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.
Luka Rijeka receives part of grants for upgrades
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 20, 2018 – Luka Rijeka d.d. has been granted non-refundable funds for the reconstruction and upgrading of the port...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – October 2018 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 20, 2018 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...
Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport praises GAINN4MOS project
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) November 20, 2018 – Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has supported maritime transport with a low...
Setúbal port strike affecting local Volkswagen facility
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – Volkswagen AG’s is one of the locally-operating companies which is being affected by a port...
Cosco Shipping eyes investments in Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia (PortSEurope) November 14, 2018 – Cosco Shipping has expressed interest in investing in the construction of intermodal terminals and the...
Mercitalia Rail increases container rail services to Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – Mercitalia Rail (Polo Mercitalia) has initiated ten additional freight trains per week for transporting...
China ready to invest in new multimodal cargo terminals on the Ukrainian border with the EU
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – China plans investment in new multimodal freight terminals on Ukrainian territory on the...
Grimaldi Group receives Automotive Global Awards
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Italy’s Grimaldi Group has received the Corporation of the Year Award and the Shipping Company...
Barcelona port signs cooperation memorandum with China’s Ningbo Zhoushan port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – The ports of Barcelona and Ningbo Zhoushan have signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange...
Piraeus Port Authority participates in China International Import Expo
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has participated in the first China International Import Expo (CIIE)...
Valenciaport exhibits at China International Import Expo, Shanghai
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has...
Civitavecchia may lose Chiquita’s banana traffic
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Civitavecchia port may lose its entire traffic of bananas imported by US company Chiquita, due to...
Vigo port to promote blue growth at European parliament
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo (APV – Port Authority of Vigo) will present an exhibition at the...
Med Europe Terminal secures labour agreement at reefer facility at Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Med Europe Terminal has signed the Reefer Quality Charter with the port’s dockers’ union...
New Chinese ambassador to Greece visits Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – China’s new ambassador to Greece, Zhang Qiyue, has visited the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and...
Valenciaport joins TradeLens project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has joined the...
ArcelorMittal, Fincantieri SpA and Palescandolo set up new company
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – ArcelorMittal CLN Distribuzione Italia, Fincantieri SpA and Palescandolo SpA (Iron and Steel Works) have...
Fincantieri: The Chinese cruise hub established
Trieste, Italy, November 5, 2018 In the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Economic development and Labour Luigi Di Maio and...
Spain’s Boluda Lines expands cold logistics chain services
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Spanish company Boluda Lines is expanding its investment to offer with a more specialised maritime...
Ports to benefit from Bulgarian-Greek rail transport agreement
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signed a joint...