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Vilagarcía port awards concessions of two lighthouses

Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Vilagarcía port has awarded contracts for the operation of the lighthouses of Corrubedo and Punta Insua....

A Coruña port cargo traffic rises 23% y/y in January 2018

A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – After closing 2017 with historical figures, the port of A Coruña continues to show a positive trend in the...

Costa Cruises starts sales for inaugural cruise of Costa Venezia ship

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Costa Cruises has opened sales for the inaugural cruise of Costa Venezia, the new ship of the Italian company...

Barcelona port to participate in Seatrade Cruise Global 2018

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Barcelona port plans to participate next week in the Seatrade Cruise Global 2018, the main event of the...

Ceuta port cruise traffic declines in 2017

Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Ceuta port closed 2017 with figures below those of the previous year in terms of arrival of tourists aboard...

Spain to reduce port fees by 10%

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has announced that the government budget for 2017 includes a drop of...

Escola prepares for the first batch of technical courses in spring 2018

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Escola Europea–Intermodal Transport is scheduling technical courses in the first quarter of 2018. The...

Nexteer Automotive announces a new production facility in Kenitra, Morocco

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Nexteer Automotive has announced a new production facility in Kenitra, Morocco, to manufacture single...

Porto Cruise Terminal hosts “Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality” event

Porto, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 3, 2018 – On February 26, the Porto Cruise Terminal hosted the “Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality”, an...

Development of Isla Cristina fishing port announced

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...

Center for Transport Studies for the Western Mediterranean promotes the continuity of Mediterranean Corridor to Maghreb

Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – A delegation from the Center for Transport Studies for the Western Mediterranean (CETMO) joined the...

Hispania Petroleum to build facilities for LNG supply at Las Palmas port

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Spanish company Hispania Petroleum applied with Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...

Venice port authority joins MedPorts Association

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority), which...

Noatum acquires Turkish freightforwarder Komet

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Noatum Group, part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited and the main container terminal operator of the...

Valencia port participates in ECG meeting in Cuxhaven

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has participated in the meeting of the Maritime and...

Valencia port to grant 50-year concession to investors in new container terminal

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is willing to grant a long-term concession, up to...

Finnlines launches Bilbao-Rosyth service

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Finnish shipping company Finnlines, a subsidiary of Italy’s Grimaldi Group, will launch a new sea...

STM Entreprise to manage Marseille port border inspection point

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – STM Entreprise, a company created by the union of the Marseille freight forwarders, is now manager of...

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale published three-year plan

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority) was...

SMD Invest submits lowest bid for Kherson port dredging tender

Kherson, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2918 – SMD Invest’s offer was UAH 120.2 million (€3.66 million/$4.46 million)...

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