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.
Cosco presence in Greece yet to be exploited
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 22, 2017 – At Naftemporiki’s 3rd annual shipping conference last week, Tassos Vamvakidis, the commercial...
Japanese businesses investing in Izmir
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Many Japanese companies have recently made investments in the Aegean province of İzmir, which is seen as...
Valencia port to invest €23 million in dredging seabed at container terminals
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has envisaged a funding of €23 million...
Valencia port acquires three land plots at logistics zone ZAL
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has signed the agreement for the purchase of...
Spanish Public Works Minister to chair signing ceremony of loan to Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna will chair on January 23 in Ferrol the signing of the...
DP World shows interest in Port Yuzhniy concession
Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – One of the world’s largest logistics companies, DP World, is interested in the concession...
Almeria mayor, Puertos del Estado president discuss railway line construction project
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Almeria mayor Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco held a meeting with the president of Spanish national port agency...
Mallorca to invest in local port development
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Port authorities in Mallorca plan to invest around €13 million ($13.79 million) in developing local...
Livorno port launches intermodal terminal
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – With a total investment of around €40 million ($42.3 million), Livorno port has opened a new...
Castellon port presents investment plans
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2017 – The president of the Castellon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón), Francisco Toledo,...
Cagliari port to handle 400,000 cruise passengers in 2017
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2017 – Cagliari port expects to handle 400,000 cruise passengers in 2017, versus 260,000 last year. The...
GPH invests €24.9 million in Bar port container terminal over three years
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) January 18, 2017 – Global Ports Holding (GPH) has invested a total of €24.9 million ($26.6 million) in the container...
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...
Bilbao to host international maritime industry conference in March
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Bilbao will become the centre of international attention for the naval, port, fishing and energy sectors...
Almeria port sets up Port-City protocol commission
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Following the signing of the Port-City action protocol in December, the mayor of Almeria, Ramon...
Barcelona, Mercabarna, Grimaldi Lines to join in Fruit Logistica 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Barcelona port, wholesale market operator Mercabarna and Grimaldi Lines plan to participate together for...
Vigo port foresees €14 million investment in 2017
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Vigo port foresees investments of more than €14 million ($14.7 million) during this year, the port authority...
The Greens praise dialogue with Naples port president
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Italian political movement The Greens has praised the dialogue started with the president of Naples port...
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...