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France’s CMA CGM container traffic rises 20% in 2016
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM transported a total of 15.6 million TEUs in 2016, up 20%. The rise in...
Spanish transport association calls on government to join trade unions talks
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – The management board of Spanish association of port transporting companies Fenatport (Federación...
Trasmediterranea to handle 420,000 cruise passengers at Valencia port in 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Spanish cruise operator Trasmediterranea expects the number of passengers serviced at Valencia port this...
Balearic Islands port authority promotes local harbours at Seatrade Cruise Global fair
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) leads the Balearic delegation at the...
Spanish ports cargo traffic rises 6.3% y/y in Jan 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Spanish ports handled a total of 42.31 million tonnes of cargo in January, up 6.3% on the year. The...
Northern Ligurian Sea port system to support Maersk container terminal in Vado Ligure
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – The Port System of the Northern Ligurian Sea plans to support the construction of the container terminal...
Cruise traffic at Italian ports to decline in 2017
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – The cruise industry keeps expanding globally, but a beneficiary will not be Italy, which will face a...
Trade unions, MCT representatives discuss downsizing plan at Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Representatives of Italian trade union Sul has held a meeting with the management of Medcenter...
Turkish ports halt handling of ships exporting goods to Crimea
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Turkish ports have halted the handling of ships exporting fruits, building materials and general cargo...
Italy’s Onorato acquires Livorno port’s ro-ro terminal operator
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Italian company Onorato has acquired Livorno Terminal Marittimo (LTM), the operator of ro-ro and ro-ro-pax...
Cadiz-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines by 11% in Jan 2017
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – The passenger line connecting Ceuta port to Algeciras transported 130,494 passengers in January, down...
Companies set up renewable energy cluster at Nantes port
Nantes, France (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – In less than three years, the estuary of the Loire river has become the leading industrial centre in...
Dutch MEP says Slovenia has good chances of attracting EU funding for Koper-Divaca railway
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Dutch Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp said Slovenia has good chances of winning EU...
Yilport reports on 2016 performance
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – 2016 was a year to remember at Yilport Holding, port management and logistics subsidiary of Yildirim...
Iran plans Amirabad port development on Caspian Sea within one year
Amirabad, Iran (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Iran plans to open the largest port in the Caspian Sea within a year and for it to be a direct...
2016 Financial Results: CMA CGM
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 12, 2017 – CMA CGM, the French shipping group, has published its 2016 financial results. Volumes shipped in 2016...
Which cruise companies are leading the charge in cutting air pollutants?
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 12, 2017 – One cruise ship emits the same volume of air pollutants as 5 million cars traveling the same...
Rimorchiatori Napoletani buys two tugboats from Sanmar
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 12, 2017 – Sanmar A.S.’s faith in their latest design cooperation with Robert Allan Ltd has been well rewarded....
Ministerial Conference on Mediterranean Fisheries in Malta – March 30, 2017
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) March 11, 2017 – The European Commission is organising a Ministerial Conference on Mediterranean fisheries in Malta on...
AFLAS Awards 2017 – La Spezia Container Terminal nominated for “Best Container Terminal in Europe”
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 11, 2017 – Contship has announced that La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) has been nominated for the Best...