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Contship expands Hannibal rail services

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2017 – Hannibal, the multimodal transport operating division of the Contship Italia Group, is expanding with a...

Toyota, Bolloré visit East Port Said

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 15, 2017 – A consortium of Japan’s Toyota Corporation and Bolloré of France have visited East Port Said port...

Event – Adriatic Sea Forum – April 27,28, 2017 – Budva

Budva, Montenegro (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The Adriatic Sea Forum, an international forum for marine tourism, will take place in Budva,...

Luka Koper – Maritime throughput and revenues in Jan–Mar 2017

Luka Koper, Slovenia, April 12, 2017 – On the basis of the Rules of Ljubljana Stock Exchange and the Financial Instruments Market Act RS, Luka Koper d.d....

Mersin International Port Chooses RTE’s GRASP Reefer Monitoring System

McGraw, NY, April 5, 2017 – Refrigerated Transport Electronics Inc.(RTE) recently completed the installation and commissioning of their GRASP RRCE-T Reefer...

Barreiro terminal project attracts Turkish interest

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The Barreiro terminal project is stirring up Turkish interest. Also, the deepwater port at Praia da Vitória...

Maersk receives largest container ship worldwide

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The record for the largest container ship in operation was again beaten, moving from Mitsui OSK...

Mariupol port cargo traffic edges up in Q1

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The volume of cargo traffic of Mariupol port in the first quarter of 2017 amounted to 1.20 million tonnes,...

Lisbon port handles 11% of Portugal’s harbour cargo traffic in Jan-Feb 2017

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – According to data released by the Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority (AMT), the growth of each...

Setubal port among candidates for EDP Electricity and Environmental Award

Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Setubal port authority (Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra) is a candidate for EDP Energias...

Ilhavo mayor calls for more investment in Aveiro port

Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The mayor of Ilhavo municipality is satisfied with the way the relations with Aveiro port have evolved....

Shipping Company of the Year Award for Grimaldi Group

Naples, Italy, April 10, 2017 – In the majestic surroundings of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans, last 5th April the Grimaldi Group received the...

Mykolaiv port cargo traffic rises 21.9% Y/Y in Q1

Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – The cargo traffic of Mykolaiv port in January-March 2017 amounted to 6.04 million tonnes, which is 21.9%...

Portuguese ports traffic grows in February

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority released the results on port handling in February. The figures...

Portugal’s ports cargo traffic rise contrasts with road, rail throughput in 2016

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Preliminary data from Portugal’s National Statistical Institute (INE) for 2016 confirm the growth in...

Algeria declares El Hamdania port construction project of public importance

El Hamdania, Algeria (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – The construction of the large port centre of El Hamdania (Cherchell) is now declared to be of public...

Corsica Ferries executives to acquire Lota family’s stake

Bastia, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The executives of French ferry company Corsica Ferries plan to acquire the shareholding of the Lota...

Moroccan government studies improvement of Tarfaya port access

Tarfaya, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Moroccan Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, represented by the Provincial Directorate of...

Marseille port installs system for power supply to ships

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – A power supply system installed in January 2017 at Marseille port allows ferries to be docked without...

Puertos del Estado modifies Las Palmas port authority business plan

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – The unilateral decision of Spanish port agency Puertos del Estado to modify the Business Plan Las Palmas...

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