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Government officials visits Piraeus port’s Perama Ship Repair Zone
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 –Â In the presence of P. Kouroumplis, Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy, S. Pitsiorlas, Deputy Minister...
MSC signs up to new IMO initiative to support low-carbon shipping
Geneva, Switzerland 29.6.2017 The MSC Group, a leading international transport conglomerate, has joined today, as one of the thirteen founding members, the...
New maritime terminal opens in the port of Béjaïa
Béjaïa, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – A new passenger terminal has been inaugurated in Béjaïa, Algeria’s second largest commercial port, located...
Huelva port revenue rises 1.01% in 2016
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) booked a revenue of €41.6 million ($47.3 million) in...
MarÃn port extends tugboat fleet
MarÃn, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – MarÃn port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de MarÃn) has given the green light to the usage of the “A....
Vigo port cargo traffic rises 2% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Vigo port saw its cargo traffic in the first five months of 2017 decline by 2% on the year, while the most...
Morocco’s AML incorporates third ship into Gibraltar Strait service
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Moroccan shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) has announced the incorporation of a third ship to the...
Seville port officially joins Propeller Club Seville
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has officially joined Propeller Club de Sevilla, an...
Turkey’s Petlim port receives Green Port certificate
Petlim, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Petlim harbour has become the tenth Turkish port to receive a Green Port certificate. The work on the first phase...
Cádiz port general cargo traffic rises by 40% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – General cargo traffic in Cádiz port grew by 40.14% in January-May this year compared to the same period last...
Valencia port reduces vessel operation fees
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has reduced the fees for vessels operated at the...
Sagunto-Zaragoza railway corridor can be used by up to 54 trains weekly
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – The railway corridor between Sagunto and Zaragoza could accommodate between 48 and 54 trains per week if the...
Spain’s Naviera Armas starts operating jetty at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Naviera Armas Ferries has started operating the jetty East at the terminal it is...
Italy’s Contship receives award for La Spezia port container terminal
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Italian terminal manager and logistics company Contship has received the Asian Freight award of Asia Cargo...
Genoa-based port authority, Eni in talks for construction of LNG facility
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (The Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Port System)...
Porto Torres port opens Alti Fondali basinÂ
Porto Torres, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Italian transport minister Graziano Delrio has officially opened the Alti Fondali basin for the handling...
Algerian new port of El Hamdania construction to be completed by 2024
Cherchell, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Algerian new commercial port of El Hamdania (near the town of Cherchell, in the province of Tipaza) will...
Social Dialogue Committee for Ports meeting does not take place
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – Last March 1, 2017, the Social Dialogue for Ports meeting in Brussels was interrupted after IDC and ETF...
Bilbao port takes part in TOC Europe 2017, supported by Uniport
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – The port community of Bilbao harbour has taken part in the latest edition of TOC Europe through the...
Spain’s Servimad Global to build three solid bulk silos at Málaga port
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – The board of directors of Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) has granted a concession to...