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Bilbao port presents horticultural trade to Costa Rican delegation
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Mercabilbao and Bilbao port received a visit of a delegation of government officials from Costa Rica which...
Cartagena port to invest €1.3 million in road construction
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) plans to invest €1.3 million ($1.5 million)...
Barcelona port profit rises 15% y/y in H1 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Barcelona port booked a net profit of €22.1 million ($25.7 million) in the first six months of the year,...
MSC to launch five intercontinental lines from Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will open five new intercontinental sea routes from Barcelona port...
Barcelona port to commission brand valuation study
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The port of Barcelona plans to commission a new brand valuation study. The project will be carried out...
Bilbao port calls tender for construction of ro-ro ramp
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has announced a tender for the construction and...
La Spezia port cargo traffic rises 14.2% y/y in H1 2017
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – La Spezia port has closed the first six months of the year with a growth in traffic to 713,434 TEUs, up...
USPA completes revision of port charges calculation method
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA), in cooperation with the state enterprise “UKRNIIMF”...
Lisbon port receives Saudi Port Authority delegation
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Lisbon port received a delegation of two representatives from the Saudi Port Authority, namely the...
Leixões port books best ever cruise traffic in May
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Leixões port continues to book records surpassing the 29,000 passengers in 31 ship stopovers in the first...
Alternative Transport firm to buy new ship with EBRD loan
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to loan €27.5 million loan to...
Conductix-Wampfler to supply equipment to APM in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 2017 – Hans Künz GmbH, a specialist supplier of container cranes, and Conductix-Wampfler, are to supply 32...
ADM expands business in Ashdod
Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) July 20 , 2017 – Archer Daniels Midland company has announced that it has completed its acquisition of a controlling...
Castellón port already applies reduced fees
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has started applying the fees that came into...
Oryx to operate normally at Las Palmas port by end-September
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Swiss multinational company Oryx Energies, which operates in Las Palmas port as fuel supplier, will be...
Barcelona port calls on community to adhere to Sectorial Sustainability Plan
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Barcelona port has called on the port community to adhere to the Sectorial Sustainability Plan. This...
Asturiana de Zinc to start building warehouse in Gijón port by end-2017
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 –Before the end of the year Spanish miner Asturiana de Zinc S.A. plans to start construction of its second...
Avilés port cargo traffic slightly declines in H1 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Avilés port closed the first half of 2017 with a traffic increase of 1% in relation to the same period of the...
Two consortia bid for bridge reconstruction at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) closed on July 18 the public competition for the...
Strikes have limited effect on Santander port’s car traffic
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – The seven days of strikes that took place in June in the port of Santander during the conflict of stevedores...