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Bureau Veritas to certify Baleària ships and facilities as Covid-19 safe spaces

Baleària will be the first shipping line in the world with Bureau Veritas certification that its ships and facilities are Covid-19 safe spaces – May 5,...

NCSP Group’s consolidated cargo turnover up over 66% in Q1 2020

NCSP Group reports cargo turnover of NCSP Group for January–March 2020 grew by 0.9%, up 66.31% year-on-year – April 30, 2020 Key drivers Growth in oil...

First vessel from the updated AEM6 service calls Koper port

News – First vessel from the updated AEM6 service calls Koper – May 11, 2020 In the past weekend Koper port has berthed the first vessel which...

Piraeus Port Authority denies absence of environmental licences

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has issued a press release in response to other press articles alleging...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Israel, China on the agenda?

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will make a brief visit to Israel tomorrow to meet with Prime Minister...

Tenders for the ports of Alexandroupolis-Igoumenitsa set to progress

Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...

Tanger Med-Algeciras port partnership keeps services operational

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – A close business relationship between the Spanish port of Algeciras and the Moroccan Mediterranean port of...

Venice port suspends state port fees

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern Adriatic Sea Port...

Trieste port sees traffic fall 5% in first three months of 2020

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – In January-March 2020, total traffic at Trieste port was 14.3 million, down 5% on 15.1 million tons in the...

Olbia will become first concession port in Ukraine

The seaport “Olvia”, located in Nikolaev, will become the first concession port in Ukraine. We plan to conclude concession agreements with the...

APM Terminals Valencia deploys scalable virtual 4G wireless network

As part of a global roll-out, APM Terminals Valencia, Spain has launched a new Virtual Private LTE provided by Telefonica Spain. LTE (network are a...

Terminal Container Ravenna introduces single window structure for clearing goods

Starting from May 6th the authorities responsible for clearing the goods arriving and leaving the port of Ravenna will benefit from a single window control...

Damietta Port authority sees traffic down 4.6% in Q1 2020

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has reported total cargo handled in January-March 2020 of 9.44 million tons,...

Three international consortia want to build second container terminal in Damietta port

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – Three international consortia submitted bids to build the second container terminal at Egypt’s Damietta port....

Barcelona port produces positive rail audit

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – The Port of Barcelona has successfully completed the audit of its Security Management System and Railway...

Turkey: Total traffic April 2020 by port, numbers down

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs-Maritime Department has published total traffic figures for...

Turkish ports: Total cargo handling down over 9% in April 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – Total cargo handling at Turkish ports in April 2020 totalled 39.33 million tons, down 3.95 million tons on...

Greek minister says Piraeus port development continues

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 8, 2020 – Piraeus port operations have continued despite the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, and the development and...

Turkey: Giresun Port continues operations in April

Giresun, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – Despite the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, Giresun port has continued operations without interruption in...

Valenciaport – VCFI rises 4.78% in April, reaches highest value began

The idle fleet caused by the coronavirus pandemic has led to a reduction in capacity of 3.4 million TEUs until the second quarter. The Far East is the area...

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