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Turkey’s Global Ports announces $250 million London Stock Exchange float
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe), April 20, 2017 – Global Ports Holding (GPH), the world’s largest cruise port operator, plans a London Stock Exchange...
Sete port to handle 70 cruise calls in 2018
Sete, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – As a port of entry to the medieval city of Carcassonne, the port of Sete expects 100,000 cruise passengers...
Palermo port handles 10,000 cruise passengers in single day
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – Palermo port handled around 10,000 cruise passengers in a single day on April 18. Costa Fascinosa and MSC...
Nogar to take control of paper traffic at Viana do Castelo port
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – Spanish group Nogar will manage the paper traffic in the Portuguese port of Viana do Castelo in...
Valencia port names board member
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has appointed Gustavo Ferrer as a board member....
Sfax Chamber of Commerce promotes launch of logistics area
Sfax, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sfax, in synergy with all economic players of the region, has...
Small French ports attract more and more cruise passengers
Sete, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – At Sète, Bordeaux, Honfleur, La Rochelle and Port-Vendres, the number of passenger ships is rising sharply....
Barcelona port starts information campaign on cruise industry emissions
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – In order to strengthen transparency in relation to gas emissions of cruise ships, Barcelona port has...
Spain’s Noatum Ports names business development director
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – Spanish group Noatum Ports has appointed Juan Orti as business development director. Orti has almost 20...
Trieste Marine Terminal reports increased traffic in Q1 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – In the first three months of 2017, cargo volumes moved via Trieste Marine Terminal increased by 12.56% to...
Spain’s Trasmediterranea starts Gandia-Ibiza ferry service
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – Spanish ferry operator Trasmediterranea has started operating a regular service connecting Gandia port to...
Spanish government still not ready with mediation rules on stevedoring dispute
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – After Holy Week, the complete wording of the normative text that will shape the proposal for mediation in...
Algeciras container terminal attracts international services
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – The container terminal at the port of Algeciras, TTI Algeciras, has incorporated in the last few weeks the...
EU: Western Mediterranean – Actions for the sustainable development of the blue economy
Brussels, 19 April 2017 Today the European Commission launches a new initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the Western...
Ferretti group reports first profit since 2008
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 12, 2017 – The Ferretti Group has presented its financial results for 2016 and the first quarter of 2017. The group...
Puertos del Estado – February 2017 cargo traffic by port
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Grimaldi launches Mexico Ro-Ro service
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – The Grimaldi Group is launching a new direct Ro-Ro service to Mexico for the transport of cars, rolling...
STX Fincantieri sign agreement
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 12, 2017 – Fincantieri S.p.A. has announced that it has signed with the French State, represented by the Agence des...
Salerno Container Terminal is a port of call for three new container services
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) in southern Italy will receive three new container services – The...
Las Palmas port transit cargo traffic rises 51% y/y in Q1 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Freight traffic in transit increased by 51% in all types of ports managed by Las Palmas port authority...