New Service/Product
New services and products. Includes new shipping lines and port calls. Also, new port services and port equipment.
Maersk Consentino cargo ship service praised by AlmerÃa port president
AlmerÃa, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2018 – In the first half of 2018, the president of Autoridad Portuaria de AlmerÃa (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...
Baleà ria, Peregar set up JV to operate Málaga-Melilla service
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Spanish shipping companies Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas SA and MarÃtima 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 Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas 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...
Valencia port to launch container price index
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – Valencia port plans to create an indicator that shows the evolution of the freight prices of its containers,...
Hannibal doubles connections to Switzerland with a new daily rail service from Melzo to Niederglatt
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – Hannibal, Contship Italia Group’s multimodal transport operator, is started a second rail link to...
Latvia’s Alpha Shipping launches line connecting Barcelona, Castellón to North Africa
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Latvian company Alpha Shipping has started offering a regular direct service linking the ports of Barcelona...
Maersk starts operating container line linking Salerno to Canada
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Maersk Line has started operating a container line linking Italy’s Salerno port to Canada via Spain. The...
DHL Freight opens warehousing facility near Izmir, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 7, 2018 – DHL Freight, a leading provider of road freight services in Europe, has opened a new warehouse in the Manisa...
Italy’s Ignazio Messina returns to Naples port
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Italian shipping company Ignazio Messina & CSpA, a Group Messina SpA company, has restarted container...
Bilbao port launches new service for forwarding agents
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) announced the launch of its new booking and...
MSC launches Bordeaux port rail service
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA has announced the opening of a new freight rail service between...
Hapag-Lloyd to carry out first call of AL6 service in Lisbon on July 6
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – German company Hapag-Lloyd AG has said that on July 6 Lisbon port will receive the first call of a service...