Top News
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.
Trammo to invest $20 million in Batumi port terminal
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – The U.S. corporation Trammo, an international merchandising and trading company, plans to invest $20...
Cartagena port signs agreement for Adif to develop rail capacity
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – Joaquín Segado, president of Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of...
Sapir receives new Liebherr lifting equipment for Ravenna port terminal
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – The Sapir group has received Liebherr lifting equipment worth €7 million ($8.02 million) for its...
AdSP Mar Tirreno Centrale, Confindustria Campania, Intesa Sanpaolo join forces to promote ZES Campania
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Ranking – Algeciras top Spanish port by cargo handled in November 2018
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Fincantieri studies data room of Croatia’s Uljanik
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Italian company Fincantieri SpA and Australia’s Scenic Group are studying the data room of Croatian...
Alcoa generates 43% of Ferrol port’s traffic
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – US industrial company Alcoa Corporation generated 43% of the total traffic of Ferrol port in 2018, or 5.85...
European Commission to investigate proposed purchase of Chantiers de l’Atlantique by Fincantieri
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – The European Commission has announced that it is launching an investigation into the proposed purchase of...
EU Commission adopts two decisions recommending taxation of ports in Italy and Spain
EU Commission Press Release – State aid: Commission adopts two decisions recommending taxation of ports in Italy and Spain Brussels, 8 January 2019 The...
Olivier Trétout joins the Grand Port Maritime Nantes Saint-Nazaire
Nantes St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – Olivier Trétout has been appointed Chairman of the Management Board of the Grand Port Maritime...
Basalt Infrastructure Partners acquires 30% stake in Italian shipping group C&T
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – London-based investment fund Basalt Infrastructure Partners has acquired a 30% stake of the...
Orange, Vodafone to test 5G applications at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Telecoms groups Orange and Vodafone plan to test at the port of Vigo the possibilities of 5G technology in very...
Ranking – COSCO Shipping Ports – November 2018 container throughput – overseas terminals
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has published November 2018 container throughput. Below is the ranking of...
Morocco plans €165 million investment in 2019-2021 port plan
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 6, 2019 – The Moroccan government’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – National Ports Agency) in...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) to finance Brindisi airport infrastructure overhaul
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Thessaloniki Port sees increased cargo traffic in 2018
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) has reported improved general cargo and container traffic in...
Belgium’s North Sea Port eyes stronger links to Morocco
Tangier Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – Belgian port platform North Sea Port’s CEO Daan Schalck has participated in a delegation of 500...
Galician ports’ fishing exports to UK increase in 2018
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Galicia-based companies have significantly increased their exports to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018,...
Russia wants to normalise the situation in the Azov Sea
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 20 that he was willing to respect a bilateral...
Vigo port to receive €13 million EU funding for Ro-Ro terminal overhaul
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Vigo port will receive €13 million ($14.9 million) of financing from the European Union (EU) to upgrade its...