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A category including news related to increasing output and production of ports. Additional port equipment adding capacity; port expansion adding cargo capacity, shipping lines adding larger vessels and increased land traffic capacity by rail and road.

Valencia port president says he does not understand reasons for northern access rejection

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martinez, has...

Puertos del Estado, Baleària to discuss relaunch of Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea 

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, and the commercial and...

Damietta Container to issue global tender for Damietta Port platforms

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Company is to issue a global tender for the development of...

The Escola Europea collaborates with an innovative project to build the New Mediterranean Corridor

Last October 2nd at the Generalitat of Catalonia’s headquarters – Ministry of Land and Sustainability – General Direction of Transports and...

Maersk Line launches rail service to Algeciras port 

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – Maersk Line has launched a rail service between Córdoba and Algeciras port to expand its intermodal...

Astilleros Gondán to build four eco-ferries for Baleària

Castropol, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – Astilleros Gondán has a contract to construct four GRP ecofast ferries with a capacity for 350...

Baleària incorporates next December an ‘eco fast ferry’ on the Ibiza-Formentera line

Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – At the end of 2017, Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. will introduce the first vessel of a series of...

Uljanik shipyard deliver last of 11 vessels to Grimaldi Group

Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – The Grande Colonia, the last in a string of 11 Pure Car Truck Carriers (PCTC) built by the Uljanik yard...

Panamanian government to study cargo inspection work at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Valencia port received this week a visit of a Panamanian governmental delegation, led by the Minister...

Tangier Med to starting point to develop the MoS in the Mediterranean

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Escola Europea has held a conference in Tangier “Motorways of the Sea: new tools towards...

First freight train on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway departs Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – On October 30, the inauguration ceremony of the Baku–Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway was held at...

Motorway of the Sea to Tangier allows Vigo to receive fresh fish in 36 hours

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – No European port would dispute Vigo harbour’s leadership in the handling of fish for human...

Global Ports Holding to open new state-of-the-art terminal in Lisbon Cruise Port

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Global Ports Holding, the operator of Lisbon Cruise Terminal, will soon open it new terminal at the...

Castellón port eyes regular train service to Zaragoza

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Castellón port expects to have “three or four” weekly connections by train with Zaragoza by...

CCI managing multiple tasks in Nice port

Nice, France (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – In January 2017, CCI Nice-Côte d’Azur (Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Nice Côte d’Azur)...

Santander Coated Solutions to resume expansion of factory at port in March 2018

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Spanish company Santander Coated Solutions SL plans to start the second phase of the development of its...

Trieste Marine Terminal updates Navis terminal operating system

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 –  Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. (TMT) has updated its operating system with Navis, one of the most...

Athens-Thessaloniki high-speed rail service set for January 2018 start

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Preparations are going ahead for the first high-speed connection between Athens and Thessaloniki...

Ruscon acquires container terminal in Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Ruscon, one of the Russia’s leading container transportation companies, has purchased the...

Public consultation over expansion of Livorno port

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – A meeting, which brought together a large number of local stakeholders, associations, professionals and...

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