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.
Andalusia government to coordinate policies of Ceuta, Melilla ports
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – The Seville-based Andalusia regional government plans to launch a permanent working group with the seven ports...
Koper, Rijeka, Trieste need to join forces against leading European ports
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 8, 2019 – Croatia’s biggest port of Rijeka is lagging behind Koper in terms of growth, and the third large...
Melilla, Ceuta ports to develop joint projects
Melilla, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – The president of Melilla port authority, Miguel Marín, has met Ceuta counterpart, Juan Manuel Doncel to...
ANP starts the expropriations phase for new Zenata dry port
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – National Ports Agency) is preparing to begin...
AdSP Settentrionale (Venice) to take over management of Chioggia port
Chioggia, Venice (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The Rovigo Chamber of Commerce of Venice and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Sagunto City Council, Valencia port sign cooperation agreement
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Sagunto City Council has signed a cooperation agreement with Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...
Barcelona port proposes a new technical office to develop road and rail access
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The Port of Barcelona has proposed to the Ministry of Development to create a technical office in...
Monfalcone port to soon join AdSP del Mare Adriatico Orientale (Trieste)
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – The procedure for the transfer of the management of Monfalcone port to Autorita’ di Sistema...
Vilagarcía port supports Compostela 2M21 project
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía (APV – Port Authority of Vilagarcía),...
COSCO’s Piraeus port development plan receives partial approval
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Greece’s Port Planning and Development Committee gave a partial approval of the master plan of...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Occidentale (Genoa) joins IPCSA
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority) has...
Alexandroupolis port looks to expand regional influence
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – “Logistics of Northern Greece and the role of the Port of Alexandroupolis” was the...
Augusta port may become Italy’s LNG hub
Augusta, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a competitive lever for the industrial and logistic system of...
Ukraine ports target EU TEN-T integration
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – The priority development of the ports of Ukraine is the integration into the enlarged...
Italian transport minister visits northern Sardinia ports
Olbia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – Italy’s Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Danilo Toninelli, has visited the ports of Olbia and...
Leixões port aims to compete with Barcelona, Valencia
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Vigo is not the only target of Leixões port’s offensive in container traffic. Until now it was...
Pescara approves €552,000 port overhaul tender
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centrale (Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority) has...
Free Trade Zone and Director of Groupe PSA plant in Vigo meet to discuss progress
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – With the aim of contributing to consolidate the activity and employment of the French automotive Groupe...
Spain’s SCS starts preparations for project at Santander port
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – Santander Coated Solutions (SCS) has started moving specialized machinery to León to use it in the...
Spain’s ANESCO recommends change in port management model
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of Stevedoring...