Day: 2 October 2017
Cádiz port awards road construction contract to Acciona
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bahía de Cádiz) has awarded the company Acciona Construcción...
Dockworkers block Catalan ports on October 3
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Catalan stevedores have agreed this afternoon to join the general strike called on October 3 in Catalonia....
Castellón port forecasts further rise in liquid bulk traffic
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has called a tender for the construction...
Friuli Venezia Giulia approves €1.8 million financing for intermodality projects
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – The government of the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia has given the green light to a €1.8 million...
Málaga port forecasts 12.5% rise in cruise traffic this year
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Málaga port estimates to close 2017 with a 12.5% increase in the number of cruise passengers, which would...
Spanish Chamber of Commerce sets up ports commission
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Spanish Chamber of Commerce (La Cámara de Comercio de España) has set up a Ports Commission with the aim...
Genoa port president calls on government to change structure of port authorities
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – The president of the port authority of Genoa and Savona, Paolo Emilio Signorini, has called on the government...
Tarragona port eyes improvement of relations with Brazil
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – The president of the Brazil-Catalonia Chamber of Commerce (CCBC), Javier Mirallas, and its director,...
Avilés port calls tender for power supply
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Avilés port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has called a tender for the supply of electricity...
Benghazi port reopens after three years of closure
Benghazi, Libya (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – The Libyan port of Benghazi was opened after three years of closure as a result of clashes between the...
MSC reinforces presence at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has informed Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...
EU delegation visits port of Burgas
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – In September 2017, a delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism...
Grimaldi wants to acquire Hellenic Seaways or sell its stake
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Naples-based Grimaldi has said it wants to either acquire a controlling share of Hellenic Seaways (HSW)...
Trieste Porto Vecchio renovation under way
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – Work has started on the renovation of Porto Vecchio, an old port area of Trieste. President of the Region...