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DP World acquires Spanish maritime services firm
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – DP World Limited said its subsidiary P&O Maritime acquired Spanish maritime services company Reyser...
Barcelona, Buenos Aires port heads meet to discuss business mission details
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) president Sixte Cambra and the inspector of Buenos...
Barcelona port stand hosts some 400 meetings at SIL
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The stand of Barcelona port at the International Logistics and Material Handling Exhibition (Salón...
Renfe Mercancías to start Barcelona port-Lyon freight line in Autumn
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Spanish freight railway firm Renfe Mercancías SA plans to start an international container traffic service...
Puertos del Estado president says strike causes direct damage to Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has reiterated that the strike of dock workers is causing...
No accidents at dockworkers strike in Vigo port on June 7
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The second day of a strike by dockers in Vigo port was carried out “without accidents,” sources from...
Spanish dockworkers strike participation at 99.93% during morning shift on June 7
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado said the proportion of dock workers who joined the strike at...
Gandia port cargo traffic declines 7.13% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Gandia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Gandia port, managed by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), handled a total of 124,882...
Bilbao port operates 17 ships during second strike day
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Bilbao port had 17 ships docked in its area on June 7, the second day of the strike of dock workers. Three of the...
No road traffic blockage at Valencia port accesses during second strike day
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The traffic at the accesses to Valencia port was fluid in the first hours of the stevedores’ strike on...
Rail cargo traffic at Pasaia port to increase
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – An expansion of the railway station of Lezo-Errenteria will enable it to accommodate trains of up to 550 metres in...
Boluda Lines names director of Línea Mediterráneo service
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Boluda Lines, the the integrated transport and international cargo management division of Boluda Corporación...
USPA to reconstruct approach channel of Chernomorsk port
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) plans to reconstruct the approach channel of Chernomorsk port to a draft...
EU holds workshop on “Regeneration of port cities and port areas”
Brussels, Belgium, June 5, 2017 On 16 May, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU jointly...
Durrës port reports 7% increase in ferry passengers and vehicle traffic
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – In May 2017, the volume of trade by ferry increased by 6-18% compared to the same period of 2016....
CMA CGM reports improved environmental performance
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – CMA CGM Group, a leading worldwide French shipping group, has reported an improvement in the performance...
ESPO Conference 2017 inspires European ports on their way to decarbonisation
Barcelona, Spain, June 6, 2017 On 1 and 2 June, the European port industry gathered in Barcelona for ESPO’s annual conference entitled “Ports in a changing...
Call for Georgia to improve services and logistical connectivity
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Jacob Gulmann, ICTSI Europe, Middle East and Africa Business Development Director, attended the 6th Black...
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...