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Bilbao port to officially open cruise passenger station by end-March
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) said it plans to officially open its new cruise...
Montenegro to conclude contract for Bar port sale by end-March
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Montenegro’s government expects to complete the talks on the privatisation of Luka Bar a.d. Bar,...
Tenerife port is among top five Spanish ports for container traffic productivity
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Tenerife port is among the top five in Spain in terms of daily container traffic. At present, the dockers...
Government to propose public-public partnership for Koper port railway project
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – The expansion of the rail track between Divaca and Koper port is to be financed in a public-public...
Trade unions accuse Sète port of “organised precarisation” of dockers
Sète, France (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Trade unions accused Sète port of an “organised precarisation” of dockers. Serge...
Spanish Congress rejects decree on stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Spanish Congress has rejected the government’s decree regulating the reform in the country’s...
Ocean Alliance maiden voyage to Adriatic: new routing from April
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – With effect from the first week of April (departures from Far East), the Ocean Alliance service to the...
German ambassador visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Christof Weil, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Portugal and Minister Counselor Heike...
Algarve diversifies with exports to Algeria
Portimão, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – At the port of Portimão, the general cargo ship “Saoura” was loaded with fiber cement...
Hamburg Süd imposes Spanish surcharge
Hamburg, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The German shipping line has announced the introduction of a port congestion charge applicable to all...
The Mediterannean Sea continues attracting cruisers
Fort Lauderdale, United States (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – MedCruise presented today to the cruise world gathered in Fort Lauderdale for Seatrade...
Spanish government proposes early retirement scheme to stevedores
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The Spanish government has proposed to stevedores an early retirement scheme, which will be available to...
Sicilian port authorities jointly present cruise offer at Florida fair
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The Sicilian port authorities in Palermo, Catania and Messina-Milazzo have jointly promoted the...
Trieste port, AREA Science Park sign cooperation deal
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Italy’s Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System, managing Trieste port, has signed a cooperation agreement with...
PIR, Edison to build LNG storage facility at Ravenna port
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Italian provider of logistic solutions for the storage, handling and distribution of bulk liquids, dry goods...
Trade unions accuse Noatum of taking advantage of dominant position
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Representatives of Valencia-based trade unions accused Spanish shipping group Noatum of taking advantage...
Valencia port loses 20% of container traffic in February
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Valencia port is the most affected harbour by the lower productivity of stevedores who protest against...
Algeciras port cargo traffic declines 11% in February
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Algeciras port faced a 11% year-on-year decline in cargo traffic in February, due to the labour conflict...
Cartagena port and Fortinet implement digital security project
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) and Spanish company Fortinet Espana have...
Barcelona port aims to attract more calls of new cruise ships
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Barcelona is still a powerful magnet for cruisers and this year the Catalan port authority expects to...