Legal Issues
A category including all all legal issues associated with port companies, activities and management. Issues including European Union legal involvement.
Global Ports Holding – Legal proceeedings – Port of Adria-Bar
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 On August 17, 2018, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding, one of the leading port operators in the...
Global Ports Holdings – Legal proceedings in relation to Ortadoğu Antalya, Ege Liman and Bodrum Liman’s applications for extension of concession rights
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 On August 17, 2018, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding, one of the leading cruise port operators in the...
Spanish competition watchdog confirms fine on Vigo port stevedores
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Spanish National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC – Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la...
Spanish Court dismisses accusations against former Las Palmas port president
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – The Spanish Court has dismissed the demand of national ports agency Puertos del Estado against the former...
STX France renamed Chantiers de l’Atlantique
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The STX France shipyards have been renamed Chantiers de l’Atlantique, a name previously...
Hutchison Ports creates local entity in Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Hutchison Ports (the parent holding is CK Hutchison Holdings) has registered a subsidiary, Hutchison Ports...
Trapsayates SA to be evicted from Mahón port
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the...
Italian court cancels fine imposed on Moby, CIN
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – The Italian Regional Administrative Court for Lazio has cancelled the fine of €29.2 million ($34.2 million) that...
Santander port claims €1.6 million compensation from construction group FCC
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – Santander port has said that the deadlines of the project for the construction of Dock 9 will not be met, due...
Court of Accounts requires €137 million compensation from former Gijón port managers
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – The investigation initiated by the Court of Accounts about the economic management of the works of the harbour of...
OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office, in Greece regarding the issue of Chinese imports at Piraeus port.
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office, has visited Greece for a second time regarding the issue of Chinese...
President of AdSP (Palermo) receives threat
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian...
AdSP Palermo signs anti-mafia protocol
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Strengthening the administrative anti-mafia prevention in work orders, services and suppliers of Autorita’...
Spain’s competition watchdog may impose fine on Vigo port’s stevedoring service
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Comision Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia (CNMC – National Commission of Markets and...
Italy’s Tirrenia to temporarily transfer registered office to Milan
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia has said it plans to temporarily transfer its registered office from Cagliari...
Dario Perioli SpA wins appeal for Taliercio quay concession in Marina di Carrara
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – An appeal by Porti di Carrera SpA against the termination of its concession at the Taliercio quay has been...
Durrës port officials face corruption charges
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 4, 2018 – Ten current and former officials from Autoriteti Portual Durrës (Port Authority of Durrës) have been...
Spain’s Sovalgaray appears before prosecutor to respond to port authority accusations
Formentera, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2018 – Spanish company Sovalgaray Marítima, concessionaire of the parking building of the port of Formentera, has...
Spanish competition watchdog okays purchase of Trasmediterránea by Naviera Armas
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – Spanish competition regulator has authorised in the first phase of objections to the purchase of...
Balearic port authority accuses concessionaire of intimidation
La Savina, Formentera, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – The Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Balears – APB) has reported to...