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Morocco’s ports handled 55.2 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1 2024
Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Moroccan ports handled 55.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of +13.3%...
Port of Sines closed Q1 2024 with +16% growth
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – The Port of Sines closed the first quarter of the year with +16% growth over the same period last year,...
Portugal: Seaports cargo report – March & Q1 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Cargo movement in the mainland’s commercial port system recorded +6.2% in the first quarter of 2024,...
Leixões port authority starts new rail connection – Alfarelos
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – The Leixões port authority has started a new rail connection for port cargo –...
Mersin International Port invests in tugs from Sanmar Shipyards
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Mersin International Port (MIP) has invested 250 million liras (€7.1 million) in environment-friendly tugs...
Antwerp Euroterminal installs cold ironing
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Antwerp Euroterminal (AET) is installing the first shore power connection for seagoing vessels in Belgium...
Georgia’s Anaklia port given to China
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – A consortium of majority state-owned China Communication and Construction Company (CCCC) Ltd., one of the...
Damietta port to host new ship scrapping & recycling project
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Damietta port will be the location for a new ship scrapping & recycling project to be set up by...
Port of Barcelona may sanction ships that pollute
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona will introduce a new ordinance for the prevention of pollution in the service area...
Ports of Aveiro, Figueira da Foz tender for towage, mooring
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Ports of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz have issued a new international public tender for the concession...
Antwerp Euroterminal installs the first shore power connection
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Antwerp Euroterminal (AET) has installed the first shore power connection (cold ironing) for seagoing...
Ignazio Messina acquisition of Terminal San Giorgio approved
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Italian Competition Authority (Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato) has authorised Ignazio...
Marsa Maroc publishes positive Q1 2024 numbers
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – Marsa Maroc has published positive results for Q1 2024 including increased cargo traffic and revenue....
Port of Naples sees cargo up +1.3% in Q1 2024
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Port of Naples has reported total cargo traffic of 4.43 million tonnes (mt) in Q1 2024, up +1.3%....
Russian tanker runs into trouble in Istanbul with faulty rudder
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Russian oil tanker, Osaka, got into trouble near Haydarpaşa, Istanbul. The stricken vessel was...
Port of Vigo sends delegation to Castletownbere, Ireland
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – A delegation from the Port of Vigo and the Xunta de Galicia has visited the Port of Castletownbere in the...
Green Bay – a new European port certification
Toulon, France (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIV) has launched a new environmental standard for certification...
Calls for towage investment in Port of Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – Representatives of CGT Mar y Puerto trade union have called for the authorities to increase the number of...
Contract signed for “cold ironing” in Port of Termoli, Italy
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The Port System Authority of the Southern Adriatic Sea (AdSPMAM) has signed contract with Eurowork srl for the...
GSAB2 (Grimaldi Satellite Berthing 2) project is launched
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – On May 14, 2024, the GSAB2 (Grimaldi Satellite Berthing 2) project was launched. This is a development of the...