New Service/Product
New services and products. Includes new shipping lines and port calls. Also, new port services and port equipment.
Marseille port and Naviland Cargo set to launch Swiss rail connection
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – The HAROPA ports and Marseille Fos are set to launch the “France-Helvetia” rail project on...
Spain’s Lamaignere launches Seville-Sines rail link
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – Spanish transport and logistics company Lamaignere has launched a rail connection between the ports of...
Portugal’s Transinsular to launch shipping link connecting Algeciras to West Africa
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Portuguese shipping company Transinsular (Transportes Maritimos Insulares SA) plans to launch a connection...
Spain’s Pullmantur to launch cruise calls in two Israeli ports
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The interest of cruise shipping companies is turning towards the Eastern Mediterranean, with Spain’s...
Ekol starts regular Ro-Ro service between Lavrio and Sète ports
Lavrio, Greece (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – Ekol, the Turkish logistics company, is to begin a regular Ro-Ro service between Lavrio port, Greece,...
Ferrotramviaria looking to return to Brindisi port
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – Tonino Ricco, general manager of Ferrotramviaria SpA, has met with Ugo Patroni Griffi, president...
New Portimão-Madeira ferry link inaugurated
Portimão, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – The new Portimão-Madeira ferry link has been inaugurated which could foresee the development...
Compañía Marítima Alborán starts Málaga-Tanger Med ferry service
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Compañía Marítima Alborán, owned by Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. and...
Limakport Iskenderun installs new container tracking system
İskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 5, 2018 – Iskenderun Limakport has introduced a new container and port tracking system application.. With the...
Maersk Consentino cargo ship service praised by Almería port president
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2018 – In the first half of 2018, the president of Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority...
Genoa port to set up container handling reservation system under Barcelona model
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – Italy’s Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Valencia port launches pilot e-bike project for cruise passengers
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2018 – Valencia port has launched a pilot programme to implement a new service of electric bicycles for cruise...
Portugal unveils regular Portimão-Funchal sea link
Portimão, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Portugal’s Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, visited Portimão for the reception ceremony of...
Baleària, Peregar set up JV to operate Málaga-Melilla service
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Spanish shipping companies Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas SA and Marítima Peregar SA have announced an...
First direct freight train linking Spain to China departs from tmZ maritime terminal
Zaragoza, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – The first export train to China has departed from Spain’s Maritime Terminal of Zaragoza (tmZ),...
New company Alboran starts Málaga port-Tanger Med ferry service
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Alboran, owned 50% by Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas SA and Maritima Peregar SA group, has set up a...
CMA CGM relocates Asia service to Tripoli, Lebanon
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – French shipper CMA CGM has launched a direct route between China and Southeast Asia to North Europe,...
Barcelona port presents system for truck access bookings
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Barcelona port presented on July 12 the BCN Port Booking System, a system of reservations for the access of...
CLdN to modify line linking Santander port to northern Europe
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – The regular service that CLdN Cobelfret SA, started two years ago in Santander and that offers two weekly...
Hapag-Lloyd to include Málaga port in service to Canada
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – German company Hapag-Lloyd AG plans to include Málaga port in a line connecting the Mediterranean region to...