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Ibiza port to remain partially closed in summer
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – The dock area of the port of Ibiza, which concentrates more than two million people throughout the year and...
Cartagena port cargo traffic rises 9% in 2017
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Cartagena port handled 34.7 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, up 9%, the highest figure in the history of...
Portugal’s mainland ports cargo traffic rises 2.2% in 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Portugal’s mainland ports ended last year with a record cargo traffic of 95.9 million tonnes, up...
Spain’s OHL reunifies its maritime division’s fleet at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Spanish construction company Obrascón Huarte Lain (OHL) has chosen the port of Vigo to reunify the entire...
COSCO to deliver “Piraeus III” floating dock to Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 –Â On February 9, the “Piraeus III” floating dock completed by Shanghai COSCO Shipping Heavy...
Port of La Rochelle launches a consultation on Port Horizon 2025 development project
La Rochelle, France (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 –Â As part of its project “Port Horizon 2025”, Atlantic Port La Rochelle plans to carry...
COSCO Shipping Lines Spain celebrates Chinese New Year in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 –Â On February 9, COSCO Shipping Lines Spain celebrated the Chinese New Year in Barcelona. At the...
Trainose and COSCO looking at new logistics hub
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Greek railway company Trainose and COSCOÂ Shipping are said to be planning a joint logistics hub...
Piraeus Port Authority announces the financial calendar for the year 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 –Â Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced the financial calendar for the year 2018: 13 February...
Messina port concerned about future role
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Concern has been raised by Admiral Gian Francesco Cremonini, for almost ten years director of the...
Venice and Chioggia – Agreement between RFI-Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana) and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale...
GNV signs agreement with China’s GSI for new vessels
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci), a member of the MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) Group, has announced the...
Event: Algeria infrastructure 2018 – Algiers, February 12-14, 2018
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The Minister of Public Works and Transport, Abdelghani Zaalane, has opened the 5th edition of the...
Motril port to invest €4 million in overhaul projects in 2018
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – Motril port plans to undertake this year investments of more than €4 million ($4.9 million) this year in...
Málaga mayor supports construction of hotel at port’s Levante dock
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre, said that the future hotel planned in the port “will...
Puertos del Estado appeals against sentence of National Court
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado plans to appeal against the sentence of the National Court...
Vigo port still seeks for tenant of general cargo warehouse
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The Civil Guard of Vigo port has been using its new premises in El Tinglado area for months, but the works...
Vigo port to launch project for construction of car dock
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The Infrastructure Master Plan will design all the actions that Vigo port needs to carry out until 2030 to...
Asturiana de Zinc’s new warehouse at Gijón port taking shape
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The new finished product storage building under construction by zinc producer Asturiana de Zinc S.A. in...
Pasaia port cargo traffic rises in January
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The activity of the port of Pasaia rebounded in January, a small relief after closing 2017 with a 13.9%...