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.
Valencia port unions, employers have 72 hours to discuss reform proposals
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Normality returned on February 12 to Valencia port after the agreement reached by port companies and...
Spanish ports may face complete blockade in February
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2017 – Spanish trade union CCOO has issued an ultimatum to the central government not to adopt the reforms in...
OTC presents Propriano port plans
Propriano, Corsica, France  (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Ean-Félix Acquaviva, the president of l’Office des transports de la Corse (the...
EU ports: MEPs back rules on clear user fees and public funding
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 14, 2016 –Â The fees and funding that EU ports get from shipping lines and governments should become clearer...
Eastern Sicily port authority to be based at Catania port
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Italian Transport Minister Graziano Delrio has signed the decree establishing Catania port as the...
Ukrainian adopts decision of renaming Illichivsk port
Chernomorsk (Illichivsk), Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Ukrainian Council of Ministers has adopted the decision of renaming Illichivsk port...
Algerian government prepares plan to reduce costs of imports, exports
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Algerian Minister of Public Works and Transport, Boudjemaa Talai, said in Algiers that a national...
Ukrainian Sea Port Authority to carry out Yuzhny dredging works
Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Port Authority (USPA) will fulfil agreed requirements to carry out dredging works at...
Greek shipping ministry announces plan for regional ports
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – The Greek Minister of Shipping & Island Policy has announced privatisation plans for the ports...
Russian government to examine Greek port, railway projects cooperation proposals
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Russia is ready to promptly examine the Greek proposal for port and rail projects, the Ministry of...
Greece publishes timetable to privatise Pylos marina
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Pursuant to Paragraph 6 of the Request for Proposal for the concession of the right to use, operate,...
Svimez calls for launch of special economic zones at Gioia Tauro, Taranto ports
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Italian association for the economic development of southern Italy, Associazione per lo sviluppo...
Spanish government close to completing stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – The Spanish central government is working on a consensus text to implement the reform of the...
Spanish Healthcare Minister to mediate in finding solution to Vigo port crisis
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – The controversial operation of the Border Inspection Post (BIP) at Vigo port has been placed on the...
Ukrainian Sea Port Authority to announce appointments
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – As part of the government’s plan to reform the maritime industry, two appointments are set to be...
Ukraine starts maritime reform
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 –Â The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has initiated maritime industry reform announced Volodymyr...
Cyprus government plans Larnaca marina
Larnaca, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – The Cypriot Transport Ministry has announced a new plan to attract a strategic investor for the development...
Balearic Islands ports to receive €42.3 million investment in 2017
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – The five state-owned ports on the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Alcudia, Ibiza, Mahon and...
Abruzzo regional government discusses Pescara port development
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Recovery through a shared strategy at Pescara port was the main topic of the meeting at the headquarters of...
Spanish government not to open Puertos del Estado to private capital
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works does not contemplate opening the capital of Spanish national ports agency...