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Ferrovie Nord Milano acquires 49% stake in FuoriMuro

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – Italian public transport company Ferrovie Nord Milano has acquired a 49% stake in the capital of FuoriMuro...

Vigo port announces poor performance

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – Port congestion troubles and problems faced by the operators of Vigo port in the import of goods through the...

Bilbao port authority carries out first LNG bunkering operation

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – As a result of the collaboration between the Basque Energy Entity (Ente Vasco de la Energía-EVE), Bahia Bizkaia...

Casablanca port starts development project

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – Two projects have been launched in Casablanca worth a total of MAD 340 million (€31.7 million/$29.7...

Groupe Charles André open Fos logistics platform

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 2, 2017 – The Charles André Group (GCA) has opened its new 34,000 m² platform in the logistics areas of the...

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia sign agreement on Trans-Caspian transport corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 2, 2017 – At a meeting of the Union of Legal Entities of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...

Turkmenistan looks at European experience for Turkmenbashi Seaport

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 1, 2017 – The Turkmen State Customs Service has said that representatives have visited ports in Europe to...

Ministers adopt the Valletta Declaration on EU maritime transport policy

Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) April 1, 2017 – Transport Ministers of the the European Union meeting in Valletta have adopted the Valletta Declaration...

EU Commissioner Vella visits joint research centre in Ispra

Brussels, Belgium, 29/03/2017 – EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella, responsible for Environment, Maritime affairs and Fisheries visited the Joint Research...

European Commission secures 10-year pledge to save Mediterranean fish stocks

Brussels, Belgium,  30 March 2017 – Following months of negotiations, the European Commission has secured today a 10-year pledge to save the...

Sinai Development Authority announces regional investment plans

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – The Sinai Development Authority (SDA) has introduced investments projects worth EGP 10.7 billion in six...

Trieste port to cooperate with Venice

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 31, 2017 – The future of Trieste port is not competition with Venice, but with Koper and Rijeka, the president of Friuli...

Alicante port works to attract container traffic from Valencia

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2017 – The president of Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante), Juan Antonio Gisbert, explained...

McAndrews gets nod to provide consignment services at Ferrol port

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria Ferrol-San Cibrao (Ferrol port authority) has approved the...

Bilbao port launches cruise passenger station

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – Bilbao port hit a historical landmark in its role as an economic engine with the inauguration of the new...

Puertos del Estado – January 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports January 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Developing Danube usage could help Constanta port

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – Karla Peijs EU Coordinator Corridor of the Rhine-Danube said that making the Danube river navigable...

EU Regional Transport Investment Conference – Sofia

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 – On March 23, 2017, the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) organised the Regional Transport...

BPA comments on EU PSR implementation

London, United Kingdom, March 24, 2017 – Following much debate the EU Port Services Regulation (PSR) finally came into force today. EU member states...

BPA calls for trade facilitation to be central pillar of Brexit

London, United Kingdom, March 29, 2017 – Responding to the UK Government’s Article 50 notification British Ports Association’s Chief Executive,...

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