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Ukraine reports cargo handling statistics for January-May 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – In January-May 2017 cargo handling volumes in Ukrainian seaports were 55.609 million tons, up 4.5% on the...

USPA and Odessa National Maritime University have signed a cooperation agreement

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and Odessa National Maritime University (ONMU) have signed a...

Stevedores strike at Majorca port

Majorca, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The first day of the strike in the port of Majorca (Palma and Alcúdia) on Monday has hardly affected the...

Mediterranean Railway Corridor has more “allies” in Europe than in Spain

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – At the opening of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) event in Barcelona, Catalan Minister for...

Spain to boost cooperation with China under Belt & Road Initiative

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – At the “Business Opportunities for Spanish Companies under the Belt and Road Initiative”...

Spanish ports total cargo traffic rises 2.6% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The total cargo traffic at Spanish ports rose by 2.61% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to 171.3...

Seville port obtains ISO 140001:2015 certificate

Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has obtained an international certification ISO...

APM Terminals Valencia acquires 11 terminal tractors

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – APM Terminals Valencia S.A. has incorporated 11 terminal tractors in its facilities, bringing its fleet to 63...

Sagunto port cargo traffic rises 1.63% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017

Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Sagunto port closed the first four months of the year with a total traffic of 2.130 million tonnes, a figure that...

Truck traffic at Valencia port almost totally blocked during dockworker strike

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The first day of strike of Spanish dockworkers ended with the almost total stoppage of trucks carrying cargo...

Spain to construct rail access to Seville port in 2017, 2018

Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has attended the signing of an agreement to regulate the...

Spain’s Adif, Puertos del Estado, port authorities sign railway works deal

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif), ports agency Puertos...

Cartagena port cargo traffic rises in Jan-Apr 2017

Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Cartagena port handled 11.21 million tonnes of cargo in the first four months of 2017, up 8.9% on the year,...

Noatum, MSC extend working hours of terminals at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have extended the working hours of...

Genoa port should focus on dredging – former port president

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Genoa port should keep working on increasing the draft of its basin, as the world-class vessels of Mediterranean...

Italy’s Caronte & Tourist to build ten LNG-fuelled ferry ships

Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. plans to invest a total of €200 million ($225.53 million) in the...

Ukrainian seaports cargo traffic rises 4.5% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Ukrainian seaports handled 55.609 million tonnes of cargo in the first five months of 2017, up 4.5% on the year,...

Trieste port sees its integrated management system certification renewed

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Trieste port has become the first Italian harbour to obtain an extension of its integrated management system...

Barcelona port to have direct rail connection to France’s Lyon

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Barcelona port will have a new rail freight service with Lyon (France), Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo...

Vigo port laments damage caused by dockers strike

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, lamented the...

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