Month: December 2017
Trieste port sees improved traffic in Jan-Nov 2017
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2017 – The positive trend is again confirmed in the second half of 2017 characterizing the traffic of the port...
Málaga port’s cruise traffic to rise 15% in 2017
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) expects to close 2017 with 510,682 cruise...
Santander Coated Solutions gets nod to expand facility at port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) has given the green light to the extension of...
Oristano issues go-ahead for the Edison natural gas storage depot
Oristano, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – The authorisation process the coastal storage of Edison’s natural gas in the...
USPA to dredge Odessa port
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) will carry out an operational dredging of Odessa seaport to...
USPA announces Mariupol and Berdyansk ports dredging tender
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced a tender procedure for the selection of a...
Damietta port sees increased cargo traffic in November 2017
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – A monthly report issued by the Damietta Port Authority (DPA) shows that the number of vessels handled...
Innovative Magazine interviews Matteo Catani, President and CEO of Grandi Navi Veloci
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – The French-language Innovative Magazine has published an interview with Matteo Catani, President and CEO...
BPA critical of UK government’s Maritime and Ports Sector Report
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – Richard Ballantyne, Chief Executive of the British Ports Association (BPA), has commented that...
Durrës sees increased cement exports in Jan-Nov 2017
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 26, 2017 – In the first 11 months of 2017 the port of Durrës exported 297,700 tons of cement, an increase on...
Rigel II ferry has been restored to the Durrës-Bari line
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 26, 2017 – The “Rigel II” ferry has been restored to the Durrës-Bari line due to the increasing...
Durrës port traffic up 7% in Jan-Nov 2017
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 24, 2017 – During the first 11 months of 2017, the port of Durrës handled 3.4 million tons of goods, up 7% on...
Algeciras port cargo traffic falls 2.2% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 92.8 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, down 2.2% on the...
Marín port to tender plan for harbour growth
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) plans to tender the drafting of a Strategic Plan to...
Castellón port approves business plan for 2018
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has approved its business plan for 2018,...
Genoa port cargo traffic rises 9.1% y/y in Jan-Oct 2017
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Genoa port handled 46.1 million tonnes of cargo in the first ten months of 2017, up 9.1% on the year. General...
Madrid dry port awards contract for container identification system
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Madrid dry port operator Puerto Seco de Madrid, S.A., has awarded a contract for the delivery of a container...