020 The ‘5G Maritime’ port trial is a geolocalisation pilot trial that features a pioneering...
Fincantieri to take over INSO – Sistemi per le Infrastrutture Sociali
Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri Infrastructure, will take over INSO – Sistemi per le Infrastrutture Sociali, and its subsidiary SOF, part...
EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA – third quarter container traffic down over 9%
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA has reported third quarter results showing reduced container throughput at...
Flexitank: full management and value-added services at the Terminal Container Ravenna
TCR (Terminal Container Ravenna) reconfirms itself as a true multifunctional platform, capable of offering high value-added services and versatile and reliable...
Anaklia Development Consortium welcomes visit to Georgia by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) today issued the following statement in advance of the 17-18 November visit to Georgia by U.S. Secretary of State Mike...
U.S. Secretary Pompeo set to visit Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 15, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is currently in France on a tour which will include Turkey,...