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Casablanca port starts development project
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – Two projects have been launched in Casablanca worth a total of MAD 340 million (€31.7 million/$29.7...
Groupe Charles André open Fos logistics platform
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 2, 2017 – The Charles André Group (GCA) has opened its new 34,000 m² platform in the logistics areas of the...
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia sign agreement on Trans-Caspian transport corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 2, 2017 – At a meeting of the Union of Legal Entities of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...
Turkmenistan looks at European experience for Turkmenbashi Seaport
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 1, 2017 – The Turkmen State Customs Service has said that representatives have visited ports in Europe to...
Ministers adopt the Valletta Declaration on EU maritime transport policy
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) April 1, 2017 –Â Transport Ministers of the the European Union meeting in Valletta have adopted the Valletta Declaration...
EU Commissioner Vella visits joint research centre in Ispra
Brussels, Belgium, 29/03/2017 – EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella, responsible for Environment, Maritime affairs and Fisheries visited the Joint Research...
European Commission secures 10-year pledge to save Mediterranean fish stocks
Brussels, Belgium, Â 30 March 2017 – Following months of negotiations, the European Commission has secured today a 10-year pledge to save the...
Sinai Development Authority announces regional investment plans
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 –Â The Sinai Development Authority (SDA) has introduced investments projects worth EGP 10.7 billion in six...
Trieste port to cooperate with Venice
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 31, 2017 – The future of Trieste port is not competition with Venice, but with Koper and Rijeka, the president of Friuli...
Alicante port works to attract container traffic from Valencia
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2017 – The president of Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante), Juan Antonio Gisbert, explained...
McAndrews gets nod to provide consignment services at Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria Ferrol-San Cibrao (Ferrol port authority) has approved the...
Bilbao port launches cruise passenger station
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – Bilbao port hit a historical landmark in its role as an economic engine with the inauguration of the new...
Ningbo port delegation visits Algeciras harbour
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – A delegation of the Chinese port of Ningbo-Zoushan, headed by the port’s president, Cai Shenkang,...
Huelva port receives Kosher, Halal certificates
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – Huelva port has received the Kosher and Halal certificates accredited by the Jewish and Muslim communities,...
Puertos del Estado – January 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 –Â Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports January 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Developing Danube usage could help Constanta port
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 –Â Karla Peijs EU Coordinator Corridor of the Rhine-Danube said that making the Danube river navigable...
EU Regional Transport Investment Conference – Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 – On March 23, 2017, the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) organised the Regional Transport...
BPA comments on EU PSR implementation
London, United Kingdom, March 24, 2017 –Â Following much debate the EU Port Services Regulation (PSR) finally came into force today. EU member states...
BPA calls for trade facilitation to be central pillar of Brexit
London, United Kingdom, March 29, 2017 – Responding to the UK Government’s Article 50 notification British Ports Association’s Chief Executive,...
East Med cruising in the spotlight at Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 – Richard Vogel, president & CEO, Pullmantur; Larry Pimentel, president & CEO, Azamara Cruises;...