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Interporto di Trieste acquires free zone plot
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Following on the last week’s declaration of Trieste port as a free port, Interporto di Trieste S.p.A....
Yildirim to sell 24% stake in CMA CGM
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – CMA CGM has confirmed it is in talks with the Yildirim Group over the sale of the Turkish...
Kuşadası and Bodrum Cruise Port receive Green Port certification
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The Turkish port of Kuşadası and Bodrum Cruise Port have been awarded ‘Green Port’ certification in...
Integral Shipping, Consulmar join PortCastelló Foundation
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – The PortCastelló Foundation continues to gather the support of companies for the development of its activity...
Algeria’s CNAN Nord to increase frequency of service to Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Algerian shipping company CNAN Nord is considering a potential increase of the frequency of its regular...
Santander Coated Solutions applies for port works on concession
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) is progressing with a new concession requested...
Cádiz port to reduce cruise ship fees in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) plans to maintain in 2018 its rates and bonuses on the...
Motril port handles less passengers in first month of OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – A total of 10,890 passengers and 2,824 vehicles were handled at Motril port during the first month of Operación...
Ceuta-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines in Jan-May 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Passenger traffic across the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has reached 645,000...
Las Palmas port confident of keeping position as bunkering hub in Atlantic region
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Las Palmas port is confident that it will keep its position as a bunkering hub in the Atlantic after the...
USPA completes tender for reconstruction of Odessa port dock
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has said it completed a tender for the reconstruction of dock 7 at Odessa...
USPA to sell non-core assets
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has said it plans to sell non-core assets in its balance, in order to improve...
DP World announces opening of new passenger terminal in Limassol
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – This summer, DP World will opening of a new cruise terminal in the Cypriot port of Limassol. The new...
Bilbao port seeks to attract agrifood traffic from South America, Africa
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) and wholesale market operator Mercabilbao have met in...
Ceuta port cruise passenger traffic declines 87% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) has closed the first five months of the year...
Tarragona port cargo traffic rises 5.2% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Tarragona port handled a total of 13.44 million tonnes of cargo in the first five months of 2017, an increase...
Slovenia to put Port of Koper rail project to referendum on September 24
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – The Slovenian National Assembly has set September 24 as the date for a referendum on the proposed...
Corsica to create a regional shipping company
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Corsica is in the process of creating a regional shipping company, which will provide ferry services...
Chinese Quechen may set up a plant in French Fos-sur-Mer
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – The Chinese industrial group Quechen Silicon Chemical Co Ltd., the world’s third largest silica producing...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – May 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports May 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...