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.
Port of Ancona plans new passenger terminal
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) June 13, 2024 – The Central Adriatic Sea Port System Authority has issued a “Notice of preliminary market consultation...
Tunisia’s Gabes port seeks ways to boost traffic
Gabes, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 13, 2024 – Tunisia is working on a 2040 master and management plan for commercial ports including plans for Gabes...
Russia fixated on the Arctic Northern Sea Route
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – There has been a flurry of announcements about Russia’s Arctic Northern Sea Route (NSR), indicating the...
Port of Barcelona: environment impact of 2nd container terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – The Port Authority of Barcelona (APB) has released public information on the environmental impact of its...
Genoese shipping agency Le Navi Spa is renamed MSC Italia
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – The Genoese shipping agency Le Navi Spa has been renamed MSC Italia. The company is an exclusive agent for...
Tanger Med is one of the world’s top 19 container ports
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Morocco’s Tanger Med port in the Strait of Gibraltar achieved record figures in 2023, the year in which...
The road to the Caspian Sea – Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – After years of delays, the project for the construction of an access road to Russia’s Caspian Sea port of...
Algerian minister calls for port development
Djen Djen, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The Minister of Transport, Mohamed El-Habib Zahana, commented yesterday on the need to raise operational...
Port of Aviles is preparing a strategic plan to meet expansion
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The Port Authority of Aviles is preparing a strategic plan with a clear objective to attract new companies...
COSCO SHIPPING & Rail Cargo Group hold talks
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) and COSCO SHIPPING have met for discussions on the business arrangement between...
Navantia to develop wind concession in Port of Ferrol
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – The Port Authority of Ferrol-San Cibrao has approved the non-substantial modification of the concession owned...
Russia, Iran discuss the new Astraport Shipping company
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Representatives of Russia’s Astrakhan Region and the Iranian Consul General in Astrakhan, Mahdi...
Port of Castellon to join the offshore wind club
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – The Port of Castellón has said that the public invitation for companies interested in developing...
Algeria creates new shipping company, Cnan El Djazair
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Algerian government has decided to merge the Cnan Nord and Cnan Med shipping companies to form...
Spain’s Port of Marin plans €15 million cruise investment
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – The Galician Port of Marin is planning a €15 million investment to develop the local cruise ship industry....
Port of Tarragona wants to join wind energy industry
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – The Port of Tarragona is entering the race to position itself as a hub for assembling offshore wind...
Spain’s Port of Melilla seeks central funding
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – Senior management of Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla (APM – Port Authority of Melilla) were in Madrid...
Tarros joins Confindustria Siracusa event in Sicily
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 9, 2024 – Last week, Confindustria Siracusa and the regional port authority held a meeting with the Tarros...
Port of Taranto identifies areas to develop wind energy
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – The Management Committee of the Ionian Sea Port System Authority held an extraordinary meeting on May 3 to...
Algeria looks to support port operators
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 1, 2024 – An official at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said last week in Algiers that the government...