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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual ports and articles feature hyperlinks to individual ports.
EC expects Bar port privatisation to boost Montenegro’s growth
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) said it expects the privatisation of the Montenegro state-owned 30%...
Luka Rijeka expects improved results in 2017 as Hungarian firm resumes imports
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – Croatia’s Rijeka port operator, Luka Rijeka d.d, said it expects an improvement in financial...
Piraeus Port Authority S.A. announces 2017 financial calendar
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. announces the financial calendar for the year 2017: – Thursday 16th...
Montenegro to sell stakes in Luka Bar, Montecargo
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – The Montenegrin government aims to sell state-owned stakes in Bar port’s operator Luka Bar a.d....
Port of Adria acquires mobile crane for Bar harbour
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – Montenegrin company Port of Adria, the operator of the cargo terminal of Bar harbour, said it has...
New joint Algerian-Saudi shipping line discussed
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – During a visit by Saudi Trade and Investment Minister Madjed ben Abdullah Al Qassabi to a joint...
Fincantieri awarded Norwegian Cruise Line contract
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 –Â Fincantieri, the Italian shipbuilder, has been awarded a contract by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings...
Varna port under consideration for South Stream project
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – The South Stream project, which was proposed in 2007 and never realised, was supposed to deliver...
Boluda to deliver two tugboats to Mauritania
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Boluda Towage and Salvage received the “VB Sahel” and “VB Sahara” tugboats at...
Valencia to revive intermodal transport facility
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) and the regional government of Valencia have...
Container traffic at Spanish ports hits record-high in 2016
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Container traffic in Spanish ports throughout 2016 came in at record-high 15,080,009 TEUs, a figure...
Gijon port to sell former HQ
Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Gijon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón) plans to call a tender for the sale of its former...
BMP to build warehouse at Bayonne port
Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Bayonne port keeps receiving more and more larger ships. This requires port operators to undertake...
Ferrol port approves railway access construction
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao) board of directors will hold an...
New RMG cranes at Koper for improved productivity
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – In the last few days two rail-mounted gantries for the container terminal arrived at the port of...
Trieste Marine Terminal increases Munich train frequency
Trieste, Italy (PortSeurope) February 14, 2017 – A fourth regular weekly block train departure from Trieste to Munich and vice versa will commence at...
Trieste Marine Terminal introduces new NAVIS system
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) has introduced a NAVIS operating system, which will improve terminal...
Spanish government, trade unions terminate talks on stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Barely an hour and a half of a meeting was enough for the government, employers and trade unions to...
2M alliance announces service changes affecting Spanish ports
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), forming the 2M alliance, have announced the...
A Coruna port cargo traffic declines in 2016
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – A Coruna port handled 13.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, down 1.65% on the year. General cargo...