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.
Azorean government provides €1.7 million guarantee to port operator
Ponta Delgada, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – The Azorean government has granted a guarantee of €1.7 million ($2 million) to the ports...
Gioia Tauro set for special economic zone (ZES)
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – Gioia Tauro port, in the Reggio Calabria region, has received initial approval to set up a special...
Spanish Minister of Public Works highlighted the ports’ contribution to territorial cohesion
Madrid, Spain, December 1, 2017 01-12-2017 (Ministry of Public Works). Iñigo de la Serna, Minister of Public Works, accompanied by José Llorca, President of...
Tunisia to push Enfidha port development
Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – Minister of Transport Radhouane Ayara said the government will take steps to speed up the completion of...
Italian trade unions call 24-hour strike at ports on December 15
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti have called a 24-hour strike at all Italian...
Authorities join forces to promote Salerno port development
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – The Municipality of Salerno (Comune di Salerno) and the Central Tyrrhenian Sea System Authority...
European Business Association hosts logistics meeting in Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – The European Business Association has hosted the Infrastructure Day and the Ukrainian Sea Ports...
Port of Béjaïa launches projects to increase trade capacity
Béjaïa, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – The long-term development plan that the port of Béjaïa has inscribed will strengthen the commercial...
Port of Venice publishes documents linked to cruise ship decision
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority)...
Portuguese government aims to develop SInes port LNG capacity
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 30, 217 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has reaffirmed the Government’s intention to make...
The Portuguese government adopts its new port strategy to create jobs and boost added value
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The Portuguese has announced a number of resolutions as part of a new ports strategy, which aim to...
Turkmen parliament ratifies the agreement on “Lapis Lazuli” transport corridor
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The Turkmen parliament has ratified the agreement on “Lapis Lazuli” transport corridor...
Ukraine to work with port of Rotterdam
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – On November 21-23, 2017, at the invitation of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in...
French government supports CMA CGM LNG fuel announcement
Paris, France (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – Nicolas Hulot, Ministre d’État, Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, and Élisabeth...
Bulgarian-Macedonian talks include the importance of Transport Corridor Number 8
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – On November 23, the governments of Bulgaria and Macedonia signed nine co-operation agreements...
Cypriot government buys land for Zygi port development
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – The Cypriot government is set to purchase a stretch of land from the UK government near Vassilikos in...
Spain’s government approves construction of road to Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Spain’s Council of Ministers has given the green light to the project for the construction of a...
Edouard Philippe unveils government maritime policy to relaunch French ports
Paris, France (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Edouard Philippe, Prime Minister, has detailed the government’s maritime policy to revive the...
Greece launches tender procedures for privatisation of Alimos and Chios marinas
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has issued two separate international public...
Tangier hosts International Days on Mediterranean marinas
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara presided over the opening...