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Vigo seeks to attract cruise calls of UK-based companies
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Next year will be one of the poorest in the history of Vigo port in terms of cruise calls. To date, the list of...
A Coruña port approves liquid bulk cargo terminal construction application
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) has approved an application by Deep Water Oil...
Algeciras port books record-high cargo traffic in May
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Algeciras port closed May with record-high traffic figures of 9 million tonnes, up 2.3% on the year. However,...
Spanish minister calls on dockworkers to avoid more strikes
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has once again called for “an effort” by the...
Gas Natural gets contract to supply electricity to Valencia port authority
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish company Gas Natural Comercializadora SA has won a contract to deliver electricity to Valencia port...
Spanish dockworkers trade union CETM elects president for another four-year term
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Confederación Española de Transporte de Mercancías (CETM) has appointed...
Cilsa adopts framework agreement for Barcelona port logistics zone development
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spain’s Cilsa SA, the operator of the logistics activities zone of Barcelona port, has signed a...
Uniport considers Cosco’s acquisition in Bilbao positive
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Members of business association Uniport, an entity that has been working on the promotion of the port-logistics...
Novadeal to use Ukrainian subcontractors in Port Yuzhniy dredging
Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Novadeal Ltd, a subsidiary of the Belgian DEME Group, which had won a contract for operational dredging...
EC welcomes international agreement to increase the safety of passenger ships
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – On June 16, 2017, the European Commission commented on the international agreement adopted this week...
Caspian Pipeline Consortium daily shipments reach record level in June 2017
Krasnodar, Russia (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has released the following press release which details crude oil...
Trieste and Koper host Baku port delegation
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) june 21, 2017 – A staff delegation from the port of Baku, in Azerbaijan, has visited the ports of Trieste and Koper...
Nantes-St. Nazaire commences quay renovation
Nantes-St. Nazaire (France) June 21, 2017 – The redevelopment of the Prise-d’Eau quay, located near the Louis Joubert lock, has started. It was...
Hannibal launches Melzo-Trieste intermodal service
Trieste, Italy June 20, 2017 – Hannibal, in partnership with Alpe Adria S.p.A., is launching a new intermodal service between Melzo (Milan) and Trieste,...
TCR is once again handling Egyptian grape distribution
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2017 – Contship, the Italian terminal manager and logistics company, has reported that its Terminal Container...
Castellón port extends deadline of Portsur Castellón concession
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish state gazette BOE published on June 15 the decision taken by Castellón port authority (Autoridad...
Valencia port foundation board meets to inspect project development
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The management board of the Valencia Port Foundation for Research, Promotion and Business Studies met...
Russia’s Freight One organises cargo shipment for Knauf at Taganrog port
Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Russian logistics company JSC Freight One organised the first complex cargo transportation by sea from the...
Valencia port handles 438,580 TEUs in May 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Valencia port ended May with a total container traffic of 438,580 TEUs, a figure that represents an increase of...
Spanish minister says every day of hourly dockworker strike costs €12 million
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna said the cost of every day of hourly stoppage of dockworkers...