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Sines port cargo traffic rises 16.4% Y/Y in 2016
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. All terminals of the...
USPA looks for EBRD support
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 –Â Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) has applied to the European Bank for Reconstruction and...
Liguria court requests compensation from former Genoa port president
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – The prosecutor of the Court of Auditors of Liguria has demanded compensation of €88,000 ($93,960) from...
Huelva port promotion association strengthens links with Extremadura companies
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – HuelvaPort, the Association for the Commercial Promotion of the Port of Huelva, took part in the...
Marseille port to open ship repair dock in April
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNdM)’s new ship repair dock number 10 at Marseille port will be...
Eastern Sicily port authority to be based at Catania port
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Italian Transport Minister Graziano Delrio has signed the decree establishing Catania port as the...
Valencia port improves IT security
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has invested around €770,000 ($822,540) in...
Las Palmas port to start dredging of Puerto del Rosario
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Rhoden Nielsen A/S will start the dredging project at Puerto del Rosario port this weekend. The work...
Noatum receives seven cranes at Valencia port container terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Spanish company Noatum has received seven cranes in its container terminal at Valencia port as part of...
Odessa port trade unions protest against towing fleet privatisation
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – The trade union committee of Odessa port protested against the attempts of the Minister of...
Ukrainian adopts decision of renaming Illichivsk port
Chernomorsk (Illichivsk), Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Ukrainian Council of Ministers has adopted the decision of renaming Illichivsk port...
Barcelona port awards €23.8 million contract to ACS
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has awarded a €23.8 million ($25.5...
INEA representatives inspect investments at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Representatives of the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) of the European Union (EU) visited...
Spanish, French governments seek return of LD Lines subsidies
Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The Spanish and French governments are discussing the possibility of launching an audit to...
Pasaia port cargo traffic declines 9% Y/Y in 2016
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Pasaia port closed 2016 with a total of 3.45 million tonnes of cargo handled, down 9% on the year, mainly...
Barcelona port representative visit Tehran to find business opportunities
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Barcelona port participates in the 14th edition of the Trans Middle East fair, which takes place in...
Malaga port joins European LOCATIONS project
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Malaga port has joined the LOCATIONS (Low-Carbon Transport in Cruise Destination Cities) project of the...
Taranto port starts dredging works
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The Port Authority of the Ionian Sea System has started the project for the dredging of 2.3 million cu m...
Limassol port introduces restricted operational hours
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 –Â Despite expectations that under its new owners Limassol port would operate on a 24-hour basis, port...
Castellon port estimates damages caused by bad weather at €450,000
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Castellon port authority president (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón), Francisco Toledo, estimates...