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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.
Call for Messina as its own port system
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Under recent government port reform, Messina port (Sicily) was included in Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale...
Liguria region’s president to propose new reform of Italy’s port management system
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – The president of the regional government of Liguria, Giovanni Toti, has proposed to the new government of the...
Huelva port hails inclusion into Atlantic Corridor
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Huelva port has been included in the Atlantic Corridor within the Trans-European Transport Network, as announced...
José Luis Ábalos set to become Spain’s Public Works Minister
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – José Luis Ábalos will be the Minister of Public Works in the new government that is being formed by new...
Portuguese port strike cancelled
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has negotiated an end to the planned strike by port workers....
Minister of the Sea present at conference on Portugal-USA economic relations
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, was present at the conference “The United States and...
XVII International Exhibition “Inter-Transport” started its work in Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – The XVII International Exhibition “Inter-Transport” has started in the port of Odessa. Head of...
Ukraine government approves National Transport Strategy 2030
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the National Transport Strategy for the period up...
Llorca highlights the potential of the ports of Las Palmas
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has attended the inauguration of Juan José Cardona as...
LNG supplying to ships at Spanish ports could reduce taxes
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Under the Spanish law (Ley de Desindexación de la economía Española) energy companies will be exempt...
Ukrainian delegation meets German government regarding port investment
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 27, 2018 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan met with the Head of the Department for Export...
Privatisation of Greek regional ports progressing
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 25, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), the state privatisation agency, is expected to...
Cagliari Free Zone receives impetus
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – At a meeting of Cagliari Free Zone shareholders appointed Gianni Corona as sole director....
Portuguese minister praises Madeira role in economy
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has attended Madeira Business Day, and recognised...
Interlegal to be official representative of MTBS in Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – The international legal service Interlegal and consulting company MTBS (Maritime & Transport Business...
Spain approves establishment of single European railway area
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2018 – Spain’s Council of Ministers approved the Royal Decree modifying the regulation of the railway sector and...
Ukrainian ports listed for privatisation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 16, 2018 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Thursday adopted a general list of objects subject to...
Portuguese ports plan for global logistics operators and role
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – “We will soon have a large logistics operator (ship-owner) in Setúbal, which will change the...
Gaeta port looks to revive shipbuilding industry
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – At a meeting between the Municipality of Gaeta and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale committed to establishment of Special Logistic Zones in ports of Civitavecchia, Fiumicino and Gaeta
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...