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.
EU Logistics and multimodal transport – 2018 – Year of Multimodality
Brussels, 6 April 2018 – European Union Press Release EU Logistics and multimodal transport – 2018 – Year of Multimodality The Commission is...
Italy’s CIPE to invest €26 million in Messina portÂ
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Italy’s Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning CIPE (Il Comitato Interministeriale per la...
UK Government publishes Maritime 2050: call for evidence
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – The UK government has published Maritime 2050: call for evidence. Maritime 2050 is a long term...
Sicilian port authorities sign agreement
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – At a meeting in Messina, the two Sicilian port system authorities signed an agreement to cooperate of...
Sicilian ports still showing low cruise passenger numbers
Catania, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – After fluctuating numbers last year, the Sicilian cruise industry is forecasting improved...
Sicilian port authorities look at synergy opportunities
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – A meeting will take place tomorrow of the two Sicilian port system authorities to establish a...
Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. – Notification of significant change of voting rights
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – Τhe Ministry of Finance of the Greek Government has announced that as a result of the stock market...
After Thessaloniki port, Greece plans further port privatisations
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – Following the privatisation of Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A., now operated by South Europe Gateway...
Italy needs a Ministry of the SeaÂ
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 by Pier Luigi Penzo The recent elections have given me an important message: Italians are fed up with talk and...
Venice to receive central funds for development
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – Earlier in March, the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport announced that the 2018 budget would...
Public consultation starts for proposed logistics area of ​​Andújar, Andulasia, Spain
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing has opened the public consultation period of the Functional Plan...
AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Orientale president visits Augusta port
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 21, 2018 – President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...
Vigo port warns against fee reduction
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Well-intentioned but “noxious” for small ports like Vigo. The port authority of Vigo (Autoridad...
USPA launches concession projects for the ports of Olvia and Kherson
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 –Â In the framework of the implementation of pilot concession projects at the seaports Olvia and Kherson,...
Italy creates “partnerships for logistics and transport”
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – The Partnership for Logistics and Transport is born. In implementation of the Budget Law 2018, in fact, the...
Italy provides €2.05 million financing to Ancona port for infrastructure works
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructures has decided to provide €2.05 million ($2.53 million) to Autorita’...
Italian associations to cooperate in promoting usage of LNG at ports
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – Italian sector associations have signed an agreement to cooperate in the expansion of the use of liquefied...
Agreement signed for central investment in Italian port LNG facilities
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport has signed an agreement with various relevant associations to...
Ancona port allocated €2 million for priority projects
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport (MIT) has allocated over €2 million for priority projects...
Monfalcone port sees widespread investment
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The north Adriatic port of Monfalcone has seen substantial investment in recent years, and Regional...