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Event – 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum 23-24 May 2017, Athens
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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...
EU approves dismantling of ships at Bordeaux port
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Bordeaux port has received an approval by the European Union for the dismantling of ships. The site...
Costa Cruises to generate €2.2 million profit for Tarragona tourist companies
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – The start of operation of Costa Cruises in Tarragona will generate a profit of approximately €2.2...
Ferrol port tenders communication service of “LIFE DrainRain” project
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao) tendered the communication service on...
Ukrainian seaports increase cargo turnover by 15% in January 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – According to the Ukrainian Seaports Authority in January 2017 the volume of cargo handling in...
A Coruna port authority to reinforce commitment to nautical tourism
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – A Coruna port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) has reinforced its commitment to nautical...
Baleària orders construction of two ferry ships
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Baleària reached an agreement with the Italian shipyard Cantiere Navale...
Spanish police arrest Barcelona port president
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Barcelona port president Sixte Cambra was arrested by the Spanish Civil Guard as part of the Pika...