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Fincantieri and Viking sign contracts for two cruise ships
The order confirms a strong order pipeline as per the Industrial Plan 21 JUNE 2024 Fincantieri and Viking have announced that they have signed contracts to...
Spanish fishing ports see landings down -5.5% in Jan-May 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – In January-May 2024, Spanish ports handled 53,321 tons of fish, down -5.5% on the same period of 2023. In...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – May 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-May 2024. Spain’s ports of...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – January-May 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Spanish ports handled a total of 236,330,520 tons between January and May, which represents an increase of...
Cargo traffic through Spanish ports +3.5% in Jan-May 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Spanish ports of general interest moved a total of 236,330,520 tons between January and May 2024, an...
Ports of Cartagena, Trieste, Riga and North Sea Port to cooperate
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Port of Cartagena, Ports of Trieste and Monfalcone, Freeport of Riga Authority and North Sea Port will...
Webinar: Ports and the electricity conundrum
Tokyo, Japan (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – The webinar “Ports and the electricity conundrum – what will it take to meet demand?” will be held...
Islamist attacks disrupt operations of Caspian Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Islamist fighters have attacked a church, a synagogue and a police post in Russia’s Caspian Sea port...
Venezia Terminal Passeggeri renegotiates concession
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – The Northern Adriatic Sea Port System Authority has approved Venezia Terminal Passeggeri (VTP)’s...
Port of Castellón to create an offshore wind hub
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – The Asociación Empresarial Eólica (Wind Business Association) will support the port of Castellón...
Iberia Tankstorage has acquired Deposa in the Port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Iberia Tankstorage has acquired Depósitos Portuarios (Deposa), a company located in the port of Bilbao,...
Valenciaport reports positive May 2024 cargo statistics
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – The Port of Valencia has reported positive cargo traffic numbers for May 2024. By sector The export sector...
Central Asia-South Caucasus-Anatolia corridor – CASCA+
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Uzbekistan’s Railways has proposed the creation of a consortium to coordinate cargo transportation...
DFDS to use ammonia-fuelled ships on Sweden-Belgium routes
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – DFDS, the Danish ferry company, plans to use two ammonia-fuelled Ro-Ro vessels on routes between Sweden and...
Houthi’s claim drone attack against ships in Israel’s Haifa port
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) June 23, 2024 – Iran-affiliated Islamist Houthis said that they attacked two cement tankers and two cargo ships at...
Alphaliner Top 100 container market ranking
Paris, France (Ports Europe) June 23, 2024 – The June 22, 2024 Alphaliner Top 100 global container market figures list 6,986 active ships, 30,046,280...
Maersk adds fourth vessel to Chornomorsk-Constanta line
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 23, 2024 – The Maersk container service between Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Chornomorsk (Chernomorsk) and...
India to build its largest port for €8.5 bln
Vadhavan, India (Ports Europe) June 22, 2024 – The construction of a new INR 762 billion (8.5 billion euro) deep-water port at Vadhavan on the western...
The delayed Rasht-Caspian Railway is operational
Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) June 22, 2024 – The long-delayed Iran’s Rasht-Caspian Railway, connecting the city of Rasht to the country’s Caspian Sea port...
3,600 kg cocaine in bananas seized in Vlissingen port
Vlissingen, The Netherlands (Ports Europe) June 21, 2024 – Customs officials at the Netherlands’ port of Vlissingen seized a record 3,600 kg of cocaine,...