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Italy’s cruise traffic to rise by 5.2% in 2018
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – A 8.6% increase in the number of passengers handled in Italian cruise ports (about 11 million compared to...
EU finances overhaul of ports in Spain, Ireland
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The action plan of the European Union for the Atlantic countries has raised some €2.4 billion ($2.95...
EU maritime strategy in the Atlantic spurs €6 billion of investments in environmental protection, innovation, connectivity and social inclusion
European Commission – Fisheries – Press Release – 26 February 2018 The EU’s 2013-2020 Atlantic Action Plan has spurred over 1200 new...
Portoferraio expects 30,000 cruise shop passengers in 2018 season
Portoferraio, Elba, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The Portoferraio cruise season runs from March to November, and this year the port is...
Capitale Messina VP supports independent port authority
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 –Â Gianfranco Salmeri, vice president of Capitale Messina, continues to support a new port...
DP World to set up working group to review Ukrainian port operations
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 –Â The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and DP World, the global ports operator, have signed a...
Dredging starts at Ukraine’s Izmail sea port
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 –Â The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has started dredging operations at Izmail seaport. The...
Ukraine government looks to offer Kherson port concession
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 –Â Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has said that Kherson Commercial Sea Port is unprofitable. The...
Damietta port looking to finance second container terminal
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 –Â Damietta Port Authority is in discussions with local and international lenders for a loan of $305...
Ambassador of Bangladesh has visits Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – On February 22, the Ambassador of Bangladesh, Ruhul Alam Siddique, visited the Port of...
New director of Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa Mariela Fernández-Bermejo visits Malaga port
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – The new director of Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (APPA – Public Ports Agency of...
Andalusia takes step to improve dangerous waste handling at its fishing ports
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (APPA...
Barcelona port traffic increases 54% in January 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Total traffic passing through the Port of Barcelona in January increased by 54% compared to the...
Biomarine to be held in Portugal in 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 –Â Biomarine is a business platform linked to biomarine resources and, to encourage the participation...
European Commissioner Bulc to attend Portuguese transport launches
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 –Â The Government is preparing for three ceremonies in the first week of March three ceremonies, which...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – December 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
BahÃa de Bizkaia Gas increases LNG handled in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – BahÃa de Bizkaia Gas (BBG), 50% owned by Enegas and the Basque Energy Agency (EVE), increased...
Poseidon Med II workshop in Piraeus on 16 February 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 Poseidon Med II – Press Release Air quality, the leading priority of European ports, was the focus of...
Bastia hosts Go SMarT Med event
Bastia, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) February 24, 2018 – The French Corsican port of Bastia is seeking to promote itself via participation in the...
Fincantieri Marinette Marine awarded U.S. Navy contract
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 24, 2018 – Marinette Marine, part of Fincantieri S.p.A., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. navy to...