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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.
French CGT union proposes port strike December 9-10
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The CGT trade union is calling for 48-hour strike at the country’s ports. The call is a response...
Grimaldi ferry terminal in Barcelona port adopts cold ironing
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) system for the Grimaldi ferry terminal on the Sant Bertran quay,...
Tanger Med sees Jan-Sep 2024 turnover up 11%
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 24, 2024 – In the first nine months of 2024, Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has reported turnover of over 3...
Vezzani requests car terminal concession, Porto Marghera
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) November 22, 2024 – Vezzani Spa has applied for a new car terminal concession in Porto Marghera’s former Sirma area....
Restructuring plan for Vittoria shipyard approved by Court of Rovigo
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) November 22, 2024 – The restructuring plan for the Vittoria shipyard has been approved by the Court of Rovigo. “The...
Cocaine seized in Port of Vigo, Galicia
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) November 20, 2024 – On Tuesday, the Customs Surveillance Service (SVA) and the Civil Guard discovered suspicious packages on...
Port of Constanta reduces Ukrainian grain exports
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – In January-October 2024, the port of Constanta exported 5.6 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain, down...
Monopolies commission investigates SAS & Moby
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – Yesterday, the Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) opened an investigation into SAS, part of MSC...
BMF Port Burgas started major railway expansion
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 19, 2023 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas...
MSC meets conditions to acquire 49.9% of HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – As of November 14, 2024, all closing conditions for the takeover offer of Port of Hamburg...
Port of Ancona receives go-ahead for dredging
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – The Marche Region has sent the Central Adriatic Sea Port System Authority (AdSP) the environmental...
Putin’s aid visits drone-hit Kaspiysk and Makhachkala
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – Nine days after the devastating attack against the Russian Caspian Sea naval base of Kaspiysk, 18...
Puertos del Estado publishes report on economic impact of ports
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 13, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published: “Study of the economic impact of ports of general interest on...
Port of Naples progresses cold ironing project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – The Environment Commission, chaired by Carlo Migliaccio, met with representatives of the Central...
Acciona, RMC to build offshore LNG terminal breakwater in Ravenna port
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – The Spanish company Acciona and the local RMC have been awarded a two-year contract to build a...
Damietta Alliance Container Terminals receives five new STS cranes
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – Damietta Alliance Container Terminals has announced receipt of the first set of five Ship-to-Shore...
Adriatic Gate Container Terminal sets new records
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – Croatia’s Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), part of ICTSI, has set new records in...
Portugal: Mainland seaports cargo report – August 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 10, 2024 – The mainland’s commercial port system recorded an increase in cargo handling of +8.6% between...
CHOICE analysis: China in the Black Sea and with Anaklia port
Prague, Czech Republic (Ports Europe) November 10, 2024 – China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE), a multinational consortium of experts...
Cruise industry worth nearly €2 billion to Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – The Port of Lisbon has held the “Meeting for the Sustainability of Cruise Activity in Lisbon”,...