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.
USA invites dredging companies to discuss development of inland waterways
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has invited representatives of dredging companies to discuss...
Greece rejects Piraeus port’s application for shipyard construction
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Greece’s economy ministry has rejected the application of Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) for the...
Genoa port considers solutions to minimize bridge collapse impact
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 18, 2018 – Three days after the collapse of a major bridge that killed dozens in the northwest Italian city of Genoa,...
Agreement between AdSP La Spezia, Porto di Carrara SpA and Dario Perioli SpA: no redundancies
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – On the evening of July 27, an agreement was reached between Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
Alicante port provides €170,000 to solid bulk management RDI project
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Alicante port has provided a €170,000 ($193,500) financing to a research, development and innovation...
Genoa port contemplates options to avoid blockade after Morandi bridge disaster
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – After the collapse of the Morandi bridge – crossed by about 2,000 lorries traveling to the port on a...
President of Cartagena port authority meets with government delegate in the Region of Murcia
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena), Joaquín...
Bordeaux port needs new management model to avoid total decline
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Is Bordeaux port, offering some 8,000 jobs and generating an economic activity of about €3 billion ($3.4...
Piraeus port masterplan talks are slowing
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The negotiations on the master plan of Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) remain behind schedule, due to...
Ecological and radiological inspection of ships in ports of Ukraine to become easier
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The procedure of ecological and radiological inspection of ships in ports of Ukraine in the...
Five countries sign convention on Caspian legal status
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan have signed a new convention on...
Belarus, Turkey discuss creation of cargo traffic corridor along Dnieper
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 10, 2018 – Belarus and Turkey are discussing the creation of a cargo traffic corridor along the Dnieper River,...
Balearic Islands launches survey to collect opinions about its strategic plan
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) August 10, 2018 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has started collecting opinions...
Avilés port aspires to become cruise port of Camino de Santiago
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2018 – Avilés aspires to be a cruise port of the Camino de Santiago. The project involves several ports and...
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...