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Employers remain optimistic about the European Social Dialogue for Ports
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 –Â The European Social Dialogue for Ports was established in June 2013 by port employers and employees to...
Event – ESPO annual conference – Ports in a changing climate, a changing world – Barcelona, June 1-2, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 –Â The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) is inviting its members, policy makers and stakeholders to...
ZIM reports Q4 and Annual Results for 2016
ZIM is Back to Profit in Q4 2016 ZIM generated a net profit of $4.6 million (€4.31 million) and adjusted EBITDA of $43.9 million (€40.88 million) in Q4...
Spanish merchant navy approves Marin port’s anti-pollution plan
Marin, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The Spanish Merchant Navy’s management board has given the green light to the plan of Marin port...
Mitsubishi Electric representatives visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – A delegation of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has visited Valencia port to inspect the signalling and...
Cadiz port cargo traffic rises 0.1% in January 2017
Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Cadiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria BahÃa de Cádiz) handled 322,880 tonnes of cargo in January, up...
Castellon port considers rehabilitation of Oropesa del Mar lighthouse
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Castellon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) president Francisco Toledo has visited the...
ANESCO, trade unions agree on basis of talks for future collective bargaining
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association ANESCO and trade unions Coordinadora, UGT and Comisiones...
Interest in Thessaloniki port privatisation lessens
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – There have been reports that companies previously interested in operating Thessaloniki port, as...
TMT increases TEU and rail volumes during January 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 –Â Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. container volumes increased 25.5% in January 2017 compared to the same...
Romanian shipyard Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries continues losses
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 –Â Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries is a shipyard located 45 km south of the port of Constanta in...
Brexit threatens Gibraltar maritime businesses
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 –Â The House of Lords European Union Committee has published its report on the impact of Brexit on...
Bulgarian competition regulator cancels Vidin port concession
Vidin, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Bulgarian competition authority has cancelled a 35-year concession of the South Container Terminal at...
Russia’s NCSP ready to start antimonopoly regulator talks
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Russian port operator Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) is ready to reach an agreement with...
Montenegro to connect Bar port to TEN-T
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The Montenegrin government aims to connect the country to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) by...
Sochi-Istanbul cruise line to be launched on May 1
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Sevastopol governor Dmitry Ovsyannikov said a cruise ship will start operating the...
Leixoes port cargo traffic rises 12% in Jan 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The month of January was the best in recent years at the Leixoes port, registering the handling of 1.625...
Portugal to boost port contribution to economy
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vittorino said that the country aims to double the stake of the...
Madeira ports cargo traffic rises in 2016
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Madeira ports 1.354 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 5% on the year. Containerised cargo traffic...
Cimpor exports 52,500 tonnes of clinker through Lisbon port in Jan 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Portuguese company Cimpor, operating clinker exports to several neighbouring countries, exported 52,499...