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OPDR starts operating container line linking Seville to UK

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2017 – Seville port gains weight in the container business with the addition of a new service that will link...

Algeria’s CNAN Med starts operating regular Valencia to Oran service

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2017 – Algerian company CNAN Med has announced the start of a new regular service between the ports of Valencia,...

Spain’s Balearia shows interest in launching Nador-Almeria ferry line

Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2017 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. is interested in opening a ferry line connecting the...

Eurogate Intermodal reinforces south-east services to Istanbul

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 28, 2017 – Eurogate Intermodal (EGIM) is expanding its intermodal transport network and reinforcing Munich as a hub...

Italy’s SNAV to halt operation of regular Pescara-Split service

Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – Italian ferry operator SNAV SpA has announced plans to halt the operation of the regular service connecting...

Launch of Canal Frío rail service between Barcelona and Zaragoza

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2017 – The launch of Canal Frío (Cold Channel) opens up new opportunities for the internationalisation of...

MTL Feeder to launch regular sea service connecting Castellon, Barcelona to Alexandria

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – Container feeder operator MTL Feeder (Maritime Tunisian Line) plans to launch a new regular sea service,...

Cosco to start Bilbao-Mexico service

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – Cosco Shipping Lines, whose agent is Vasco Shipping Services, will start operating a new weekly service...

Israel’s Zim to introduce new network of transatlantic services in April

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – Israeli company Zim Integrated Shipping Services plans to introduce its new network of transatlantic...

BEST terminal operator starts Barcelona-Miranda del Ebro regular freight railway line

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2017 – Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST), a subsidiary of Hutchison Ports, has started operating a regular...

Ocean Alliance maiden voyage to Adriatic: new routing from April

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – With effect from the first week of April (departures from Far East), the Ocean Alliance service to the...

CMA CGM launches a new service without any stopover between Morocco and Russia

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group, launches the newly enhanced service AGAX, which will...

Viking Cruises to operate seven calls at Valencia port in 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2017 – Norwegian group Viking Cruises said it plans to operate a total of seven calls at Valencia port in 2017. The...

Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises present 2017 offer in Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2017 – Norwegian Cruise Line and Oceania Cruises chose Valencia to launch itineraries, current promotions and new...

GNV launches Barcelona-Nador ferry service

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – Starting next June, the Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) S.p.A. will launch a new maritime...

Weco RoRo includes Djen-Djen port in regular schedule in Mediterranean

Djen-Djen, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Danish ro-ro and project cargo company Weco RoRo has included Algeria’s Djen-Djen port in its...

ZIM unveils restructured network

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – ZIM has announced details of its new ZIM MED PACIFIC (ZMP) service, commencing April 2017.  ...

EKOL launches regular line linking Izmir to Paris via Sète port

Sète, France (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Turkish company EKOL has started operating a regular line connecting the Izmir port to France’s...

Trieste Marine Terminal increases Munich train frequency

Trieste, Italy (PortSeurope) February 14, 2017 – A fourth regular weekly block train departure from Trieste to Munich and vice versa will commence at...

2M alliance announces service changes affecting Spanish ports

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), forming the 2M alliance, have announced the...

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