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COSCO starts operating MAF1 line

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines launched on August 17 its new service MAF1 between the main ports of the Mediterranean...

MSC launches service including call at Portugal’s Sines port

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a service that connects the eastern...

Barcelona port boosts short sea shipping lines traffic

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Barcelona port is offering more short sea shipping (SSS) lines with its main markets in Italy and North...

Baleària reinforces links to North Africa

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Baleària has reinforced the services that connect with north Africa, both in terms of...

CMA CGM launches direct service to link Morocco and Algeria to the Black Sea

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The French CMA CGM Group is launching the Black Sea Med Express, created specifically to respond to the...

IndaMed – new container service from Malta Freeport

Freeport, Malta (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – A new weekly service IndaMed will call at Freeport, linking it with major ports in India, Pakistan,...

Shippers must register containers in advance to use Moroccan ports

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – Effective August 1, only containers with advance notice of arrival filed sufficiently in advance via...

Contship’s presents webinar to streamline logistic processes

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – After its successful webinar debut in Italian language in April, Contship Italia launched its first...

CMA CGM presents new service in Venice

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – At the historic Ca ‘Foscari University Barracks on July 20, the Venice stage of the French shipper...

Valencia port starts night rail service

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Last week saw the start of Valencia port’s night train service. The Board of Directors approved the...

New Trasmediterránea maritime line will connect the Canary Islands with Morocco

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Talks have been held between Pablo Rodríguez, Vice-President and Minister of Public Works and...

MSC to launch five intercontinental lines from Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will open five new intercontinental sea routes from Barcelona port...

Peninsula Petroleum Commences Physical Supply In Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Peninsula Petroleum Ltd has announced that it has commenced physical supply operations in the port of...

CMA CGM, Seatrade sign ship-sharing deal

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 18, 2017 – CMA CGM and Seatrade have announced a cooperation project through the signing of a ship-sharing agreement at...

CMA CGM launches service connecting Algeciras port to Africa

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – CMA CGM has announced the launch of its new Wazzan II service connecting the port of Algeciras with Morocco in...

TMT expands Trieste-Budapest rail connection

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. has started a fifth regular weekly block train departure from Trieste to...

Bulgaria and Greece to build a multimodal corridor between Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Danube

Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Bulgaria and Greece have announced that they plan to extend the multimodal transport corridor between the...

Corsica to create a regional shipping company

Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Corsica is in the process of creating a regional shipping company, which will provide ferry services...

Dutch firm Ewalls Cargo Care presents dual trailer freight transport system in Spain

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Dutch company Ewalls Cargo Care Holding B.V. presented, for the first time in Spain, a transport system called...

Ceuta government to hire staff to assist cruise passengers

Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The government of the autonomous city of Ceuta announced the hiring of a personnel service that will be in charge...

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