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Cadiz port to invest €48,000 in overhaul of Ciudad del Mar building
Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Cadiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la BahÃa de Cádiz) plans to make a contribution of...
Spanish Council of Ministers approves stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Council of Ministers has approved the Royal Decree Law reforming the stowage sector. The...
Hutchison Ports to start working in Chernomorsk port in June or July
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – One of the world’s largest port operators, Hutchison Ports, can start work in...
Bilbao port approves project for construction of wind towers plant
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has approved the project for the construction of a...
Bilbao port expects 2% rise in cargo traffic in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port expects to close 2017 with a 2% increase in cargo traffic compared to 2016, a year in which...
Seville port extends two concessions
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has approved the extension of the concession of...
Yucatan representatives visit Ferrol, A Coruna, Marin ports
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Representatives of the Mexican state of Yucatan visited Ferrol, A Coruna and Marin ports this week...
Coordinadora again asks government to postpone stevedoring sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Coordinadora has called on the government to include a clause...
Spanish government to approve stevedoring reform despite trade unions
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish government plans to approve the royal decree introducing reforms in the rules for stevedoring...
Ukraine to reduce port fees
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure intends to reduce existing port fees and charges...
Pasaia port analyses railway capacity upgrade
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia) has set up a working group to study a potential...
COSCO to improve services at Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines, the company that resulted from the merger of COSCO Container Lines and China...
Valencia port presents at Cevisama trade fair
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is participating in the international fair...
Unions press Spanish government to negotiate stowage system with workers – IDC
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 –Â A press release from the International Dockworkers Council (IDC). International protest rises...
Global dockworkers trade union expresses support to longshoremen in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Global trade union International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has expressed its support to Spanish...
Spanish trade unions call strikes at ports as of Mar 6
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Spanish dockworker trade unions announced a strike on March 6 against government plans to adopt a law...
Slovenian government names president of holding owning Luka Koper
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – Slovenian government has appointed Lidia Glavina as president of Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH),...
Barcelona port calls tender for urbanisation of Cruise Terminal E
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – The Barcelona port board of directors approved a tender for the urbanisation of the space adjacent to...
Ignazio Messina’s employees at Genoa port agree labour deal
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – The employees of Italian company Ignazio Messina & C at Genoa port have signed an agreement changing...
Royal Caribbean cancels calls at Turkish ports
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – US cruise company Royal Caribbean has cancelled all calls at Turkish ports for 2017. Royal Caribbean...