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Barcelona port dockworkers approve collective labour agreement
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – The General Assembly of dockworkers of Barcelona approved unanimously the new collective labour agreement...
Government opens €1.6 million tender to modernize Setúbal and Lisbon ports
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – The Ministry of the Sea has announced the opening of the tender for the modernization of traffic...
Basque government proposes new president of Pasaia port authority
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – The Basque government has proposed Felix Garciandia Telleria for the position of president of Pasaia port...
A Coruña port reports record cargo traffic in 2017
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – A Coruña port handled in 2017 for the first time more than 15 million tonnes of cargo traffic, the port...
Bilbao port can increase container traffic by 40% in ten years
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – Bilbao port recorded 7% growth in cargo traffic last year, which is a sign of its strength and stability,...
Spanish company applies for construction of LNG storage facility at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) will be on the table of the first board meeting of Las Palmas port...
Algeciras port expects 5 million TEUs of container traffic in 2018
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – Algeciras port closed 2017 with a cargo traffic of 101.4 million tonnes and 4.4 million TEUs in the...
Portolab project disembarks in the port naval of Carrara
Carrara, Italy, January 24, 2018 The Portolab project disembarks in the port naval of Carrara. This year 400 pupils of the primary schools will visit the port...
Malta: Cruise traffic increases in Oct-Dec 2017
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 Total cruise passenger traffic during the fourth quarter of 2017 amounted to 187,280, an increase of 5.5% over...
Hutchinson Ports increases Barcelona port terminal capacity
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – BEST (Barcelona Europe South Terminal) has increased its capacity to handle the world’s largest...
Reconstruction works start at Bar port, Montenegro
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – The companies Aqua Mont Service and Aqua Mont have started work on reconstructing structures around...
Avilés port cargo traffic declines in 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Avilés port cargo traffic declined by 3.29% in 2017 to 4.971 million tonnes, despite the higher amount of...
Spain handles 9 million cruise passengers in 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, emphasized with its presence in the Fitur fair in Madrid...
Avilés port awards railway signalisation deal to Alstom
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Avilés port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has awarded a contract for the installation of...
Huelva port books record-high cargo traffic in 2017
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) president, José Luis Ramos, has showed his...
Valencia port handles largest container ship ever
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 23, 2018 – Valencia port handled last weekend a call of the “MSC Eloane” vessel, the ship with the largest...
Sicily government official applies for launch of dredging at Mazara del Vallo port
Trapani, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Sicily regional government official Maurizio Croce has applied for the start of dredging works at Mazara...
Italy’s Contship executes series of phase-in, phase-out operations at Cagliari port
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Contship Italia Group has completed a series of phase-in and phase-out operations at Cagliari port of...
Piraeus Port Authority has presented its proposals for the port master plan
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has presented at a public consultation its proposals for the...
Puertos Canarios joins Medcruise association
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Puertos Canarios has joined the Medcruise organisation. MedCruise is the Association...