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.
Tuscany to launch council on improving Piombino, Portoferraio port management
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) August 9, 2018 – Tuscany’s regional government has approved the launch of a technical council to identify a coordinated...
Montenegro’s government adopts spatial plan for its coastal region
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) August 9, 2018 – Montenegro’s government has adopted a Special Purpose Spatial Plan of for the country’s coastal...
Junta and City Council of Córdoba sign the agreement for logistics to promote strategic lines
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – The Minister of Development and Housing, Felipe López, and the mayor of Cordoba, Isabel Ambrosio, have...
AdSP Civitavecchia promotes port and regional cruise sector development
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – A working group was convened for the third time, by the president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale...
Barcelona port reorders circulation in area of Álvarez de la Campa dock
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – Barcelona port plans to reorder the circulation in the area of Álvarez de la Campa dock, while...
Suez Canal’s Economic Zone newly established companies amount to 37 in H1 2018
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – The number of newly established companies in the Suez Canal’s Economic Zone amounted to 37 in the...
Ireland advances in its plans to attract Galician fishing boats
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Ireland is advancing its offensive to snatch the discharges and sale of the Gran Sol fish catches from...
Spain’s Merchant Navy supports promotion of natural gas as marine fuel
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Spain’s Merchant Navy supports Gasnam (Asociación Ibérica de Gas Natural para la Movilidad), the...
Trade unions, shipowners discuss Trapani port problems
Trapani, Italy (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – The problems of the port sector were discussed in a meeting of trade union representatives, shipowners...
Venice port signs agreement on Chioggia port’s management transfer
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – Venice port president Pino Musolino has said he signed an agreement with the Chamber of Commerce to transfer...
Assoporti and ENIT sign joint development agreement
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian port association, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ente Nazionale...
Italian port authorities meet to discuss EU tax issues
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Yesterday, the coordination group of the General Secretaries of the authorities of port system (AdSPs) in...
Valencia port presents hinterland expansion plans to Aragón government
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2018 – Valencia port authority’s president Aurelio Martínez has presented a Plan of Intermodal Development of...
Alicante port completes strategic plan for 2018-2022
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante (APA – Port Authority of Alicante) has...
Seville port to present Strategic Plan 2025 in September
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – Seville port plans to present its Strategic Plan 2025 in September, a document that defines the lines of...
Eurispes project could add 400,000 jobs in Sicily
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2018 – The €5 billion ($5.84 billion) Eurispes project to develop Palermo port could ultimately create more than...
Investors eye construction of second cruise terminal in Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – Vigo port plans to tender the authorisation and operation of a second cruise terminal, close to the current one,...
Italy’s Eurispes presents €5 billion property project at Palermo port
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – Italy’s Eurispes has presented a €5 billion ($5.8 billion) property project at Palermo port, which...
Valencia port eyes expansion into Aragón
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) is analysing various...
Barcelona port, Ports de la Generalitat hold working meeting to define scope of cooperation
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2018 – Representatives from the Barcelona port authority and regional ports management institution Ports of the...