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Dredging tender for Portugal’s Trafaria port

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – A tender was announced for the dredging of the Trafaria Port Terminal Pier, part of Portugal’s North...

Scanners and 50 extra staff in Zeebrugge port against drug smuggling

Zeebrugge, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – 50 additional staff members will be employed and two mobile cargo scanners will be acquired in...

BCP, Tanger Med Port Authority use Blockchain Payment Gateway” platform

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – On September 27, 2024, Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) and Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) signed...

Barcelona introduces new tourist tax – cruises in the cross hairs

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Barcelona is one of the many Mediterranean port-cities where local citizens have forced local...

Carnival to solar panels on cruise terminals in Port of Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Carnival Corporation will install solar panels on the two cruise terminals it manages at the Port of...

ESPO, FEPORT calls for “cold ironing” tax exemption

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and the Federation of European Private Port Companies and...

End of U.S. East Coast ports’ strike

New York, United States (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) trade union agreed on October 3 to suspend a...

Operation Marhaba sees 45,690 passengers use Al Hoceima port

Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – This year’s Operation Marhaba event saw 45,690 Moroccan passengers pass through the port of Al...

Russia’s Far Eastern Sukhodol port accepts import cargo

Sukhodol, Russia (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – The first imported cargo was handled at the new sea checkpoint in Russia’s Far East Sukhodol port....

No money for Russia’s logistics infrastructure abroad

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – Russia plans to allocate 837.1 million rubles (€8 million) in 2025 to finance the project “Creation...

Port of Antwerp drones have carried out at least 7,000 operations

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges drones network has already carried out at least 7,000 operations in recent...

European Commission challenges Malta on port labour law

Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The European Commission has decided to send a “reasoned opinion” to Malta for incorrect...

Trieste Marine Terminal: TEU traffic – August 2024

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) handled 68,685 containers (TEU) in August 2024. This compares with...

Port of Cork plan expansion to support offshore energy

Cork, Ireland (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The Port of Cork has agreed funding to expand its deepwater site in Ringaskiddy. The expansion will enable...

Port of La Spezia acquires share in Cepim Interporto di Parma

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The Authority for the Port System of the Eastern Ligurian Sea has received the green light from the...

Piriou delivers two new tugs to Port of Saint-Malo

St. Malo, France (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The shipbuilder Piriou has delivered two new OST 22 tugs to EDEIS Ports de Saint-Malo & Cancale,...

Dutch Port of Moerdijk visits Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – A delegation from the Dutch Port of Moerdijk has visited the Port of Bilbao. It was accompanied by the...

Italy’s Spediporti concerned by U.S. port strike

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – Spediporto, the association of freight forwarders of Genoa, has highlighted the possible effects on Italy...

Port of Bilbao awards central pier construction contract

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – The Port Authority of Bilbao has awarded a contract to build the second phase of the Central Pier of the...

Cocaine destined for Belgium seized in Dominican Rep

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – On September 30, the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) said that the shipment...

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