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Montenegro start talks on privatisation of Luka Bar after Jan 23

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Montenegrin government expects to start the talks with Polish company OT Logistics S.A. for the...

Norton Edificios builds fertilisers storage complex at Aviles port

Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Spanish company Norton Edificios Industriales S.A., with offices in Bilbao, Madrid, Colombia and Peru,...

Petronor to reduce activity of Bilbao port refinery for six weeks

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – The Petronor (Petróleos del Norte S.A.) refinery, whose activity generates more than 40% of the total...

Huelva port expects container traffic of at least 50,000 TEUs in 2017

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Huelva port closed 2016 with a total cargo traffic of 30.7 million tonnes, an increase of 12% over the...

Vigo port foresees €14 million investment in 2017

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Vigo port foresees investments of more than €14 million ($14.7 million) during this year, the port authority...

MSC appoints former Genoa port president as institutional relations manager

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has appointed Luigi Merlo as institutional relations director. Merlo, a...

The Greens praise dialogue with Naples port president

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Italian political movement The Greens has praised the dialogue started with the president of Naples port...

Trieste port agrees on Sea Park construction project

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Maximum effort will be employed to speed up the creation of Sea Park in Trieste. This was announced by the...

Balearic Islands ports to receive €42.3 million investment in 2017

Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – The five state-owned ports on the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Alcudia, Ibiza, Mahon and...

Abruzzo regional government discusses Pescara port development

Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Recovery through a shared strategy at Pescara port was the main topic of the meeting at the headquarters of...

Rostov-on-Don port cargo traffic rises 13.3% Y/Y in 2016

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) January 11, 2016 – Rostov-on-Don port handled 19.385 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 13.3% on the year,...

Azov port cargo traffic edges up 0.8% Y/Y in 2016

Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) January 11, 2016 – Azov port handled 9.755 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 0.8% on the year, harbourmaster Vladimir Bragin...

Port Yuzhniy cargo traffic declines by 19% Y/Y in 2016

Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Port Yuzhniy handled 39.292 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, down 19.12% on the year, Ukrainian national...

Navantia to export wind farm equipment through Aviles, Ferrol ports

Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Spanish companies Navantia and Windar have concluded negotiations with Iberdrola and its UK subsidiary...

Huelva port awarded contract to operate Majarabique railway terminal

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has been awarded a contract for the operation of the...

Castellon port southern road access offsets 1,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions in one year

Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – The new access to the south dock Castellon port has been in operation in one year now, improving road...

Barcelona port purchases two vans with X-ray scanners

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has ordered the purchase of two vans with...

Livorno port gets EU financing for staff training projects

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Livorno port is set to become a national training centre with a team effort between trade unions and...

Gioia Tauro port trade unions say harbour depends entirely on MSC

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – “The global crisis that hit the transshipment sector has been exacerbated by the gradual and...

Spanish government to invest €6.9 million in Almeria port in 2016-2020

Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – The Spanish government indicated Tuesday that Almeria port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Almería) will...

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