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.
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...
Spanish government to invest €6.9 million in Almeria port in 2016-2020
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – The Spanish government indicated Tuesday that Almeria port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de AlmerÃa) will...
China’s CCCC shows interest in dredging, port facilities in Ukraine
Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – In December 2016, representatives of Ukrainian dredging company “Tehmorgidrostroy Nikolaev”...
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...
Andalusian public ports to receive €196.5 million investments in 2017
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Andalusian public ports will receive investments worth €196.5 million ($207.8 million) in 2017, including...
Spanish government presents investment plan for ports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna presented an investment plan of €1.418 billion ($1.5...
Portugal to support Figueira da Foz port upgrade
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 6, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vittorino, has included the projects for the upgrade of...
Bordeaux is most important French port for ship dismantling, EU says
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) January 5, 2017 – Bordeaux port is the most important in France for the ship dismantling industry, a study by the European...