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Saudi Company Nesma visits Alexandria port

Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – A delegation from Saudi Arabia’s Nesma company has visited Alexandria port to...

Private companies invest €71 million in Bilbao port in 2017

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – The Port of Bilbao has reached an occupancy rate of nearly 83% in 2017 and private enterprise is...

Bilbao port invests €61.5 million in 2017

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – In 2017, the Port Authority of Bilbao invested €61.5 million ($75.87 million), with the sum set to...

Bilbao port starts 2018 cruise season

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – This coming Sunday, 25 February, the cruise vessel Saga Sapphire, belonging to Saga Cruises, and...

Bilbao increase cargo traffic 7% on 2017

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) february 27, 2018 – The Port of Bilbao ended 2017 with a 7% traffic growth, a 2.2 million-tonne increase over 2016. This is...

Government reviews Cyprus Ports Authority activities

Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – The Cypriot Parliament’s House Finance Committee has met to discuss the 2018 budget of the...

Agreement between AdSP Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea and Clax Italia

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Clax Italia srl, a manufacturer of plastic products, has signed a concession with Autorita’...

Avilés port cargo traffic rises in January

Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Avilés port handled in the first month of the year a total of 525,477 tonnes, up 33.61% on the year,...

Valencia port to finance study for Valencia-Sagunto transport corridor project

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to promote and finance a study of...

Spain’s Baleària receives cruise quality seal for Dénia port

Dénia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. was distinguished on Friday with the Commitment of...

Control bodies, social partners sign MoU for safety at work in Taranto port 

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the safety at work of port workers and companies operating in the...

Italy’s cruise traffic to rise by 5.2% in 2018

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – A 8.6% increase in the number of passengers handled in Italian cruise ports (about 11 million compared to...

EU finances overhaul of ports in Spain, Ireland

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The action plan of the European Union for the Atlantic countries has raised some €2.4 billion ($2.95...

EU maritime strategy in the Atlantic spurs €6 billion of investments in environmental protection, innovation, connectivity and social inclusion

European Commission – Fisheries – Press Release – 26 February 2018 The EU’s 2013-2020 Atlantic Action Plan has spurred over 1200 new...

Portoferraio expects 30,000 cruise shop passengers in 2018 season

Portoferraio, Elba, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The Portoferraio cruise season runs from March to November, and this year the port is...

Capitale Messina VP supports independent port authority

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Gianfranco Salmeri, vice president of Capitale Messina, continues to support a new port...

DP World to set up working group to review Ukrainian port operations

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and DP World, the global ports operator, have signed a...

Dredging starts at Ukraine’s Izmail sea port

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has started dredging operations at Izmail seaport. The...

Ukraine government looks to offer Kherson port concession

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has said that Kherson Commercial Sea Port is unprofitable. The...

Damietta port looking to finance second container terminal

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Damietta Port Authority is in discussions with local and international lenders for a loan of $305...

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