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Algeciras port delegation to visit Peru
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria BahÃa de Algeciras) and a delegation of companies from...
Tenerife port to handle 300,000 cruise passengers this season
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The cruise season begins in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in September, when it is expected to...
Royal Caribbean names EMEA commercial development director
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – US cruise group Royal Caribbean Cruises has appointed Ana Karina Santini as commercial development...
Málaga port to take part in Seatrade Europe
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – Málaga port will participate in “Seatrade Europe”, an important international meeting of...
Cosco expects rise in container transport demand in H2 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. Ltd. reported a profit in the first half of the year and expects that...
Castellón port cargo traffic rises by 10.9% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – Castellón port cargo traffic rose by 10.9% on the year in the first seven months of 2017,...
Vigo port mulls concession of wholesale fish market
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said that...
Koper port’s president likely to be dismissed in October
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The president of Luka Koper d.d., the operator of Slovenia’s sole port of Koper,...
HMM starts tests of IoT technology for reefer containers
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has started a test of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology in its...
Polesine ports and Venice port system look for synergies
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – At a meeting between Pino Mussolino, Chairman of the Port Authority System of Venice, Secretary...
Friuli Venezia Giulia and Fincantieri to create cruise industry academy
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Fincantieri S.p.A. plan to sign a Memorandum of...
Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale to presents plans
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – On September 4, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...
Casablanca port set for improved link with Zenata logistics zone
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – A new agreement is set to allow development of the road connection between the port of Casablanca...
Lisbon port container traffic rises 51.2% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Lisbon port’s container traffic rose by 51.2% on the year in the first seven months of 2017. The port...
Spain’s Saisa Port applies for concession at Bilbao harbour
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Saisa Port S.L. has applied for a concession to occupy 3,347 sq m at the AZ-1 dock of...
Trasmediterranea to start operating Barcelona-Menorca ferry line on Sep 19
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Trasmediterranea plans to launch a line connecting Barcelona to Menorca island twice a...
Las Palmas port calls tenders worth €3.6 million
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has started the tendering of several...
Barcelona port destroys counterfeit products
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Barcelona port this week destroyed a total of 15,265 articles from unauthorised street vendors seized...
Santander City Council, port join forces to improve area of Maritime Station
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Santander City Council and Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) have signed an...
Valencia, GandÃa ports passenger traffic rises 21.5% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Valencia and GandÃa ports handled 533,115 passengers in the first seven months of 2017, up 21.47% on...