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Koper port throughput 2016

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2017 – Maritime throughput and revenues in January – December 2016 period On the basis of the Rules of...

Limassol port to close on Friday ahead of takeover

Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – Immediately prior to private companies taking over operations at Limassol port, the port remains...

An increase of 6% recorded the vehicle throughput at the Piraeus Car Terminal

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – According to the final data, in 2016 the vehicle throughput amounted to 361,912, in comparison with...

Announcement from Emanuele Grimaldi & Antonis Maniadakis – Minoan Lines

Heraklion, Greece (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – Articles which recently appeared on the Greek press have raised the issue of a possible reduction of...

EU supports Finnlines service Between Bilbao And Antwerp

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), which manages infrastructures and research projects...

Port of Bilbao sees slight reduction in 2016 cargo traffic

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – In 2016, the Port of Bilbao handled 31.9 million tonnes of traffic, 1.39% down on the previous year,...

Sinking Panagia Tinou vessel to be removed from Piraeus port

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – The project of stabilization and the removal of the Ro-Ro/Passenger ship Panagia Tinou has started and...

Motril-Tangier Med line services 76,000 passengers

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – More than 76,000 tonnes of goods and 3,852 trucks were handled at the maritime line linking the port of...

Tenerife port cargo traffic rises by 7.8% Y/Y in 2016

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Tenerife port handled 13.6 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, 7.8% more than in the previous year. The...

Valencia port simulates fire accident to test emergency plan

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has carried out a simulation of fire...

Supreme Court dismisses accusations against former Valencia port president

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Spanish Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of Valencia Provincial Court, which not to prosecute for...

Barcelona port operates first call of HDASCO ship as part of Mediterranean service

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Iranian shipping company Hafez Darya Arya (HDAS Co), belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran...

Bilbao port cargo traffic declines by 1.39% Y/Y in 2016

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Bilbao port handled 31.9 million tonnes of goods in 2016, a decline of 1.39% on the year, the port...

Trieste port cargo traffic rises 4% Y/Y in 2016

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Trieste is a port that is growing by some 4% annually. This is what emerges from the annual statistical...

Leixoes port to operate 107 cruise calls in 2017

Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Leixoes port has already confirmed 107 calls of cruise ships, which will represent a growth of around...

Baja California delegation visits Lisbon port

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – A delegation of representatives of the ports of Baja California state in Mexico, visited Lisbon...

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 – 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...

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