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The key news from Ports Europe covering business and geopolitical issues. Some of these articles appear in the email newsletter published every Wednesday. This will include any new Analysis articles.
Cosco joins Valenciaport Foundation board
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – Cosco Shipping Lines Spain (CSLS) has joined the board of the Valenciaport Foundation, Autoridad Portuaria de...
APM Terminals invests €47 million in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – APM Terminals, a subsidiary of the Danish shipper and terminal operator Maersk, has invested €47 million...
China’s Yantian port delegation visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – A delegation of China’s Yantian port has visited Sines port in Portugal, accompanied by a delegation...
Valenciaport Foundation and Baleària in the framework of the LNGHIVE2 Green & Smart Links project
News Release – Valenciaport and Baleària become a European benchmark for the energy transition to LNG – June 14, 2019 This morning the...
DP World and PSA International interested in new Dry Port project
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – The local Ministry of Transport has announced a tender to participate in the construction of the...
MSC to acquire 49% stake in Gruppo Messina
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), through its subsidiary Marinvest, plans to acquire a 49% stake in the...
Slovenian Minister Bratusek continues visit to China
News – Minister Alenka Bratušek continues her visit to China with the delegation. On Tuesday, she first met with Yang Huantang, Vice President of...
Ci5: the first Cargo Community System in the world to integrate Blockchain technology
News Release – Ci5: the first Cargo Community System in the world to integrate Blockchain technology – June 13, 2019 MGI worked with Thales to...
Syria’s Parliament approves contract on Tartus port investments
Tartus, Syria (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – Syria’s parliament reports that it approved a bill to ratify a contract with Russian company STG...
Barcelona port hosts the SINO-European International Freight Forwarders Conference
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – Barcelona port President Mercè Conesa has inaugurated the SINO-European International Freight...
Malta Freeport hosts its first LNG-powered container ship
News – Malta Freeport hosts its first LNG-powered container ship – June 11, 2019 Malta Freeport Terminals welcomed the first ever LNG-powered...
Italian investment fund F2i considers further acquisitions in ports sector
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Italian infrastructure investment fund F2i’s plan in the ports sector is wide-ranging. After having...
Slovenia minister in China promoting Koper port and planned railway connection
Ljubljana, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – At the Forum of Representatives of Countries Participating in the International Exhibition China-CEEC...
ICTSI Croatia invests in future-proof terminal in Rijeka port
News – ICTSI Croatia invests in future-proof terminal – June 10, 2019 Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), the Croatian subsidiary of...
Gioia Tauro port officially welcomes the new terminal operator
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – Swiss-based MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company, the new terminal operator of the port of Gioia...
Kombiverkehr to launch intermodal corridor linking Trieste port to Düsseldorf
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Trieste port has signed an agreement with railway operator Kombiverkehr KG for the launch of an intermodal...
Genoa port signs agreement with China’s Port of Shenzhen
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – At the Transport Logistics fail in Munich, Germany, a cooperation agreement was signed between the ports of...
Trieste port sings MoU with Luxembourg’s Bettembourg logistic hub
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority)...
US-based AGRO Merchants Group buys cold storage facilities at Valencia, Sines, Leixões ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2019 – US-based temperature-controlled storage and logistics company AGRO Merchants Group has completed...
Leading global shipping companies discuss Black Sea container hub
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – During the Ukrainian Ports Forum 2019 being held in Odessa, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)...