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Avilés port cargo traffic rises 2.56% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Avilés port handled a total of 3.12 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 2.65%...
Italy’s SAAR Depositi Portuali to invest €3 million in capacity overhaul
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Italian company SAAR Depositi Portuali S.p.A., one of the historic operators of Genoa port, plans to invest...
Italy’s poor intermodal capacity limits MoS competitiveness
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Given its advantageous geographical location in the Mediterranean, Italy should represent a hub for...
Spinelli has ordered another Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbour Crane for Genoa terminal
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – In August 2017, Spinelli s.r.l ordered a Konecranes Model 7 crane to be delivered on site in October....
Event: Mediterranean Coast And Macroregional Strategies Week, Slovenia, September 20-23, 2017
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – The “Mediterranean Coast and EU Macro-regional Strategies Week – Living with the sea” will be...
Parliament of Catalonia passes Climate Change Bill
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – The parliament of Catalonia has passed a “Climate Change Bill”, a law to strengthen the...
Marseille Fos port signs charter to improve access for city inhabitants
Marseille Fos, France (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Whilst the Grand Maritime Port of Marseille (GPMM) has always played a key role in the city,...
Catania-based port authority joins sustainable intermodality association
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (the port authority of eastern Sicily),...
Italian government to launch special economic zone at Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The Italian government plans to set up a special economic zone at Gioia Tauro port, due to its crucial...
PORTOPIA to present project results in November
Brussels, Belgium, September 2017 Within the framework of the PORTOPIA project, a European consortium of academics, IT experts and port professionals has been...
CMA CGM signs contract with Infosys to improve IT capabilities
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – French container shipping company CMA CGM Group has signed a strategic partnership with Infosys,...
Barcelona port to attend Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 conference
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 will take place November 14-15, 2017, in Southampton, UK,...
Spain’s Boluda Lines to launch regular line linking Cape Verde to Spain in October
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Spanish company Boluda Lines, the international freight transport subsidiary of Boluda Corporación...
Cartagena port prepares for intensive cruise traffic in October
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Cartagena port prepares for a very intensive month of October in terms of cruise traffic. Autumn is the...
Basque Country insists on receiving ownership of Bilbao, Pasaia ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The government of the Basque Country plans to keep requesting the transfer of the ownership of Bilbao and...
Huelva port, Renfe Mercancías sign cooperation deal
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has signed a cooperation agreement with Spanish...
MedCruise promotes Valencia port as cruise destination
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – MedCruise, the association of Mediterranean cruise ports, has launched a campaign to promote Valencia...
Barcelona port with tenth largest container growth in Europe
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Barcelona port was the harbour with the largest growth in container traffic in Europe in the first eight...
USPA has announced a tender for the procurement of a dredging vessel
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced an open tender procedure for the construction...
CMA CGM to attend Expoalimentaria trade show in Peru
Lima, Peru (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – The Expoalimentaria trade show will take place in Lima, Peru, September 27-29, 2017. It is the largest...