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.
ESPO asks to recognise the cross-border dimension of EU ports and to strengthen the maritime connectivity in CEF II
Press Release – ESPO – September 5, 2018 The investment needs of European ports over the next ten years amount to €48 billion. Many port...
Assarmatori president calls for rapid actions for Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – President of AssArmatori, Stefano Messina, has called for emergency regulations to help Genoa port....
Toulon port could increase cargo traffic due to Genoa problems
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – French companies have been affected by the transport problems created by the collapse of the Morandi...
RINA: The port of the future: interview with Pino Musolino
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – The June 2018 issue of RINA Innovation magazine published an interview with Pino Musolino, President...
ANESCO presents its proposals to the president of Puertos del Estado to improve the port system
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2018 – A delegation of ANESCO (Asociación de Empresas Estibadoras/National Association of Stevedoring...
Genoa port issues order for the reorganization of port infrastructures and the area of Sampierdarena
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 4, 2018 – Following the collapse of the Morandi bridge on the A10, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...
Piraeus port to play vital role in “Belt and Road” initiative
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 4, 2018 – Piraeus port will play an important pivotal role in the construction of the China-European Land and Sea...
Italy’s Assoporti proposes fuel excise duty reduction for Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 4, 2018 – Italian ports association Assoporti has proposed the reduction of excise duty on fuel for Genoa port’s...
Assoporti asks for a reduction in port taxes in Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2018 – To prevent the loss of traffic in the Ligurian port after the collapse of the Morandi bridge, the...
Presidents of the AdSP South Adriatic Sea and AdSP Mar Tirreno Centro Nord agree to a collaboration agreement
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2018 – The president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP –...
Assoporti calls for urgent measures for Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2018 – To negate effects of the collapse of the Morandi bridge on the operations of the port of Genoa, mainly...
Strong competition stimulates Algeciras port to improve
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2018 – Algeciras port needs to continue working on improving its competitiveness, in order to be able to respond...
AdSPs of Bari and Civitavecchia to sign transport corridor agreement
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – The presidents of the AdSPs of the Southern Adriatic Sea and the North Central Tyrrhenian Sea, Ugo Patroni...
Algeciras port studies alternatives for outer anchorage
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – Algeciras port has said it is analysing alternatives for locating the outer anchorage of the harbour and...
Marine cluster Bulgaria takes part in Blue NET project, invites companies
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Marine cluster Bulgaria is to participate in Blue NET – Maritime Clusters Network for Blue Growth project...
Koper port keeps beating all competitors
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Slovenia’s Koper port continues to grow and beat competitors, while in Croatia the authorities are still...
Barcelona port publishes sustainability report
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Barcelona has published the Annual Report of the Sector Sustainability Plan, a document that reflects the...
Spain’s Aragón prefers to use Catalan ports for Mediterranean Corridor links
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Spain’s Aragón regional government has said it prefers to use the Catalan ports for linking the...
Special Economic Zones may boost Italian port’s growth
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – The proposal to activate a special economic zone in the city of Genoa, hit by the Morandi bridge disaster, is...
Huelva port’s infrastructure works generate 990 jobs in H1 2018
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – The number of companies active in the port of Huelva, directly or indirectly, amounted to 106 in the first...