Day: 30 October 2017
Sojitz Corp purchases Mugardos LNG terminal near Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2107 – Japan’s Sojitz Corporation has acquired full ownership of First State Regasificadora S.L.U. (FSR),...
Lyon increases container handling from Marseille port
Lyon, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Since 1997, Lyon has become the advanced port for Marseille for container traffic. Currently, 50% of...
Virtuo launches logistics park in the Distriport area of Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – VIRTUO, a property development company based in Paris, has signed a sales agreement with the port of...
Mediterranean Institute of Maritime Transport ceases activities
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – L’Institut méditerranéen des transports maritimes (IMTM – Mediterranean Institute of...
France – China Economic Forum: Marseille, bridge between Europe and Asia
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Usually held in Paris on 12th Franco-Chinese economic forum was relocated for the first time in...
Barcelona port’s Adossat dock tender attracts criticism
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Barcelona port decided last week to tender the extension of the Adossat dock in the eastern part of...
Traffic with Asia boosts Barcelona port’s throughput
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Barcelona port has experienced growth in recent months that places it in a good position both in...
Málaga port to handle 20,000 passengers this week
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Málaga port expects to receive the visit of nearly 20,000 passengers aboard 16 cruise ships, mostly...
Vado Ligure terminal to be opened in March 2019
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – APM Terminals Italy’s CEO Paolo Cornetto has said the terminal under construction at Vado Ligure...
Vigo port cargo traffic edges up 0.34% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Vigo port traffic rose by 0.34% on the year in the first nine months of 2017, the president of the port...
Local citizens challenge superyacht plan for Sète port
Sète, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – On October 10, 2017, a citizen collective was formed to collect as much information as possible about the...
Portuguese ports delegation visits China
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, is leading a delegation of 39 Portuguese companies...
Trieste Marine Terminal growing trend confirmed on nine-month 2017 basis
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal SpA (TMT) has confirmed the positive volumes trend recorded during the summer....