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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.

Valencia port reports benefits from study of “Economic Impact of the ports of the Port Authority of Valencia in 2016”

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has presented...

Puertos del Estado launches new body to help ports

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, accompanied by the director of Exploitation,...

Cosco plan for Piraeus port faces challenge from local businesses

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – Agreement for the plans presented by Cosco Shipping Ports for Piraeus port have yet to be agreed with...

Vigo port expects to recover lost cargo traffic through stowage liberalisation

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 – Vigo port expects to recover part of the cargo traffic lost in recent years through the liberalisation of the...

Suez Canal Authority and Bolloré discuss cooperation

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – The Head of the Suez Canal Authority and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZ), Mohab Mamish, has met...

Italy may launch plan to encourage development of Gioia Tauro port

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Italy’s government is to establish a national plan for the development of the port sector, which...

Alexandroupolis port develops masterplan to encourage Samothrace shipping activities

Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Alexandroupolis Port Authority has drafted a masterplan for the development of shipping...

Public Ports of Andalusia Agency undertakes technical research

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 –  The Ministry of Development and Housing, via Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA –...

Vigo port presents new strategic plan to port community

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – The President of Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo (APV – Port Authority of Vigo), Enrique C. López...

Port of Rafina holds discussion with new minister of shipping and island policy

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 –  Fotis Kouvelis, the new Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, has met with the President of the...

AdSP Naples sees ZES progress

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – With the appointments of lawyer Roberto Rosiello and of Domenico Bellobuono, respectively representing...

AdSP Genoa takes measures after the Morandi bridge collapse

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – The management committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP –...

Port Authority of Alicante approves strategic plan for 2018-2022

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante (APA – Port Authority of Alicante)...

Cruise project part of Antalya port development plan

Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Menderes Turel has a number of ambitious projects for...

Ravenna port takes steps to work with Lombardy logistics sector

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...

Senator sends open letter to government to raise concerns about Bordeaux port

Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) September 25, 2018 – Senator Nathalie Delattre of Gironde has sent an open letter to the Minister of Transport Elisabeth...

Portuguese Minister of Infrastructure will address the Salida Sur de Vigo with Spanish counterpart

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – Vice president of the Eixo Atlántico, Luísa Salgueiro, mayor of Matosinhos, and the general...

Valenciaport and Propeller Valencia agree on transport infrastructures urgency

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – Pedro Coca, new president of the association of managers and logistics entrepreneurs, Propeller...

A different proposal for the port of Volos

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) September 22, 2018 – A new proposal for the redevelopment of Volos port has been submitted which advances simultaneous...

EU steps up its strategy for connecting Europe and Asia

European Commission – Press release EU steps up its strategy for connecting Europe and Asia Brussels, 19 September 2018 The European Commission and the...

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