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Spanish merchant navy approves Marin port’s anti-pollution plan

Marin, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The Spanish Merchant Navy’s management board has given the green light to the plan of Marin port...

Cadiz port cargo traffic rises 0.1% in January 2017

Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Cadiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) handled 322,880 tonnes of cargo in January, up...

Castellon port considers rehabilitation of Oropesa del Mar lighthouse

Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Castellon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) president Francisco Toledo has visited the...

ANESCO, trade unions agree on basis of talks for future collective bargaining

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association ANESCO and trade unions Coordinadora, UGT and Comisiones...

Interest in Thessaloniki port privatisation lessens

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – There have been reports that companies previously interested in operating Thessaloniki port, as...

TMT increases TEU and rail volumes during January 2017

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. container volumes increased 25.5% in January 2017 compared to the same...

Romanian shipyard Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries continues losses

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries is a shipyard located 45 km south of the port of Constanta in...

Brexit threatens Gibraltar maritime businesses

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The House of Lords European Union Committee has published its report on the impact of Brexit on...

Bulgarian competition regulator cancels Vidin port concession

Vidin, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Bulgarian competition authority has cancelled a 35-year concession of the South Container Terminal at...

Russia’s NCSP ready to start antimonopoly regulator talks

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Russian port operator Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) is ready to reach an agreement with...

Montenegro to connect Bar port to TEN-T

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The Montenegrin government aims to connect the country to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) by...

Leixoes port cargo traffic rises 12% in Jan 2017

Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The month of January was the best in recent years at the Leixoes port, registering the handling of 1.625...

Portugal to boost port contribution to economy

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vittorino said that the country aims to double the stake of the...

Madeira ports cargo traffic rises in 2016

Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Madeira ports 1.354 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 5% on the year. Containerised cargo traffic...

Cimpor exports 52,500 tonnes of clinker through Lisbon port in Jan 2017

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Portuguese company Cimpor, operating clinker exports to several neighbouring countries, exported 52,499...

Portuguese government awards railway contract for connection to Spain

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The project for the construction of a freight railway line connecting Portugal to Spain, with a special...

Police suspend dredging at La Spezia port

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Italian Police and the La Spezia harbourmaster have again suspended dredging at Molo Fornelli dock at...

Trieste, Genoa promoted as gateway for Chinese exports to Italy

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Italian Infrastructure and Transport Minister Graziano Delrio has held a meeting with representatives...

Former port president joins Venice Foundation

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Paolo Costa, former mayor and ex-Minister of Infrastructure and former president of Venice port, has...

Valencia port to upgrade Noatum container terminal railway access

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is preparing a plan for the adaptation of...

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