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Lisbon port handles 11% of Portugal’s harbour cargo traffic in Jan-Feb 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – According to data released by the Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority (AMT), the growth of each...
Setubal port among candidates for EDP Electricity and Environmental Award
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Setubal port authority (Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra) is a candidate for EDP Energias...
Ilhavo mayor calls for more investment in Aveiro port
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The mayor of Ilhavo municipality is satisfied with the way the relations with Aveiro port have evolved....
Shipping Company of the Year Award for Grimaldi Group
Naples, Italy, April 10, 2017 – In the majestic surroundings of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans, last 5th April the Grimaldi Group received the...
Mykolaiv port cargo traffic rises 21.9% Y/Y in Q1
Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – The cargo traffic of Mykolaiv port in January-March 2017 amounted to 6.04 million tonnes, which is 21.9%...
Portuguese ports traffic grows in February
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority released the results on port handling in February. The figures...
Portugal’s ports cargo traffic rise contrasts with road, rail throughput in 2016
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Preliminary data from Portugal’s National Statistical Institute (INE) for 2016 confirm the growth in...
Algeria declares El Hamdania port construction project of public importance
El Hamdania, Algeria (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – The construction of the large port centre of El Hamdania (Cherchell) is now declared to be of public...
Corsica Ferries executives to acquire Lota family’s stake
Bastia, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The executives of French ferry company Corsica Ferries plan to acquire the shareholding of the Lota...
Moroccan government studies improvement of Tarfaya port access
Tarfaya, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Moroccan Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, represented by the Provincial Directorate of...
Marseille port installs system for power supply to ships
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – A power supply system installed in January 2017 at Marseille port allows ferries to be docked without...
Puertos del Estado modifies Las Palmas port authority business plan
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – The unilateral decision of Spanish port agency Puertos del Estado to modify the Business Plan Las Palmas...
Alicante port adopts measures to limit pollution
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Alicante port has decided to modify the protocol of the movement of sodium carbonate in the docks to prevent...
Santander port handles record-high cargo delivered by single ship
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Santander port is handling the biggest cargo shipment delivered by a single vessel in its history. The...
Puertos del Estado calls tender for analysis of LNG bunkering demand
Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 –Spanish official state gazette (BOE) published a tender by ports agency Puertos del Estado for the contracting of...
Gioia Tauro container terminal MCT employees block port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) employees have blocked Gioia Tauro port to protest against the plans...
Sines port keeps expanding
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Sines port maintains its growth in recent years and achieved the best quarter ever in 2017. With a total...
MacAndrews carries out experimental call at Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – After months of studies, MacAndrews carried out an experimental call at the Ferrol Container Terminal (FCT),...
Siemens improves Sines port productivity
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Siemens, a German conglomerate company and the largest manufacturing and electronics company in Europe, has...
Catalan Government calls for timetable for Mediterranean Railway Corridor
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – At a meeting of the strategic board for the Mediterranean Railway Corridor, Spanish Minister for...