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Eurogate reports container handling volumes hold up well in 2016
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – Eurogate has reported container volumes for 2016. In the just completed financial year 2016, the...
Azov port cargo traffic rises 49% Y/Y in Jan 2017
Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 –Â Azov port handled 462,000 tonnes of cargo in January 2017, up 48.8% on the year, harbourmaster Vladimir...
Port of Adria accused of violating Bar port concession contract
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 –Â The Social Democratic Party of Montenegro (SDP) has accused Port of Adria of failing to meet its...
Algeria’s ENTMV to launch Mostaganem-Barcelona service
Mostaganem, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – State-owned ferry company Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) is to...
Ferrol port to start 2017 cruise season on February 26
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Ferrol-San Cibrao) plans to start the cruise season on...
Noatum board approves corporate restructuring
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – The board of directors of Spanish shipping group Noatum approved a new corporate structure that...
Valencia port to invest in beach regeneration
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to invest €3 million ($3.2 million)...
Event – 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum 23-24 May 2017, Athens
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 –Â With more than 700 participants and 39 exhibitors from 20 countries and territories participating in a...
Russian government enacts 2017-2019 state assets privatisation plan
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Russia has adopted the program on the privatisation of state-owned assets for 2017-2019, Deputy...
Contship Italia Group 2016 results
Milan, Italy, February 2, 2017 – Contship Italia Group has released details of its 2016 group results. Contship Italia Group’s container terminal...
OTC presents Propriano port plans
Propriano, Corsica, France  (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Ean-Félix Acquaviva, the president of l’Office des transports de la Corse (the...
EU ports: MEPs back rules on clear user fees and public funding
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 14, 2016 –Â The fees and funding that EU ports get from shipping lines and governments should become clearer...
Valencia ports handle 7.04% of traffic by rail in 2016
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – The share of rail transport at the ports operated by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Sines port cargo traffic grows in 2016
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. Container traffic rose by...
USPA presents market development plans to world’s dredging companies
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 5, 2017 –Â Ukrainian Seaport Authority (USPA) has presented the prospective projects scheduled for current year...
Trieste remains key port for Austria
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2017 –Â Trieste was one of the most important ports of the Habsburg monarchy. Today, the port is once again the...
Balearic Islands ports cargo traffic increases in 2016
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – The cargo traffic of the five ports operated by Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Bilbao port presents services at Aragon conference
Bibao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – Bilbao port authority has participated as exhibitor at the 7th edition of the Arex conference, a...
Barcelona port president denies corruption accusations
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – The president of Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona), Sixte Cambra, has denied...
Uganda railways delegation visits Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – Valencia port received on February 1 a delegation of Uganda railways, interested in the implementation...