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Genoa looks to take Swiss traffic from northern European ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Whilst the Italian port of Genoa has always had a trading relationship with Switzerland, its full...
Valenciaport Foundation reviews 2018 financial budget
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 –Â Valenciaport Foundation has held its ordinary Board of Trustees for the month of December, in order to...
Valencia port ready to participate in China’s OBOR initiative
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Francesc Sánchez has participated in...
Ibiza port launches new border control office
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Ibiza port has a new office for border control exercised by the General Commissariat of Foreigners and...
Spain’s Consulmar acquires 80% stake in Amarres Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Spanish port services provider Consulmar S.R.L. has acquired 80% stake in the capital of Amarres Ceuta S.L.,...
Huelva port cargo traffic rises 3.6% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Huelva port handled 29.3 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 3.59% on the year,...
Portugal hopes to award concession of Barreiro terminal in 2020
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The Portuguese government expects a concession of Barreiro multipurpose terminal at Lisbon port to be...
France to invest €14.3 million in Bayonne port 2017-2023
Bayonne, France (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – France’s regional government of Nouvelle-Aquitaine plans to invest a total of €14.3 million ($16.8...
China, Switzerland eye investments in Italian ports on the Tyrrhenian SeaÂ
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – China has a strong interest in investing in Italian ports and especially in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the president...
Morocco signs 26 local automotive projects
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Moroccan government has signed deals for 26 auto industry projects, including several with Renault...
PSA group and Renault sign further auto agreements in Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Morocco has signed agreements for 26 automotive projects linked to its growing industrial capacity in...
Ashdod port signs Ericsson agreement
Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Port of Ashdod has signed an agreement with Ericsson Israel Ltd. for the acquisition and...
Marseille Fos port attends SIFEL trade show in Agadir
Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – In November 2017, representatives of the port of Marseille Fos attended the 15th edition of the...
China’s BYD to set up electric car production plant in Tangier, Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The BYD group of China is to set up a production unit of electric cars near Tangier in the north of...
Mallorca ports face increased concession charges
Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Ports in Spain are owned by the government and leased to companies under concession deals, but this is...
Genoa port looks to increase business as part of the new Silk Road
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Following a trade mission to Hong Kong and Shenzen in November and organized by the Propeller club, the...
Cosco Shipping launches regular container service from the port of Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – On December 7, 2017, the shipping group Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd launched a regular service from...
Valenciaport confirms its commitment to the new Silk Road in Tianjin (China)
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The general director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Port Authority of Valencia),...
Siemens exports first wind turbine equipment under “Made in Morocco”
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 –Â Following the inauguration of its wind turbine blade factory in October 2017 in Tangier, Siemens...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...