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Turkey’s Uzmar to build tug for Port of Aarhus

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Uzmar Shipyard has signed a contract to build a RAmparts 3000 series newbuild tugboat for the Port of...

Berdyansk and Mariupol ports show an increase in cargo handling in Q1 2020

Despite the corona crisis and difficult working conditions associated with the immediate vicinity of the environmental protection zone, Berdyansk and Mariupol...

Valenciaport management holds first working meeting with CEO of APM Terminals Gateways Spain

Valenciaport and APM Terminals Gateways Spain have held a meeting to continue and develop the challenges that the sector and the port community have ahead in...

Valenciaport is in the first line of investment against climate change and emergency

The President of the Port Authority of Valencia, Aurelio Martínez, reaffirms the Port’s commitment to “concrete events that are included in our...

Russia’s network of specialised oil ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Russia is one of the countries with the largest number of specialised oil and petroleum products ports in the...

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 19/2020 – Ports and lines awaiting the end of the storm

Covid-19 Update – Issue 19/2020 – Ports and lines awaiting the end of the storm. Despite the adoption of progressive release measures in European...

Spanish state ports moved 174.8 million tons in first four months of the year

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the organisation responsible for the management of 46 state-owned ports, has reported...

Work to start on construction of Gelibolu New Ferry Terminal, Turkey

Çanakkale, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – Following a tender last February, Tokdemir Engineering signed a contract in May with Türkiye Denizcilik...

YILPORT LEIXÕES posts record volume in first quarter 2020

Yilport Leixões (Porto, Portugal) handled 182.000 TEUs in the first quarter of 2020, increasing its volume by 8% compared to the same period of the previous...

Piombino port sees April cargo traffic down over 70%

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – The port of Piombino ended April 2020 with total handling of 944,040 tons, down 31.9% compared to 2019. The...

Civitavecchia ports see cargo down 17% in Q1 2020

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – In the first quarter of 2020, the ports of Civitavecchia, Fiumicino and Gaeta handled almost 3.0...

Grimaldi adds Ro-Pax ship to Italy-Greece line

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – Naples-based Grimaldi Group is to utilise the Ro-Pax ship “Venice”on the...

China’s ZPMC supplies more cranes to Piraeus port

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC), a heavy-duty equipment manufacturer, has signed a with COSCO...

Croatian government supports return of shipbuilding in Pula

Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – The Government has indicated its readiness to create preconditions for starting shipbuilding activities in...

Taranto port to benefit from new CMA CGM feeder service

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – French shipping company, CMA CGM, is to start a feeder service calling at the Turkish ports of Ambarli,...

Trabzon Liman Isletmecili reports reduced Q1 2020 profit

Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – Trabzon Liman Isletmecili A.S., port operator of Trabzon, has reported non-consolidated net profit down...

New Koper port-Libya shipping service starts in July

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – A new service will be launched linking the North Adriatic Slovenian port of Koper and Libya (port unnamed),...

NileDutch extends Mediterranean service offering to Rades, Tunisia

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – NileDutch, a shipping company linking West Africa with Europe, has added the Tunisian port of Rades to its...

Containerships starts container service between Ferrol port and UK ports

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – Containerships, part of CMA CGM, has started a second container service from Ferrol port, Galicia, to ports...

Spain’s leading ports suffer reduced traffic in April 2020

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – State-owned Puertos del Estado has reported April 2020 cargo statistics for ports, which shows that the...

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