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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.

Marbella city government applies with Málaga port for lighthouse concession

Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – The City Council of Marbella municipality has applied with Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria...

Livorno port reissues dry dock tender

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian...

Portuguese government sets time limit on Lisbon port concession renegotiations

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has signed the order, published on December 28 in Diário...

VARD reports high activity in Romanian shipyards

Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Vard Holdings Limited, part of Fincantieri S.p.A., has reported its financial results for q4 2017. Higher...

The world’s largest container-handling cranes arrive at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier

Tangiers, Morocco – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier has announced the arrival of three of the newest and largest ship-to-shore (STS) cranes in the world,...

TransNatur carries out logistics works to expand its facilities in Valencia

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish company TransNatur S.A. has confirmed that it is carrying out logistics works to expand its...

Vilagarcía port awards concessions of two lighthouses

Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Vilagarcía port has awarded contracts for the operation of the lighthouses of Corrubedo and Punta Insua....

Hispania Petroleum to build facilities for LNG supply at Las Palmas port

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Spanish company Hispania Petroleum applied with Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...

Valencia port to grant 50-year concession to investors in new container terminal

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is willing to grant a long-term concession, up to...

STM Entreprise to manage Marseille port border inspection point

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – STM Entreprise, a company created by the union of the Marseille freight forwarders, is now manager of...

SMD Invest submits lowest bid for Kherson port dredging tender

Kherson, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2918 – SMD Invest’s offer was UAH 120.2 million (€3.66 million/$4.46 million)...

USPA issues dredging tender for Mariupol and Berdyansk seaports

Azov, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Five companies have responded to a tender for the dredging of the approach channels and in the water areas...

Piraeus port announces tender for sale and removal of hazardous and harmful ships

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – The Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced the tender procedure for the sale and removal of the...

Costa Cruises orders third new generation ship

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Costa Cruises orders a third new generation ship for the German brand Aida Cruises. It will be built by Meyer...

Grimaldi to export Cygnus module for International Space Station from Savona port

Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Italian company Grimaldi Group plans to export the Cygnus module, destined to supply the International...

Shawcor, Aspo sign agreement for export of tubes to Qatar via Chioggia port

Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Dutch group Shawcor and Italian company Aspo have signed an agreement to export 300,000 tonnes of tubes to...

Santander city government approves second phase of SCS project

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Santander City Council has granted a works license for the basic project presented by Santander Coated...

Naples receives considerable interest in LNG storage tender

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – By the end of the deadline, February 26, 2018,  there were 17 expressions of interest to build an LNG...

Interporto di Trieste agrees €14.5 million loan from UniCredit 

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Dry port operator Interporto di Trieste and UniCredit have signed an agreement for a loan of €14.5...

Agreement between AdSP Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea and Clax Italia

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Clax Italia srl, a manufacturer of plastic products, has signed a concession with Autorita’...

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