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Koper president takes over NAPA presidency
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – At the assembly of the North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA), held on 1 March 2017 in Koper, Dragomir...
Spanish fruit producers association says dockworkers’ strike threatens exports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – The Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Exporting Producers (Fepex) has today expressed concern...
Valencia port loses 50,000 containers in February
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Valencia port has estimated at between 30% and 40% the decline in productivity due to the problems with...
Huelva port, Enagás launch joint energy efficiency project
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has signed a cooperation agreement with Spanish...
Alternative Tasimacilik A.S. receives EBRD loan
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a senior loan to Alternative...
Spanish trade unions call off strike on Mar 6, 8
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers’ trade unions have called off the first two days of the strike planned, out of...
Spanish dockworkers present reform concerns to European Parliament
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – A group of dockers today presented to the European Parliament (EP) their concerns about the hiring...
Maersk to divert ships from Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – Danish shipping company Maersk Line announced that it has designed a contingency plan to divert ships to...
Leixoes port to benefit from Spanish dockworker strikes
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – What for some is a problem, is an opportunity for others. This is how the port of Leixoes, in the north...
OPDR, Boluda start operation of Seville port container terminal
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – German company OPDR, part of the CMA CGM group, and Spain’s Boluda Corporación Marítima, have...
Weco RoRo includes Djen-Djen port in regular schedule in Mediterranean
Djen-Djen, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Danish ro-ro and project cargo company Weco RoRo has included Algeria’s Djen-Djen port in its...
ANESCO calls on unions to ignore strike in stowage sector
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The Spanish National Association of Stevedoring and Ship Consignment Companies (Asociación Nacional de...
Germany supports USPA to complete construction of container terminal in Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Rainer Bomba has visited...
Siemens technology for Africa’s first automated container terminal
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Siemens will supply technology for Africa’s first automated container terminal. Electrical...
Spanish company applies for construction of liquid bulk terminal at A Coruna
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish company Deep Water Oil Transhipment Hub S.L. has applied for the construction of a liquid bulk...
Gas Natural, Baleària present LNG engine for vessels at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish companies Gas Natural Fenosa and Balearia officially presented the first liquefied natural gas...
Constanta organises conference to analyse Danube cargo traffic
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Constanta port management company Compania Națională Administrația Porturilor Maritime SA Constanța...
Spain’s Sevasa says trade unions cause severe damage on Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring company Sevasa has warned against the severe damage that the opposition of trade...
Employers remain optimistic about the European Social Dialogue for Ports
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The European Social Dialogue for Ports was established in June 2013 by port employers and employees to...
Event – ESPO annual conference – Ports in a changing climate, a changing world – Barcelona, June 1-2, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) is inviting its members, policy makers and stakeholders to...