Month: October 2017
Poland and Ukraine sign Via Carpathia transport agreement
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 28, 2017 – A memorandum of cooperation for the construction of a trans-European transport route was signed by Poland...
COSCO Shipping Ports announces Q3 2017 traffic results – European operations
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 28, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, a leading global ports operator, has announced third quarter results of...
CIRCLE S.R.L. to coordinate “DocksTheFuture”
Genoa, Italy, 27 October 2017 CIRCLE S.R.L. will coordinate “DocksTheFuture”, the European Project selected by INEA under Horizon 2020 Programme that will...
Balearic Islands port authority to launch pilot electric communication project
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) plans to promote in 2018 a pilot...
Vigo port complains to EC about collective labour agreement of dockworkers
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) president Enrique López Veiga filed a complaint with the...
Santander port cargo traffic rises 14.6% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Santander port’s cargo traffic rose 14.6% on the year in the first nine months of 2017 to 4.1 million...
Pesaro port receives €900,000 EU funding for infrastructure works
Pesaro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Pesaro port has received a financing of €900,000 ($1.05 million) from the European Union (EU) for...
Cartagena port’s live animals traffic rises
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Cartagena port has increased the live cattle exports. The traffic grew by 20% on the year in the first nine...
Boluda incorporates new tugboat to fleet in Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Boluda Towage and Salvage, the maritime towing and salvage division of Boluda Corporación Marítima, has...
Valencia port companies reinvested €4 million of received bonuses
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Companies in the port community of Valencia have reinvested €4 million ($4.6 million) of the €6 million...
Marseille port’s Graving Dock No. 10 (Forme 10) is back in operation
Marseille, October 20, 2017 – Dry dock no. 10 of Marseille Port, the biggest dock in the Mediterranean area and one of the biggest in the world, becomes...
Malta Freeport implements Navis N4 to improve terminal operations
Freeport, Malta (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation, has announced that Malta Freeport Terminals has transformed its...
Austria’s Villach-Fürnitz develops at regional logistics hub for Adriatic ports
Villach, Austria (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – The southern Austrian province of Kärnten (Carinthia) is looking to develop a role as a logistics...
Castellón port starts citrus export season
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – The first ship loaded with citrus fruits departed from the port of Castellón on October 25 to...
Unctad says Spain is among Mediterranean transport connectivity leaders
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Spain has one of the highest connectivity of all Mediterranean countries in terms of maritime transport...
Tarragona business requests pharmacy inspection service at port
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Tarragona Chamber of Commerce has submitted a request to the Spanish healthcare ministry for a pharmacy...
Barcelona to host Med Ports annual meeting
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – The main annual meeting of container ports and terminal operations in the Mediterranean, Med Ports, will be...