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Greece’s parliament approves €1.1 billion privatisation of Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Greece’s parliament has approved the €1.1 billion ($1.35 billion) privatisation of...
BuroHappold Engineering to work on Anaklia planning and development study
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 –Â BuroHappold Engineering of the UK will develop a master planning and development plan study for...
Bunker supplier Aegean signs deal to buy Piraeus port-based H.E.C. Europe
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 –Â Global bunker supplier Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire...
Yilport reports increased container throughput in 2017
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 –Â Yilport Holding Inc has reported a 9.5% year-on-year increase in container throughput for 2017, led...
Luxembourg ambassador visits Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Paul Steinmetz, Ambassador of Luxembourg to Greece, has held an informational meeting with Chairman...
Livorno port adopts new cargo handling rules
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The commander of the port authority of Livorno, Admiral Giuseppe Tarzia, signed the order which sets up new...
Ancona port receives two concession applications
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Vigo port cargo traffic rises 11% y/y in January
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Vigo port cargo traffic rose by 10.99% on the year in January to 329,017 tonnes. The data was presented by...
Sagunto port handles three large car carriers simultaneously for first time in history
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Sagunto port received on February 21 the simultaneous call of three large ships specialised in the...
Three Spanish ports among top 10 in Europe in container traffic
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The container traffic of the 15 biggest ports of Europe registered an average growth of 4.2% in 2017,...
Santander port analyses competition of Bilbao, Gijón harbours
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The strategy of Santander port to keep its competitiveness at the service of the economy of Cantabria...
Barcelona port remains out of MedPorts association
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The third MEDPorts Forum took place in Marseille on February 7-8, 2018, and the organisation has since...
Huelva port authority adopts ethical codeÂ
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The board of directors of Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) approved the introduction...
VTP may help realisation of Pula port cruise terminal
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The director of Pula Port Authority in Croatia has said that it intends to proceed with plans for a...
A new shipping line linking Oran to Barcelona has started
Oran, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 –Â L’Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) has started a new passenger and...
Piraeus master plan gets 10-day extension for public deliberation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – A master plan submitted last month by the Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) for the revamp of the...
Andalusia proposes €5.2 million investment in Ayamonte
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, via la Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (APPA –...
Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa managing director visits Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Managing director of la Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (APPA – Public Ports Agency of...
Málaga port, Public Ports Agency of Andalusia study potential cooperation
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The new director of the Public Ports Agency of Andalusia (APPA), Mariela Fernández-Bermejo, visited...
VilagarcÃa port renews membership in EcoPorts
VilagarcÃa, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – VilagarcÃa port has renewed its membership in the EcoPorts network, a port association composed of...