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Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime capital
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Ernst & Young (EY) has produced a report entitled “Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime...
British Ports Association publishes government briefing
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The British Ports Association (BPA) has produced a briefing document summarising the leading...
Spain fined €3 million by European Court of Justice over stevedore sector
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union’s Court of Justice has ordered Spain to pay a punitive fine of €3 million ($3.4...
Ekol to expand Greek logistics network
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The Turkish logistics group Ekol is set to expand its business operations in Greece. Dimitris Batakis,...
EU supports new railway line from Venice to Ljubljana
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union is to support the construction of a new railway line from Venice to Ljubljana, Slovenia....
Zadar port to receive cruise investment
Zadar, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The port of Zadar is to the site of a new cruise port on the Croatian Adriatic coastline. Other ports in the...
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces 2016 dividend
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (THPA) has announced that the dividend for the financial year 2016...
Castellón port installs anti-pollution barrier at inner dock
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has installed an anti-pollution barrier in...
Adif sets up commission to monitor Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – In Madrid yesterday, the president of Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras...
EU awards €8.4 million to Odyssea consortium
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The European Union (EU) has awarded the international consortium Odyssea a total of €8.4 million ($9.6...
Valencia port shares management experience in Ghana
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – Francesca Antonelli, Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) head of marketing, recently...
Air pollution sensors installed in Palma de Mallorca port
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) and the University of the...
Tarragona port exports one million heads of cattle in five years
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – Tarragona port has reached one million head of cattle of export since this traffic began five years ago. In...
Greece will not privatise the smaller ports
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Greek privatisation, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF/TAIPED), has said that 10...
Port of Sète and P&O Ports to relaunch container activity
Sète, France (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Port of Sète has announced that the P&O Ports group has been chosen to manage and develop the...
LNG has huge potential as marine fuel in the Iberian Peninsula
Oslo, Norway (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – With the global fuel sulphur limit of 0.5% entering into force in 2020, the interest towards LNG as a marine...
Vigo port promoted as benchmark for EU’s Blue Growth strategy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Representatives of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) travelled to Brussels to promote the harbour...
Germany’s Jungheinrich extends facilities in Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Germany’s Jungheinrich AG, one of the leading international companies in the material handling equipment,...
Vigo port complains of EC bureaucracy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Vigo was the first port in Europe to join the blue growth strategy launched by the European Commission (EC), a...
Santander port says works at Raos dock are not officially stopped
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) has assured that the works of the new Raos dock...