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Bilbao port closes record-breaking cruise season
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Bilbao port closes today, with the arrival of two ships, a “record” cruise season with 61...
Spain’s Acciona agrees to sell Trasmediterránea to Naviera Armas
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Spanish company Acciona S.A. has said it signed an agreement for the sale of a 92.71% stake in ferry...
Italy’s Lisa Group to invest €15 million in factory at Pesaro port
Pesaro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Italian company Lisa Group S.r.l. plans to invest €15 million ($17.7 million) in the reconstruction of a...
Cosco attends Cairo business fair
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Egypt has organised a three-day exhibition, the largest trade fair for Chinese investors, for Chinese...
Durrës port reports Jan-Jul 2007 traffic figures
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – In the first nine months of 2017, the Albanian port of Durrës handled 2.1 million tons of goods....
Ex-Piaggio land available for renewal in Genoa
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – An area of 47,000 square meters, almost completely covered by buildings in Genoa-Sestri Ponente, is...
High speed Basque railway line gets EIB €600M boost
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The European Investment bank (EIB) has signed a €600m loan with Adif AV to finance the “Y Vasca”...
Costa Rican agricultural exporters visit Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – A delegation of companies from the agricultural export sector of Costa Rica and representatives of Costa...
Barcelona port’s freight railway traffic expands
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The railway traffic at Barcelona port rose by 7.34% in the first nine months of 2017 to a total of...
EC adopts three directives on passenger ship security
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) has reinforced the security of passenger ships by adopting three directives...
Genoa-based port authority to renew services contract with CULMV
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Genoa-based port authority plans to sign on October 31 an agreement that delays the expiry of the contract with...
Castellón port advances in environmental protection strategy
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Castellón port continues to advance in its commitment to environmental protection. The harbour...
Valencia port to host corporate responsibility event on October 24
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will host the inaugural event of the Corporate...
Turkey’s Yilport considers Ferrol container terminal to be its most important project
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Turkish conglomerate Yilport looks at the Ferrol container terminal in Spain with great enthusiasm, due to the...
Bordeaux port introduces new waste collection system
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Bordeaux Port Atlantique (port of Bordeaux) has introduced a new process for the disposal of waste...
Third container terminal at port of Algeciras goes out to tender
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – La Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of the Bay of...
Marfret uses starcool reefers for import of avocados to Spain
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – At the Fruit Attraction 2017 fair French shipping group Marfret has presented its services for the...
Algeciras port cargo traffic declines 4.65% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 73.81 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2017, down 4.65% on...
France’s CMA CGM launches line linking Algeciras to South America
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM has announced the launch of a regular line connecting the east coast of...
Castellón cargo traffic rises 10% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Castellón port’s cargo traffic rose by 10% on the year in the first nine months of 2017 to...