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Barcelona port plans business mission to Argentina, Uruguay

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – Barcelona port will carry out a business mission to Buenos Aires and Montevideo from November 11 to 17, led by...

Málaga-Melilla line passenger traffic rises 15% y/y in Jan-April 2017

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The maritime line that connects Melilla and Málaga has registered a 15% increase in the number of passengers and...

Italian ports are strategic for China’s One Belt One Road initiative – PM

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – China puts in place a multi-billion dollar investment plan for the New Silk Road, the largest infrastructure,...

Vigo port containerised cargo traffic declines in Q1 2017

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Almost a year after Danish shipping giant Maersk decided to relocate its container hub in Spain to Marin port from...

Spanish minister warns against consequences of dockworkers’ strike

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works Inigo de la Serna warned against the risks that the strikes of stevedores...

Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, Maersk to update container services at Odessa port in May

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Odessa port is planning a significant expansion of its activities. The Odessa container terminal (OCT), which is...

Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd returns to Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – German group Hapag-Lloyd returns to the Guixar container terminal of Vigo port. Ships of Hapag-Lloyd have not been...

Ferrol port awards €72.4 million rail link construction contract

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Ferrol-San Cibrao) has awarded a €72.4 million ($79,47 million)...

Italy to close Sicilian ports during G-7 summit

Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Italy will close the ports on the island of Sicily during the G-7 summit in Taormina on May 26 and 27, the head...

Innovative blue growth projects join European Maritime Day 2017

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – Fifteen innovative new blue growth projects funded through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)...

The truck service area and the Vgas natural gas station operational in Marseille

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – The dedicated parking area for truck drivers and the Vgas Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV) station on the Mât...

Greek state to keep control of some regional ports

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – State sell-off fund TAIPED will retain control of 10 regional ports of international interest, with the aim...

Serbian government, CRBC agree €2.1 billion deal for Bar-Belgrade motorway

Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Serbia’s government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Road and Bridge Construction...

The Alliance shipping group returns to Damietta port

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – The Alliance group of shipping companies that withdrew from East Port Said in March due to increased fees...

Bari port looks to improve Albanian passenger services

Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – A new phase of cross-border cooperation was initiated by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...

Greece praises local Chinese investment

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – This week, China will open the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, May 14-15, and in Athens...

Thessaloniki Port Authority: Results of tax audit fiscal 2005-2011

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – The Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA SA) has announced that the ordinary tax audit for the years...

Nador West Med to develop international capacity

Nador, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – The Moroccan government plans to develop Nador West Med port complex with a focus on European opportunities....

Vinci completes Casablanca port development

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Dumez Maroc (Vinci Construction International Network) has handed over the new fishing port in...

Event – European Maritime Day – Poole, UK, May 18-19, 2017

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual meeting point for Europe’s community of maritime...

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