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Spanish government, trade unions terminate talks on stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Barely an hour and a half of a meeting was enough for the government, employers and trade unions to...
2M alliance announces service changes affecting Spanish ports
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), forming the 2M alliance, have announced the...
A Coruna port cargo traffic declines in 2016
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – A Coruna port handled 13.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, down 1.65% on the year. General cargo...
Santander port, Cantabria government to cooperate
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – The launch of a regular maritime line connecting the port of Santander with Morocco is one of the...
Barcelona port meets Argentine, Uruguayan freight forwarders
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Barcelona port concluded its participation in the ninth annual World Cargo Alliance (WCA) conference...
Rhenus to open logistic facilities in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – German logistics firm Rhenus officially opened its customs warehouse in Casablanca on February 2,...
MedCruise confirms commitment to sustainable and responsible cruise growth
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Τhe sustainable development of the Blue Economy in the western Mediterranean, was the theme of the...
Catalan and Valencian businessmen support Mediterranean railway corridor
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Around 300 businessmen from Catalonia and Valencia met to defend the need to build the Mediterranean...
CMA CGM upgrades northern Europe and eastern Mediterranean Sea service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 2017 –Â CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group, is pleased to announce the new upgraded service offer NC...
Luka Rijeka successfully submits applications for two EU CEF projects
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Luka Rijeka d.d. and the Port of Rijeka Authority have successfully submitted applications to the...
Notice of supervisory board changes at Luka Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 –Â Notice about the proposal for revocation and appointment of a member of the Supervisory Board of the...
Algeria’s CNAN renews fleet
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – At the moment when the Timgad ship, bought by the Algerian National Shipping Company (CNAN), was...
Bordeaux port launches “Gironde XL” development plan
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Bordeaux port has launched its “Gironde XL” development plan, designed to increase the...
Taganrog port cargo traffic rises in Jan 2016
Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2016 – Taganrog port handled 180,900 tonnes of cargo in the first month of 2016, up 9.6% on the year. Traffic of...
Luka Koper reports increased container traffic in January 2017
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 –Â Despite a strong wind that obstructed the work at the container terminal for some days in January, we...
Baleà ria to invest €5.5 million in energy savings
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. (Baleà ria) has announced that it is investing €5.5 million...
Izmir shareholding transferred to Turkish Wealth Fund
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 12, 2017 – Turkey has transferred stakes in Ä°zmir port, which has been in the privatization portfolio since 2007,...
Spanish Public Works Ministry, trade unions to discuss port reform on Feb 14
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works will meet with trade unions again on February 14 to try to approach...
Valencia port unions, employers have 72 hours to discuss reform proposals
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Normality returned on February 12 to Valencia port after the agreement reached by port companies and...
Marseille port to start construction of two container terminals
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – After preparatory work and studies in 2016, the construction site for the two container terminals of...