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Grimaldi launches news Savona-Porto Torres Ro/Pax connection

Naples, 8 March 2022: The Grimaldi Group keeps expanding its presence in Sardinia: starting from next April, the Savona-Porto Torres maritime connection will...

Port of Messina launches new eco-vessel

Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2022 – Today, at the port of Messina, in the presence of the Minister of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility,...

La Méridionale links Port of Alicante with Marseille and Tangier

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2022 – The French shipping company La Méridionale has started a new Ro-Ro service travelling from Tangier to...

First DFDS vessel calls at the HHLA PLT Italy terminal in Trieste port

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 24, 2022 – The HHLA PLT Italy terminal in the port of Trieste has welcomed the Ro-Ro ferry “Cappadocia...

Port of Viana do Castelo supplies LNG to Baleària ship

Port of Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 20, 2022 – Today, the Port of Viana do Castelo secured the supply of liquefied natural gas...

Ponte Ferries to operate ferry concession at Port of Augusta

Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) February 23, 2022 – The Port of Augusta in Sicily has issued a concession to operate a high-speed ferry service between...

Hapag-Lloyd to launch China Germany Express (CGX) service

Press Release – Hapag-Lloyd – Hamburg, 16 February 2022 Hapag-Lloyd to launch China Germany Express (CGX) service New CGX to connect the south of...

Verallia Italia along the tracks of sustainability with Metrocargo Italia

Press Release – February 18, 2022 Verallia Italia has successfully concluded the tests to manage through intermodality inbound and outbound logistics...

Cosco Shipping Lines to extend its direct service between Valencia and Algeciras by adding more West African ports

València, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2022 – Cosco Shipping Lines Spain has extended its direct service between Valencia and Algeciras by adding...

Hupac: New Novara <=> Pomezia shuttle with gateway connections for a European network

As of 15 February, the shuttle Pomezia <=> Novara circulates with 2 roundtrips per week, allowing for a large variety of gateway connections with...

Kalypso shipping company to connect Ravenna with Chattogram in Bangladesh

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2022 – Kalypso, a new shipping company owned by RifLine, has chosen Ravenna  as a port of call connecting...

New feeder service will link Port of Ferrol to international shipping

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2022 – A new service of X-Press Feeders (ACX -Algeciras Canaries) will connect the Port of Ferrol, via...

TransContainer launches its first international multimodal service from China to Germany under unified CIM/SMGS consignment note

PJSC TransContainer of Delo Group has launched its first international multimodal service of cargo transportation from China to Germany under unified CIM/SMGS...

Swissterminal opens new Austrian link with southern European port connections

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 8, 2022 – Swissterminal Group is to open an intermodal rail connection to Wolfurt in Austria with onward...

ZIM adds Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port to vehicle transport service

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – Israel’s ZIM Integrated Shipping Services will include the port of Chornomorsk in the Ro-Ro Vehicle...

Port of Trieste carries out first “customs clearance at sea”

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – The Port of Trieste has carried out the first “customs clearance at sea” of bulk goods for...

New Maersk rail service starts between ports of Algeciras and Marin

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 4, 2022 – The first refrigerated train has completed the almost 1,700 km between the ports of Algeciras and...

Port of Malaga set to open marina for mega yachts

Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – A joint venture between Ocean Capital Partners (OCP) and Island Global Yachting (IGY) plans to open a...

CMA CGM’s Containerships extends Spain and UK shipping service

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – Containerships is expanding its Spain and UK shipping service. The NWUK FAST LANE service offers an...

Baleària builds the first electric ship to have zero-emissions during port stays

Baleària presented the construction of the first electric passenger and cargo ferry that will be pollution free during port stays and approaches –...

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