Port News & Information Mediterranean, Black & Caspian Seas

Day: 6 September 2017

Bulgarian PM says port link project with Greece will boost energy, transport, tourist sectors

Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s prime minister Boyko Borisov has said the launch of a railway connection between...

21 Spanish ports to participate in Seatrade Europe

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – The 21 port authorities that are under the management of Spanish national agency Puertos del Estado,...

Algeciras port opens to traffic third lane of road to Marina Alcaidesa

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has opened to traffic the so-called...

Tenerife port handles its biggest container ship ever

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Tenerife port handled on September 5 and 6 the Maersk Guayaquil container ship, with a length of 337...

Corfu port authority is in stable financial condition

Corfu, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Greece’s Corfu port authority is in a stable financial condition, according to the annual audit...

Valencia port interested in launch of logistics complex in Chiva municipality

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has expressed interest in the development of a...

Lisbon port to handle 55 cruise calls in September

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Lisbon port expects to handle 55 calls of cruise ships in September, one-third of which will...

Gibraltar Tourist Board & Port Authority attend Seatrade Convention

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – The Gibraltar Tourist Board and Port Authority are attending the Seatrade Europe Cruise Convention....

New railway connection agreement between Greece and Bulgaria

Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection will be signed...

Izmir tourism visitors increases steadily

Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Aegean Touristic Hotels and Investors Associations – ETIK has published a report showing that Turkish...

UK Department for Transport UK Port Freight Statistics: 2016 – Short Sea Freight with the European Union

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – UK major port traffic with the European Union rose 2% to 206.8 million tonnes in 2016, due...

UK Department for Transport publishes Annual UK Port Freight Statistics 2016

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – The Department for Transport has published its Annual UK Port Freight statistics which shows...

BPA says ports welcome focus on businesses and trade in Labour announcements on Brexit

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – British Ports Association Chief Executive Richard Ballantyne has welcomed the Labour Party...

NABU publishes its 7th cruise ship pollution rankings

Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Even in the seventh edition of the cruise industry ranking, not a single cruise ship in Europe from...

Vigo port sees signs of recovery in July

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – After an adverse first half in terms of cargo traffic, marked by the announcements of the strike of dockers...

A Coruña port expects record-high cruise traffic in September

A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – With the double call of the vessels “Silver Muse” and “Sea Cloud II”, on...

The floating dock Marco Polo christened in Marseille

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – The floating dock or “caissonier” Marco Polo received a blessing on 29 August 2017...

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