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Strikes have limited effect on Santander port’s car trafficÂ
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – The seven days of strikes that took place in June in the port of Santander during the conflict of stevedores...
Maderas Villapol, Global Timber Trading carry out largest pine loading in Spain
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Spanish companies Maderas Villapol S.A. and Global Timber Trading S.L. have carried out the largest bulk loading...
Ferrol port profit rises 53% y/y in H1 2017
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Ferrol port booked €4.29 million ($4.95 million) of profit last year, 53.2% more than in 2015. It is the first...
Government okays appointment of Cagliari-based port authority president
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Massimo Deiana has been appointed as president of the Authority of Sardinia port system (Autorità di Sistema...
Livorno port’s Darsena Europa construction to start in 2018
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Tuscany regional government president Enrico Rossi has said the construction of Darsena Europa complex at...
Valencia port to adapt container terminals to large vessels
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to adapt its three container terminals so that...
EMS Log completes Durrës transport project
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – German Albanian Logistics Agency (Durrës) together with EMS Log (Bremen) has finished a special...
Eleftherios Hadjizacharias resigns from Cyprus Ports Authority Board
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – The Cyprus Ports Authority has accepted the resignation of Board Chairman Eleftherios Hadjizacharias....
Palma Paseo MarÃtimo redevelopment will cost €8 million
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – A plan to develop Palma’s Paseo MarÃtimo is estimated to cost €8 million ($9.23 million)....
Piraeus Port Authority set for new labour agreement
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA SA) is set to agree a new general labour code with local unions who...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A.- June 2017 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported June 2017 container...
Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş – June 2017 container terminal statistics
Kumport, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has...
Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – June 2017 container terminal statistics
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported June 2017...
Cosco reports June 2017 container terminal statistics
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Cosco Shipping has announced June 2017 container terminals throughput. The three Mediterranean Sea container...
Event – 5th MED Ports 2017 – Barcelona, October 25-27
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2017 – The 5th MED Ports 2017 Exhibition and Conference will be hosted by Port de Barcelona on October 25-27. The...
Genoa port books record-high container traffic in May
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Genoa port handled record-high 233,995 TEUs of container traffic in May, versus 200,725 TEUs in the fifth month...
Court dismisses appeal against Vado Ligure port platform
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Italian administration court has dismissed the appeal of environmentalist association Italia Nostra against...
Ravenna port signs framework agreement to improve job safety
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Ravenna prefecture has signed a framework agreement for ensuring the safety of workers at Ravenna port. The...
La Spezia-based port authority starts monitoring Liguria port economy
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Port System (Autorità portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale) has started...
Avilés port signs contract for implementation of info platform
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Avilés port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has signed a contract with Emetel Sistemas S.L. for the...