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Avilés port to get approval for usage of drones

Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The new regulatory framework for the use of unmanned aircraft piloted by remote control (drones) opens the...

DSV to launch Zaragoza-Zhengzhou rail freight service

Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Zaragoza dry port operator Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza (tmZ) plans to launch a regular freight rail...

Cosco Shipping launches regular container service from the port of Casablanca

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – On December 7, 2017, the shipping group Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd launched a regular service from...

Baleària to start operating at Valencia, Sagunto, Gandía ports on Dec 14

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. plans to start providing ferry and cruise passenger...

Transglory launches Tunisia-China maritime trade service

Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – Spanish company Transglory has started a new maritime trade line between Rades port in Tunisia and...

PSA-Voltri-Prà container terminal in Genoa opens new security operations centre.

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 2, 2017 – The PSA-Voltri-Prà container terminal in Genoa has inaugurated a new security operations centre. The new...

Hapag-Lloyd introduces calls at Livorno port within MSE service

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has launched calls at the port of Livorno within its MSE service, which...

First Baku-Tbilisi-Kars train departs from Turkey’s Mersin port

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 30, 2017 – The first train to run from Turkey to Azerbaijan on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway departed from...

New rail connections between Voltri-Pra PSA and Milan Smistamento MIT

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – Two new weekly rail connections were added between Genoa-based Voltri-Pra PSA and Milan Smistamento MIT...

Nordikmaritime to increase frequency of Bilbao-Esbjerg service

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – Shipping company Nordikmaritime plans to increase the frequency of its regular freight line connecting the...

Spain’s Renfe, Portugal’s Medway launch freight line linking Mérida hub to Sines port

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (Renfe) and Portuguese...

GEFCO launches new multimodal route from Asia to central Europe via Koper port

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 –  GEFCO, the French logistics company, has launched a new multimodal route from Asia to central Europe...

CNAN-MED and Arkas Line to transport CKD parts for Renault Algeria plant in Oued Tlelat, Oran.

Oran, Algeria (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – An agreement has been signed between the Algerian shipping company CNAN-MED and its Turkish...

Corsica Linéa to operate Mostaganem to Marseille service

Mostaganem, Algeria (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – Ryad Bouledjouidja, CEO of Entreprise Portuaire de Mostaganem (the Port Authority of Mostaganem),...

Trasmediterránea to operate Gandía-Ibiza ferry line during Holy Week

Gandía, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Compañía Trasmediterránea, S.A. plans to operate the Gandía-Ibiza...

Málaga port studies launch of ferry line to Morocco

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish state-run company Turismo Costa del Sol plans to carry out a study to look at the impact that a...

Italy’s GNV launches line connecting Trapani to Livorno

Trapani, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Italian ferry group Grandi Navi Veloci SpA (GNV) has announced the launch of a line connecting Trapani...

ICTSI Croatia starts intermodal service for wood exports

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), a gateway terminal of International Container Terminal...

Livorno port added to Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Asia-Europe service

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has added the ports of Livorno and Amsterdam to its service from Asia to...

GNV announces opening of a two-week freight line connecting the ports of Trapani and Livorno

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – Grandi Navi Veloci s.p.a. has announced that it will expand the services to operators in Eastern Sicily...

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