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European Ports Forum invites membership applications
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) has set up a group of experts...
Gijón aims to gain market share following Brexit
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Gijón port could become a logistics hub for cargo transport in western Europe, as operators are looking for...
Cyprus: Turnover Value Index in Transport and Storage, 1st Quarter 2017
Nicosia, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 –Â The Turnover Value Index of Transport and Storage for the first quarter of 2017 recorded an increase of...
Limassol municipality looks to reduce port pollution
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Limassol Municipality is looking to take steps to reduce sea pollution in the port which is mainly caused...
Spanish logistics firm MPG opens office in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Spanish logistics company MPG Tránsitos S.A.U. is immersed in a development plan that will lead the company...
Cartagena port officially launches Alfonso XII dock expansion
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The expansion of the Alfonso XII dock, in Cartagena, permits the simultaneous docking of two large cruisers...
Tarragona port welcomes delegation of Ukraine’s USPA
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The president of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona), Josep Andreu, has received a...
Study results confirm poor functioning of BIP at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, informed the Board last...
Asturias government insists on relaunch of Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The Minister of Infrastructures of the Principality of Asturias, Belén Fernández, called on the president of...
Italy’s Stazioni Marittime expects 2019 to be a year of record cruise traffic at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Edoardo Monzani, who was appointed on the helm of Genoa harbour passenger stations management company Stazioni...
Italy completes list of presidents of new port authorities
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The last three names of presidents of Italian port system authorities have been announced, Transport Minister...
Ukraine’s USPA temporarily suspends dredging at Mykolaiv port
Mykolaiv, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has decided on the temporary suspension of dredging in the area of...
Russia’s Rosmorport starts test of Sochi cruise route
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Russian company FSUE Rosmorport’s cruise ship Prince Vladimir left on May 28 from Sochi for a six-day test...
Eni, Fincantieri sign cooperation deal on development of offshore platforms
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Italian oil and gas company Eni S.p.A. and shipbuilder Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. have...
Transneft Volga Region works to increase oil exports from Novorossiysk port
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Russian company Transneft Volga Region, JSC has started design and exploration works as part of a project...
NGO to carry out unofficial referendum on cruise ships in Venice lagoon
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Italian non-governmental organisation No Grandi Navi (NGV), which seeks to ban the entry of big cruise ships in...
British Ports Association publishes 2017 Election Briefing
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The British Ports Association (BPA) has published a 2017 Election Briefing which summarises the most...
Astilleros Gondán delivers first dual fuel tug built in Europe
Figueras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – After completing its sea trials program successfully, DUX, the first dual fuel tug ever built in Europe, was...
Contship increases Hannibal rail connectivity between Melzo and Rotterdam
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – The ERS Melzo-Rotterdam rail service by Hannibal, Contship’s Multimodal Transport Operator,...
Spain’s Marinas del Mediterráneo acquires forklift for Puerto La Duquesa port
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish company Marinas del Mediterráneo, S.A., via its subsidiary AlmarÃn – Equipos y Servicios...