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.
Ukraine government looks to offer Kherson port concession
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 –Â Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has said that Kherson Commercial Sea Port is unprofitable. The...
New director of Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa Mariela Fernández-Bermejo visits Malaga port
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – The new director of Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (APPA – Public Ports Agency of...
Andalusia takes step to improve dangerous waste handling at its fishing ports
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (APPA...
Biomarine to be held in Portugal in 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 –Â Biomarine is a business platform linked to biomarine resources and, to encourage the participation...
Piraeus master plan gets 10-day extension for public deliberation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – A master plan submitted last month by the Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) for the revamp of the...
Seville port starts implementing RIS standard
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has started the work for the implementation of the...
Italy’s parliament approves integration of Monfalcone port into Trieste-based port authority
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The Chamber of Deputies of Italy’s Parliament has given the green light to the integration of...
Piraeus Port Authority claims alleged state interference
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Cosco-controlled Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) in Greece has challenged the state-owned Public...
Leixões port to receive €510 million investment
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The port of Leixões, in Matosinhos, Porto district, will receive an investment of €510 million...
Portugal launches Blue School Programme, a national ocean literacy project
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 –Â The Blue School Program, the national ocean literacy project, has been launched this Tuesday in...
Ukraine creates authority to manage port dredging activities
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has created a new dredging division under the management...
Ukraine formulates new inland transport law
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – A range of local businesses have contributed to a new draft law “On Inland Water...
Casablanca port improves transshipment procedures
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Morocco’s L’Agence nationale des ports (ANP –Â National Ports Agency)...
Italy introduces new Nautical Code
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 –Â After the publication in the Official Journal of last January 30, 2018, the new Nautical Code comes into...
Italy allocates €262 million for renewal of naval fleets for public transport
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – At the proposal of the Minister of Infrastructures and Transport (MIT), Graziano Delrio, the government...
Livorno port presents new port regulations
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 –Â Admiral Giuseppe Tarzia, Maritime Director of Tuscany and Commander of the Port Authority of Livorno,...
Italy’s new Recreational Craft Code comes into force
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2018 – Italy’s transport ministry has said the country’s new Recreational Craft Code became effective as...
Marsa Maroc considers private sector involvement in Casablanca port
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 –Â Marsa Morocco, an operator of ports in Morocco, is looking to open Casablanca port to the private...
Bulgaria, Macedonian discuss Pan-European Transport Corridor VIII
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – Transport corridor VIII is a priority for the BUlgarian government as it links its ports with Albania,...
Italian government gives green light to Porto Torres infrastructure project
Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2018 – Italian ministers of Environment and Cultural Heritage signed the decree for the green light...