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.
British Ports Association looking to shape the agenda in 2018
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 –Â Chief Executive of the British Ports Association (BPA), Richard Ballantyne, has outlined the...
BPA calls for bold vision ahead of New Year fisheries bill
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – On December 31, 2017, the British Ports Association (BPA) published a detailed report on the...
Spain’s Transcoma changes name of bunkering division
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Spanish company Transcoma Shipping has said it has spun off its bunkering division and changing its name to...
Nantes.St-Nazaire considers cruise port development
Nantes.Saint-Nazaire (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Saint-Nazaire, the port city located at the mouth of the Loire estuary, is best known for its...
Spain’s Grupo Alonso sets up subsidiary in Tunisia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Spanish maritime logistics company Grupo Alonso has established a subsidiary in Tunisia as part of its...
Huelva port president hopes Levante dock project to boost business in city
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) president José Luis Ramos has said that he...
CIPE committee reviews Port Hub of Ravenna 2017 project
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 –Â Regional Councilor for Infrastructures and Transport, Raffaele Donini, said that it is a significant step...
Port of Trieste Servizi – Public Consultation for the update of the Triennial Corruption Prevention Plan
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Porto di Trieste Servizi S.p.A. (Port of Trieste Servizi S.p.A. – PTS) has to approve, by January...
Works in progress and the contracts stipulated in 2017 in Naples port
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – The year 2017 closes for Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centrale (AdSP – Central...
Civitavecchia port official to attend road promotion event
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – A press conference is scheduled for Thursday 11 January 2018, entitled “2017 one year on the...
MSC Cruises to return to Funchal
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – MSC’s regular cruise ships will return this year to the port of the Madeiran capital,...
Algeciras, Huelva ports discuss cooperation projects
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Huelva and Algeciras port authorities’ presidents, José Luis Ramos and Manuel Morón, respectively,...
COSCO sets up OceanRail Logistics in Greece
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 –Â Chinese COSCO Shipping and Ports Limited has announced the setting up of OceanRail Logistics S.A. The...
Management Committee approves AdSP Livorno 2018-2020 operation plan
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2017 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (North...
MarÃn port to tender plan for harbour growth
MarÃn, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – MarÃn port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de MarÃn) plans to tender the drafting of a Strategic Plan to...
Representatives of Anaklia port in Georgia visit Constanta port
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 –Â On December 13, 2017, representatives of Anaklia port in Georgia, Levan Akhvlediani, CEO, and...
Portuguese logistics development held up by infrastructure limitations
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The lack of a global strategy in the logistics and freight sector, capable of connecting ports,...
Suez Canal Authority and UAE sign agreement
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 –Â Mohab Mamish, Chairman of Suez Canal Authority and Chairman of the General Authority of Suez Canal...
Cartagena port’s largest project in administrative standstill
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The most ambitious project of Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena), the Gorguel...
Genoa looks to take Swiss traffic from northern European ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Whilst the Italian port of Genoa has always had a trading relationship with Switzerland, its full...