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Full year result at Marseille Fos reflects wide-ranging strategy

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017  – Total 2016 cargo of 81 million tonnes at Marseille Fos was on a par with 2015 throughput in a year...

Luka Koper books record-high profit in 2016

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Luka Koper, the operator of Slovenia’s Koper port, posted a record-high net profit of €44.4...

Med ports unite on southern gateway alternative

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 25, 2017 – Ports from around the Mediterranean coast have agreed to form a specific organisation to promote the...

Spanish Public Works Minister urges trade unions, employers to negotiate

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Inigo de la Serna, has called on employers and stevedores unions to...

Algeciras port cargo traffic rises by 3.7% Y/Y in Jan 2017

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 8.8 million tonnes of cargo in January, up 3.7% on the year. Container traffic...

EU Commissioner Vella attends Halieutis fair in Morocco

Agadir, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella, responsible for fisheries and maritime affairs, has travelled to...

Event – Algeria International Exhibition of Transport, Logistics & Mobility – Feb 26-28

Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 25, 2017 – The Algeria International Exhibition of Transport, Logistics & Mobility will take place February...

Medlink ports establishes its status as the southern corridor to Europe

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 21, 217 – At the general meeting held on 31 January at the port of Marseilles Fos head office, the members of...

Cadiz port to invest €48,000 in overhaul of Ciudad del Mar building

Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Cadiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) plans to make a contribution of...

Spanish Council of Ministers approves stowage sector reform

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Council of Ministers has approved the Royal Decree Law reforming the stowage sector. The...

Hutchison Ports to start working in Chernomorsk port in June or July

Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – One of the world’s largest port operators, Hutchison Ports, can start work in...

Bilbao port approves project for construction of wind towers plant

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has approved the project for the construction of a...

Bilbao port expects 2% rise in cargo traffic in 2017

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port expects to close 2017 with a 2% increase in cargo traffic compared to 2016, a year in which...

Seville port extends two concessions

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has approved the extension of the concession of...

Yucatan representatives visit Ferrol, A Coruna, Marin ports

A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Representatives of the Mexican state of Yucatan visited Ferrol, A Coruna and Marin ports this week...

Coordinadora again asks government to postpone stevedoring sector reform

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Coordinadora has called on the government to include a clause...

Spanish government to approve stevedoring reform despite trade unions

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish government plans to approve the royal decree introducing reforms in the rules for stevedoring...

Ukraine to reduce port fees

Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure intends to reduce existing port fees and charges...

Pasaia port analyses railway capacity upgrade

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia) has set up a working group to study a potential...

COSCO to improve services at Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines, the company that resulted from the merger of COSCO Container Lines and China...

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