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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual ports and articles feature hyperlinks to individual ports.
Spanish, French governments seek return of LD Lines subsidies
Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The Spanish and French governments are discussing the possibility of launching an audit to...
Pasaia port cargo traffic declines 9% Y/Y in 2016
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Pasaia port closed 2016 with a total of 3.45 million tonnes of cargo handled, down 9% on the year, mainly...
Barcelona port representative visit Tehran to find business opportunities
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Barcelona port participates in the 14th edition of the Trans Middle East fair, which takes place in...
Malaga port joins European LOCATIONS project
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Malaga port has joined the LOCATIONS (Low-Carbon Transport in Cruise Destination Cities) project of the...
Taranto port starts dredging works
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The Port Authority of the Ionian Sea System has started the project for the dredging of 2.3 million cu m...
Limassol port introduces restricted operational hours
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Despite expectations that under its new owners Limassol port would operate on a 24-hour basis, port...
Castellon port estimates damages caused by bad weather at €450,000
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Castellon port authority president (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón), Francisco Toledo, estimates...
Santander port books record-high traffic of new cars in 2016
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Santander port closed 2016 with a new absolute record in the movement of new vehicles, with a total of...
Valencia port recovers position on Chinese market
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) registered a difficult year with a slight...
Lisbon Cruise Terminal is among the Portuguese capital’s advantages
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Lisbon Cruise Terminal, designed by architect Carrilho da Graça, is one of the advantages of Lisbon,...
Sines port community association names president
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The General Assembly of the Sines port community (CPSI) met on January 19, 2017, appointed its...
Algerian government prepares plan to reduce costs of imports, exports
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Algerian Minister of Public Works and Transport, Boudjemaa Talai, said in Algiers that a national...
New report confirms positive economic trends in EU fishing fleet
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The economic performance of the EU fleet improved significantly again in 2014, according to the...
MedCruise Board of Directors meeting to be held in Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The 111th meeting of the MedCruise Board of Directors (The Association of Mediterranean Cruise...
Event – European Maritime Day – Poole, UK, May 18-19, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 -The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual meeting point for Europe’s community of maritime...
Chipolbrok starts service to Far, Middle East
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – US-based shipping company Chipolbrok, which operates its Spanish hub at the port of Bilbao, has started a...
Petlim container port second phase scheduled for Summer
Petkim, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Petlim container port second phase will enter service in June of this year,” said SOCAR Turkey Energy...
Grimaldi interested in Mediterranean acquisitions
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Speaking during the 3rd Naftemporiki shipping conference in Athens, Grimaldi managing director President...
Hellenic Ports Association reports an increase in cruise passengers in 2016
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Cruise passengers to Greece recorded a 5% increase in 2016, making it a ”good year” for the...
Greek cruise traffic set to fall in 2017
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Despite forecasts of robust growth for the international cruise travel industry, the Greek cruise...