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Assoporti attends Seatrade Europe event in Hamburg
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 –  Assoporti, the Italian Port Association, attended the Seatrade Europe event in Hamburg to promote...
Seatrade Europe continues to hold its position as a must-attend event for the industry
Hamburg, 8 September 2017 – Seatrade Europe, the leading trade event for the European cruise and river cruise industry – closed today (8 September...
Cosco awarded floating dock contract in Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 9, 2017 –Â Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA SA) has announced the completion of the tender and the finalisation...
Algerian Minister visits El-Hamdania port project
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 9, 2017 – The Minister of Public Works and Transport, Abdelghani Zaalane has paid a working visit to the...
OT Logistics informs investors of obligation to launch takeover bid for Luka Rijeka
Rijeka, Italy (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Polish company OT Logistics S.A. has announced that it will be obliged to launch a takeover bid for Luka...
Santander port’s audit shows budget deficiencies of €1.1 million
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Santander port authority’s (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) audit has revealed deficiencies in...
Alexandroupolis port starts catching investors’ eye
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Alexandroupolis port has already started catching the eye of investors, shortly after Bulgaria and...
Valencia port to start talks with dockworkers by the end of next week
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to start talks on the Fifth Framework...
China’s Cosco books record-high container traffic at Piraeus port in August
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – China’s Cosco said it handled 344,000 containers at Piraeus port in August, exceeding by 4.2% the...
Morocco’s Tanger Med port container traffic rises 11% y/y in H1 2017
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Morocco’s Tanger Med port has said its container traffic in the first six months of 2017 rose by...
Barcelona port receives award during Seatrade Europe
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Barcelona port has been recognised by the International German Cruise Awards as part of the Seatrade...
EBRD lends funds for Izmir ferry project
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – The Izmir Metropolitan signed a €33 million loan ($39.79 million) from the European Bank for...
OT Logistics increases stake in Luka Rijeka to 32.56%
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Poland’s OT Logistics has acquired 11.75% of shares in Luka Rijeka d.d. from Croatia’s...
HRADF participates in the 82nd Thessaloniki International Fair
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF/TAIPED) will participate in the 82nd...
Medinnovant contest open until October 10, 2017
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Candidates have until October 10, 2017, to submit Med’INNOVANT competition applications.  The...
Event – IAPH Conference 2018 – Baku, My 8-11, 2018
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 –Â The 2018 IAPH (International Association of Ports and Harbors) World Ports Conference will be held...
The ship Hai Yang Shi You 721 in Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 –Â For the first time, the scientific vessel Hai Yang Shi You 721 of the Chinese shipowner COSL (China...
PSA Voltri-Pra opens new One-Stop Office
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – On August 3, 2017, PSA Voltri-Pra officially inaugurated its new One-Stop Office. With a total investment...
Carnival Corporation begins construction of world’s first fully LNG-powered cruise ship
Miami, United States, September 6, 2017 Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, marked the official beginning of...
Ashdod Port Company sees improved H1 2017 performance.
Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – In the first half of 2017 Ashdod Port Company recorded total revenue of 616m Israeli shekels (US$173m),...