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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.

China considers Albanian transport investment

Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Albanian Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Sokol Dervishaj attended the recent Belt and Road forum...

Baku port head says more harbours to join Trans-Caspian International Transport Route

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – The number of ports that will join the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM) will be increased,...

Chinese investors show interest in Ligurian ports

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Italian transport minister Graziano Delrio said Chinese investors have expressed serious interest in the ports of...

CILSA publishes 2016 results

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – CILSA, owned by the Port of Barcelona (63%), Merlin Properties (32%) and Sepes (5%) has closed 2016 with...

France’s Carrefour starts operating warehouse at Barcelona port’s logistics complex

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Carrefour S.A. and the ZAL Port have inaugurated today a warehouse which CILSA has built for the distribution...

MSC Cruises eyes construction of private terminal at Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) president Sixte Cambra said MSC Cruises is...

EIB confirms support for Belt and Road initiative

Luxembourg (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Europe’s long-term lending institution, the European Investment Bank (EIB), has formally agreed to support...

China eyes heavy investment in Egypt’s Suez Canal

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil has said that China is looking at heavily...

China looks at Trieste port investment

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Following a visit to China, Italy’s Premier Paolo Gentiloni said that Chinese investors were...

Cargill indicates further Egyptian investment

Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Cargill International has announced plans for new investments in grain storage and vegetable oil...

Spain’s AEST representatives visit Tarragona port

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Representatives of the Association of Services Companies of Tarragona (AEST) visited Tarragona port to...

Huelva port awards railway rehabilitation deal to Acciona

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) and Acciona Construcción S.A. have signed a contract worth...

Spain’s Adif plans actions for overhaul of Bobadilla-Algeciras line

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Adif is carrying out the inspection of the Bobadilla-Algeciras railway...

Almería, Malaga, Melilla ports to strengthen ties

Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The ports of Almería, Malaga and Melilla agreed yesterday to work together to strengthen the ties they have...

Croatia gets EU funding for construction of bulk terminal in Osijek

Osijek, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The Croatian government has agreed a EU financing for the construction of bulk cargo terminal in Osijek. The...

Occitanie region targets 4.6 million tonnes of cargo traffic at Sète port in 2020

Sète, France (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – France’s Occitanie region revealed a strategy to boost the competitiveness of Sète port. The objective is...

Italian ports are strategic for China’s One Belt One Road initiative – PM

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – China puts in place a multi-billion dollar investment plan for the New Silk Road, the largest infrastructure,...

Greece praises local Chinese investment

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – This week, China will open the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, May 14-15, and in Athens...

Nador West Med to develop international capacity

Nador, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – The Moroccan government plans to develop Nador West Med port complex with a focus on European opportunities....

Kalmar presents its new Port 2060 vision for sustainable future of cargo handling

Helsinki, Finland (PortSEurope) May 13, 2017 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has revised its vision for Port 2060 and is launching a new video to depict how...

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