Planning/Strategy
All issues linked to planning and strategies of companies, organisations and governments which own ports. This includes plans to increase traffic and the capacity of ports and generate revenue.
GTS Rail to open Genoa office
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 2, 2021 – Bari-based intermodal freight transport company GTS Rail, is to open an office in Genoa. New staffers will be...
Brindisi port finalises location for customs free zone
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) March 2, 2021 – The director general of the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM – Agenzia delle dogane e dei...
Piraeus Port Users’ Council holds first meeting of 2021
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 1, 2021 – Last Thursday, the first meeting of 2021 of the Piraeus Port Users’ Council was held via teleconference,...
Port of Barcelona: Four future scenarios for maritime transport in Europe
Port de Barcelona – 25 February 2021 The IV Strategic Plan of the Port of Barcelona, recently presented, includes a projection on the maritime traffic...
Chernomorsk Seaport Administration reviews port activity
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – The Chernomorsk Seaport Administration has met to discuss the port’s development plan the...
Vigo Port Authority and the Pontevedra Employers’ Confederation review future projects
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 24, 2021 – The presidents of the Vigo Port Authority (APV) and the Pontevedra Employers’ Confederation (CEP),...
Port of Seville plans use of EU Next Generation funds
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 24, 2021 – The president of the Port Authority of Seville (APS), Rafael Carmona, has received the Minister for...
Cartagena Port Authority joins international port project
Cartagena Port Authority has joined the International Association for Collaboration between Ports and Cities (RETE), with the aim of establishing synergies and...
Vard Braila and Vard Tulcea shipyards will merge into one company
Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) February 23, 2021 -Following a decision of parent company Fincantieri, the Vard Braila and Vard Tulcea shipyards will merge as...
Deregulation of Aktau port services for oil export
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 23, 2021 – The services of the Aktau seaport in the export of oil and oil products have been deregulated, which...
Bulgaria: Pre-election rush for port concessions at heavily discounted prices
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 19, 2021 – Eight concessions for large and smaller ports in Bulgaria are to be announced in 2021, according to a new...
Taranto port publishes regulations for customs free zone
Port of Taranto, 16 February 2021 – These days, the process underlying the enhancement of the port of Taranto and the creation of a business environment...
Ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge to merge
Antwerp, Belgium (PortSEurope) February 15, 2021 – The City of Antwerp and the City of Bruges have announced that their respective ports will merge into...
Recovery and Resilience Facility: Transport Keeps Us Going Forward
News Release – European Transport Workers’ Federation – 10 Feb 2021 With the slogan “Transport for EU Recovery”, ETF, together with 31...
Andrea Annunziata sees cruise industry as vital to Naples port
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – Andrea Annunziata, new president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) signs anti-mafia protocol
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – The prefect of Bari, Antonia Bellomo, and president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
DP World’s London Gateway and Tilbury ports bid for free port with Ford factory
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – A proposal to from a new “free port” in Southeast England by combining the ports of...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale (La Spezia) applies to start ZLS licence process
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
Tarragona port approves aid worth €1.6 million for port companies
The maritime traffics that have most noticed these negative effects of the pandemic are crude oil and new vehicles, among others – February 5, 2021 The...
AdSP MAM (Bari) makes progress with Zona Franca Doganale Interclusa
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) February 5, 2021 – Director General of the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM – Agenzia delle dogane e dei monopoli),...