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EU invests in Krk LNG facility
Krk, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 18, 2017 – An investment in the Krk off-shore LNG terminal is included in the announcement today that the EU has...
Valencia port cargo traffic rises in January
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) said the total cargo traffic of the three...
13% increase in profit before tax in 2016 for the Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 –Â 13% increase in profit before tax in 2016 for the PPA The PPA S.A. Board approved the Annual...
Spanish competition watchdog investigates trade unions, companies at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Spanish national competition regulator CNMC has started an investigation into trade unions and companies...
Valencia port to build professional training centre
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to build a centre for the professional...
Galicia regional government names Vigo port board member
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Galicia regional government has appointed Ignacio Lopez-Chaves as board member of Vigo port authority...
Portos de Galicia awards waste collection contract to local company
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Portos de Galicia, the operator of ports owned by the regional government of Galicia, has announced plans...
Spanish government says longshoremen’s strike weakens border control in Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Spanish State Secretary for Security, Jose Antonio Nieto, accused the longshoremen strike in the country...
Montecargo transports 600,000 tonnes of bauxite to Bar port in 2016
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Montenegrin state-run railway cargo company Montecargo transported 600,000 tonnes of bauxite produced...
Italian company interested in Ploce port-Budapest transport corridor
Ploce, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 –Â Italian company Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. has shown interest in financing the construction of...
Croatia’s Jadroagent net profit declines by 32% in 2016
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – Rijeka-based shipping group Jadroagent booked a 32% year-on-year decline in net profit to HRK 6.7...
EC expects Bar port privatisation to boost Montenegro’s growth
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) said it expects the privatisation of the Montenegro state-owned 30%...
Luka Rijeka expects improved results in 2017 as Hungarian firm resumes imports
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – Croatia’s Rijeka port operator, Luka Rijeka d.d, said it expects an improvement in financial...
Piraeus Port Authority S.A. announces 2017 financial calendar
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. announces the financial calendar for the year 2017: – Thursday 16th...
Montenegro to sell stakes in Luka Bar, Montecargo
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – The Montenegrin government aims to sell state-owned stakes in Bar port’s operator Luka Bar a.d....
Port of Adria acquires mobile crane for Bar harbour
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – Montenegrin company Port of Adria, the operator of the cargo terminal of Bar harbour, said it has...
New joint Algerian-Saudi shipping line discussed
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – During a visit by Saudi Trade and Investment Minister Madjed ben Abdullah Al Qassabi to a joint...
Fincantieri awarded Norwegian Cruise Line contract
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 –Â Fincantieri, the Italian shipbuilder, has been awarded a contract by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings...
Varna port under consideration for South Stream project
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – The South Stream project, which was proposed in 2007 and never realised, was supposed to deliver...
MEPs back plans to cut carbon emission allowances and fund low-carbon innovation
European Parliament Press Release – February 15, 2017 MEPs back plans to cut carbon emission allowances and fund low-carbon innovation Plans to boost...