Government
News about the involvement of government in port activities. Includes government laws applicable to ports, state-owned ports including European Union issues with national government implications. Also includes inter-government meetings, agreements and visits of government officials.
Puertos del Estado promotes collaboration between port authorities
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – The state port administration Puertos del Estado has set up the Permanent Observatory of the Port...
Puertos del Estado to attend first meeting of new Digital Transport and Logistic Forum in January
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-owned organisation for the Spanish port system, will attend the first...
Commission approves Venice port’s project for protection of Malamocco-Marghera Canal
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – The Commission for the Protection of Venice approved this morning the Malamocco-Marghera Canal protection...
Ligurian, Tuscan and Lazio ports meet at Federmanager event
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – Federmanager, an association of managers, has organised an event to bring together the port...
Italy to invest €922 million in Genoa, Savona ports by 2021
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Italy’s government plans to invest €922 million ($1 billion) in the development of Genoa and Savona...
Conference of the South ports in Bari, D’Agostino asks for renewed ports government policy
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – The conference “I ports del mezzogiorno” was held today in the Bari cruise terminal, organized...
Future Strategic Framework will be oriented to the new port reality – Puertos del Estado
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, accompanied by Salvador...
Support of Spanish ports to Valenciaport projects
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 1, 2018 – In the framework of the annual meeting of El Fondo de Compensación Interportuario (Interport...
Government Ministry to carry out inspection at Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 29, 2018 – Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) plans to carry out an inspection...
Government official says Corfu port will not be privatised
Corfu, Greece (PortSEurope) November 29, 2018 – Secretary General for Ports, Port Policy and Maritime Investment Christos Lambridis has said that the...
Italy’s Senate approves establishment of 16th port authority
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Italy’s Senate has approved the establishment of the country’s 16th port authority, senator...
Spain’s Interportuario Compensation Fund will distribute €52.5 million among 28 port authorities in 2019
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – The distribution committee of the Interportuarial Compensation Fund (Fondo de Compensación...
France calls for improved links with Irish ports
Paris, France (PortSEurope) November 25, 2018 – French Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne has visited the Irish capital Dublin to discuss improving...
Event: Assoporti – Focus on the ports of the South – Bari, December 3, 2018
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) November 25, 2018 – The “Focus on the ports of the South” conference will take place at the Bari Cruise Terminal on...
Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport praises GAINN4MOS project
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) November 20, 2018 – Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has supported maritime transport with a low...
Ukraine government continues to work on the implementation of pilot concession projects
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 19, 2018 – The Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure supported by “SPILNO” PPP Project Management Office moves...
Italian government against privatisation of the port system
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) November 18, 2018 – Following a question in parliament, Danilo Toninelli, Minister of Transport, said that the Italian port...
Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority looks to improved governance standards
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – In an analysis of corporate governance, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) plans to increase the...
President of Calabria in Rome to discuss Gioia Tauro port issues
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 11, 2018 – The President of the Calabria region, Mario Oliveiro, has visited Rome to discuss a number of...
Turkmenbashi port in Turkmenistan – another megalomaniac project or a new Silk Road winner
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – In a rare acknowledgment of problems with one of his ambitious billion dollar projects, last...