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.
Messina highlights concerns over new authority
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The Commissione Territorio e Ambiente dell’Ars (Territorial and Environment Commission of the Ars) has...
Barcelona and Valencia join forces over Mediterranean Corridor
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, and the Mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, met last month to sign a joint...
Spanish interport fund to pay €37.55 million to 28 port authorities
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Spanish interport compensation fund (Fondo de Compensación Interportuaria) will provide a funding worth...
Paris government nationalise STX France
Nantes St.Nazaire, France, (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – The French government will nationalize the STX France shipyard to keep the ship yards under...
Spain to invest €559 million in 53 ports transport accesses
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – El Fondo Financiero de Accesibilidad Terrestre Portuaria (Financial Fund for Port Accessibility), in the...
EU project tests new technologies in Madrid to improve traffic and travel information
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2017 – Spanish technology group Indra is working on the European R&D&i project Harmony to develop new...
Egypt aims to attract $30 bln in investment in Suez Canal Zone in five years
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – Minister of Investment Sahar Nasr has said that cooperation is ongoing between the ministry and the...
Port of Cádiz and Municipality of Puerto de Santa Maria explore integration
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – The President of Ports of the State, José Llorca Ortega, chaired last week an institutional meeting between...
City of Dénia in Spain create a city-port committee with local government
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – The Spanish port of Dénia and the regional government will set up a joint city-port committee to develop...
Puglia and Sicily considered for special economic zones
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Puglia and Sicily are being considered at locations for special economic zones under discussion be the...
Investors of maritime projects discuss potential of Kazakhstan’s ports
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – On July 20, a forum took place in Aktau to discuss increasing cargo in Azeri ports. An international...
Venice-based port authority sets up board of directors
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – The Authority of the North Adriatic Port System (Autorità di...
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan discuss use of Kuryk port in the Caspian Sea
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 16, 2017 – The national railway companies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have discussed cargo transportation from...
Chinese delegation considers Constanta port investment
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) July 16, 2017 – A Chinese delegation led by Liu Yunshan, member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee...
Port of Trieste: Decree on the management of free port areas
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 15, 2017 – The Port Network Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea (Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Spain fined €3 million by European Court of Justice over stevedore sector
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union’s Court of Justice has ordered Spain to pay a punitive fine of €3 million ($3.4...
Greece will not privatise the smaller ports
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Greek privatisation, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF/TAIPED), has said that 10...
Ukraine and Iran discuss port cooperation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has met with a delegation from Ukraine and promoted the...
Trieste to host EU-China meeting on transport
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado takes part in conference on future of ports
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, was the guest at the recent...