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Boluda Lines names director of Línea Mediterráneo service
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Boluda Lines, the the integrated transport and international cargo management division of Boluda Corporación...
USPA to reconstruct approach channel of Chernomorsk port
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) plans to reconstruct the approach channel of Chernomorsk port to a draft...
EU holds workshop on “Regeneration of port cities and port areas”
Brussels, Belgium, June 5, 2017 On 16 May, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU jointly...
Durrës port reports 7% increase in ferry passengers and vehicle traffic
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – In May 2017, the volume of trade by ferry increased by 6-18% compared to the same period of 2016....
CMA CGM reports improved environmental performance
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – CMA CGM Group, a leading worldwide French shipping group, has reported an improvement in the performance...
ESPO Conference 2017 inspires European ports on their way to decarbonisation
Barcelona, Spain, June 6, 2017 On 1 and 2 June, the European port industry gathered in Barcelona for ESPO’s annual conference entitled “Ports in a changing...
Call for Georgia to improve services and logistical connectivity
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Jacob Gulmann, ICTSI Europe, Middle East and Africa Business Development Director, attended the 6th Black...
Ukraine reports cargo handling statistics for January-May 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – In January-May 2017 cargo handling volumes in Ukrainian seaports were 55.609 million tons, up 4.5% on the...
USPA and Odessa National Maritime University have signed a cooperation agreement
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and Odessa National Maritime University (ONMU) have signed a...
Stevedores strike at Majorca port
Majorca, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The first day of the strike in the port of Majorca (Palma and Alcúdia) on Monday has hardly affected the...
Mediterranean Railway Corridor has more “allies” in Europe than in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – At the opening of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) event in Barcelona, Catalan Minister for...
Spain to boost cooperation with China under Belt & Road Initiative
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – At the “Business Opportunities for Spanish Companies under the Belt and Road Initiative”...
Spanish ports total cargo traffic rises 2.6% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The total cargo traffic at Spanish ports rose by 2.61% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to 171.3...
Seville port obtains ISO 140001:2015 certificate
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has obtained an international certification ISO...
APM Terminals Valencia acquires 11 terminal tractors
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – APM Terminals Valencia S.A. has incorporated 11 terminal tractors in its facilities, bringing its fleet to 63...
Sagunto port cargo traffic rises 1.63% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Sagunto port closed the first four months of the year with a total traffic of 2.130 million tonnes, a figure that...
Truck traffic at Valencia port almost totally blocked during dockworker strike
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The first day of strike of Spanish dockworkers ended with the almost total stoppage of trucks carrying cargo...
Spain to construct rail access to Seville port in 2017, 2018
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has attended the signing of an agreement to regulate the...
Spain’s Adif, Puertos del Estado, port authorities sign railway works deal
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif), ports agency Puertos...
Cartagena port cargo traffic rises in Jan-Apr 2017
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Cartagena port handled 11.21 million tonnes of cargo in the first four months of 2017, up 8.9% on the year,...