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News about contracts and tenders linked to port activity. Includes agreements to buy and sell goods, contracts to buy port equipment and construction products, protocols and memorandum of understandings (MoU). Also, agreements with shipping lines.

DB Schenker renews rental contract for ZAL facilities in Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – DB Schenker has renewed the lease with Cilsa for the multi-client building of 10,400 m² of surface and...

Valencia port gets six offers for dredging project

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Valencia port will have to choose between six offers of large construction companies specialising in maritime...

Barletta port starts project for removal of sediments from entrance channel

Barletta, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...

Genoa port calls breakwater design tender

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – The €14 million ($17.3 million) tender for the design of the largest port work in Italy after World War Two,...

Cosco Shipping signs investment contract with Kazakhstan Railways

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Cosco Shipping has signed a contract with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan Railways) to develop...

Malta Freeport contracts for 15 Konecranes RTGs

Malta Freeport (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Malta Freeport Terminals has ordered fifteen Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes tol be delivered...

València 2007 to transform marina into technology hub

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2018 – The València 2007 Consortium (Consorci València 2007), manager of Marina de València sports harbour, has...

First ship with large Chinese cranes for the new container platform arrived in the port of Vado Ligure

Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2018 – The first ship with maxi cranes for the new APM Terminals container platform has arrived in the port...

Hutchison Ports will pay taxes in Chernomorsk

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – Hutchison Ports is to register its enterprise in Chernomorsk and pay taxes locally. This is linked to a...

Open call for Small and Medium Enterprises, as part of the European BlueConnect project

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – The EU-sponsored BlueConnect project has opened a call for expression of interest from small- and...

Costa Crociere starts managing cruise terminal in La Spezia port

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – In March 2018, Costa Crociere SpA was awarded a contract by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...

Santander port incurs €1.1 million cost for drawbridge maintenance in 2017

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – Building the drawbridge of Raos terminal at Santander port cost €13 million ($16 million) in 2008. Now,...

Vigo port to agree route of rail line to Bouzas terminal with Adif

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – Crucial progress has been made in the train connection with the vehicle terminal of the Bouzas terminal of Vigo...

Costa Crociere starts short-term management of La Spezia port cruise terminal

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – Costa Crociere has started its management of the cruise terminal of La Spezia for a bridge period of 10...

Balearic Islands port authority rejects fees for parking lot at La Savina harbour

La Savina, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 – The Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has twice rejected management...

Vilagarcía port starts consultations on extension of Cefrico SL concession

Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 – Vilagarcía is submitting a public information request to extend the initial concession period requested by...

China Harbor Engineering Company signs two dredging contract for Chornomorsk port

Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 -The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) have signed two...

Naples port signs railway development agreement

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Maurizio Gentile, CEO of the Italian Railway Network...

Naples port to call tender for energy efficiency projects this year

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – Naples port is considering introducing an energy efficiency plan that includes a broader use of renewable energy...

Multi Marine Services, Bulk Mare sign cooperation agreement

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – Genoa-based shipping companies Multi Marine Services and Bulk Mare International have signed a cooperation...

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