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Ukraine eyes strengthening of ferry links with Turkey
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Ukraine and Turkey should strengthen the development of their ferry transport links and, in particular, to...
USPA to finance grain terminal construction project of Mariupol port
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mariupol port for the...
Portuguese Minister of the Sea says new Lisbon cruise terminal to have key economic importance
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vittorino, has said that the new cruise terminal in Santa Apolónia,...
Spanish government sets up commission to ensure minimum services during port strikes
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – The Spanish Public Works Ministry has set up a commission to monitor the strike at ports called by the...
Koper port starts operating first of two new container cranes
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 3, 2017 – Luka Koper d.d., the operator of Koper port, has started operating the the first of two new container...
Koper port registers new monthly record for TEUs
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 3, 2017 –Â In May 2017, Luka Koper d.d. registered a new monthly record of 79,917 TEUs, up 14% on the same month in...
Valencia port aims to become Mediterranean hub for China’s New Silk Road project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – Valencia port brings together all the assets and conditions to be a strategic hub of the Mediterranean part of...
French Renault invests €2.1 billion in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – French automobile giant Renault has invested €2.1 billion ($2.29 billion) in the building of a plant and the...
EU-China Summit: moving forward with our global partnership
Brussels, Belgium, June 2, 2017 The 19th Summit between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China held today in Brussels has brought a number...
Ferrol port grants commercial ship consignment services authorisation to Incargo Galicia
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao) has granted an authorisation to Incargo Galicia...
Algeciras port, HMM meet to discuss TTI Algeciras acquisition
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria BahÃa de Algeciras) and Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) met to...
Puertos del Estado president calls for decarbonisation of ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – The president of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, called for the reduction of logistical...
Aveiro port breaks monthly cargo traffic record in May
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Aveiro port had a very promising performance in May. With more than 535,000 tonnes handled, the port recorded...
Sines port LNG terminal handles 12 tankers in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal of Sines port handled 12 tankers in the first quarter of 2017, which...
Novorossiysk port oil traffic at KTK terminal increases in Jan-May 2017
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Novorossiysk port saw oil traffic at its Caspian Pipeline Consortium (KTK) terminal rise by 22.6% on the...
Baku’s new port can become hub for Asia-Europe trade – analyst
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Azerbaijan’s Center for Sustainable Development Studies president Nariman Agayev has recommended the...
Russia’s Summa Group mulls acquisition of Transneft’s stake in NCSP
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Russian diversified private holding company Summa Group is considering the acquisition of a stake of JSC...
Valencia port in talks with logistic operators interested in Parc Sagunt
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is in talks with at least two large logistic operators...
Valencia port authority to open BIP at Sagunto port in stages
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to open in the Border Inspection Post (BIP) at...
Costa Crociere has no plans to move headquarters away from Genoa
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Italy’s Costa Crociere S.p.A. has no plans to move its headquarters away from Genoa, CEO Michael Thamm said....