Investment
Investment – Capital outlay in ports assets and businesses by companies, organisations and governments. Usually to increase capacity and implement upgrades to to port equipment.
Minister visits Motril port in support of investment
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – The Minister of Development, Infrastructure and Territorial Planning of the Junta de Andalucía, Marifrán...
Pula port launches preparatory work for cruise terminal construction
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Croatia’s Pula port authority has launched a tender for geomechanical explorations of the marine...
Thessaloniki Port Authority partners approve investment strategy
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – The owners of Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) have approved the company’s €180 million...
DP World considers Kazakhstan ports & logistics investment
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Chairman and CEO of DP World, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has met with Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister H.E....
Edison, Andaldo to build €300 million combined-cycle plant at Marghera port, Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – Italian companies Edison SpA and Ansaldo Energia have signed a contract for the construction of a natural...
MSC considers construction of own luxury cruises terminal at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – MSC Cruises is interested in the construction of its own terminal for luxury cruises at Genoa port, the president...
Gandía port’s new access works to be completed in April
Gandía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – The works of the southern access to the port of Gandía are expected to be completed in the...
Balearic Islands port authority to launch El Molinar port overhaul on Mar 18
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Balearic Islands port authority plans to start the project for the overhaul of El Molinar port on March 18....
Portugal to invest €36.8 million in Viana do Castelo port
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Portugal plans to invest a total of €36.8 million ($41.7 million) to build a...
Aicep Global Parques to invest €7 million in ZIL Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Associação dos Portos de Portugal has reported that aicep Global Parques is to invest €7 million...
Barcelona port to invest €10 million in telecoms network upgrades
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Barcelona port plans to invest €10 million ($11.4 million) in the deployment of a new...
Cemex to invest €4.85 million in cement factory in Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Mexican multinational cement producer Cemex plans to invest €4.85 million ($5.52 million) in the...
Valencia port’s financing may be insufficient for Sagunto dock’s revamp
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – Valencia port’s €5 million ($5.7 million) financing for the revamp of Sagunto port’s dock...
Bilbao port seeks to become hub for handling special cargo
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Bilbao is seeking to consolidate itself as a hub for special pieces and needs to carry out expansion...
Leixões port set for significant investments
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo Ports Authority (APDL) has launched the public tender for...
Sines port upgrading its services
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The port of Sines is taking a number of steps to upgrade its services – the Zalsines (Zona...
Turkey’s Yilport aims to bring Leixões port’s capacity close to Sines
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Leixões container terminals will be able to grow 153% over the next two years, given that the Turkish...
Valencia port approves investments of €28 million
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of...
Gioia Tauro port workers end blockade as MSC guarantees investments
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Workers at Gioia Tauro port have removed the blockade of the harbour they launched on February 13...
COSCO’s Piraeus port development plan receives partial approval
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Greece’s Port Planning and Development Committee gave a partial approval of the master plan of...