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Damietta signs agreement for new multi-purpose terminal
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 29, 2017 – The General Authority of Damietta Port has signed a cooperation agreement with the Engineering Authority...
Barcelona port reiterates interest in project cargo segment
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 28, 2017 – Barcelona port has again expressed interest in expanding project cargo traffic at the Breakbulk fair. A team...
Visit of Liu Qibao to Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 29, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has received a visit by Liu Qibao, head of the Publicity Department of...
Livorno port books €10.7 million profit in 2016
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) April 28, 2017 – Livorno port authority reported a net profit of €10.7 million ($11.7 million) in 2016. The port authority...
Setubal port cargo traffic rises 9% y/y in Q1 2017
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 28, 2017 – Setubal port hit the record of containerised cargo in the first quarter of 2017, with a 9% increase compared...
Seville port awards land concession to Carbón Puerto
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has approved an administrative concession to Spanish...
Court dismisses appeal by Acciona on Ferrol port railway construction deal
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – The Spanish Administrative Court dismissed the appeal of the consortium of companies Acciona Construction S.A....
Spain’s Toro y Betolaza applies for land plot at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Spanish company Grupo Toro y Betolaza is fully immersed in the project of transferring its current facilities...
Castellon port lifts solid bulk traffic market share
Castellon, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Castellon port, through the PortCastelló Foundation, has been present at Breakbulk Europe 2017 under the...
Spain’s González Gaggero starts operations at Motril port
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Spanish freight forwarder and customs agent González Gaggero SL, one of the main international operators in the...
Germany’s BOCS positively looks at Spanish project cargo market’s future growth
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – German shipowner BOCS Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping GmbH, whose general agent in Spain is Insignia...
Spain’s SuardÃaz promotes Vigo-Nantes motorway of the sea at BreakBulk Europe
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Spanish shipping company SuardÃaz was represented by a large team of professionals at BreakBulk Europe fair to...
Madeira regional government cancels ports cargo handling concession
Funchal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – The Madeira regional government has cancelled the concession of OPM-Company Port Operations Madeira, Lda for...
Valencia region, Basque country demand improvement of Valencia-Bilbao ports railway
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Valencia regional government president Ximo Puig said he will hold a working meeting with Basque counterpart...
Andalusian ports demand investments in Mediterranean Corridor connectivity
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – The seven Andalusian port authorities have today demanded from the central government investments to connect...
Bar port trade unions to seek termination of Port of Adria concession contract
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – The trade union of Bar port workers said it plans to apply for the termination of the contract of...
Barcelona port president, Mexican ambassador analyse trade relations
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – The president of Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona), Sixte Cambra, and the Mexican...
Algeciras port cargo traffic declines in Q1 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – Algeciras port cargo traffic fell by 8% on the year in the first quarter of 2017 to 23.7 million tonnes, the...
IBRD representatives visit Odessa port
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – A delegation of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) visited the port of Odessa...
USPA to dredge seabed at two Mariupol port docks
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration (USPA) plans to start a reconstruction of the hydro-technical part of two...