Month: January 2018
Alicante port to build solid bulk warehouse as high as eight-storey building
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The warehouse that will be built by Alicante port on the dock 17 to meet the requirements of the...
Puertos del Estado’s president advises Pasaia port to diversify traffic
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca, has expressed confidence in...
Lisbon port breaks cruise traffic record in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The number of cruise ships that called in Lisbon port increased by 7.1% last year to 123, which is a new...
Las Palmas port’s container traffic exceeds 1 million TEUs in 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) concluded 2017 with improved traffic...
MSC upgrades services linking Mediterranean region to USA
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the reduction of transit times for export services...
Spain to extend Mediterranean Corridor rail-highway to Murcia
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna spoke in Madrid at the Leaders Forum of the Efe news...
Valencia port to host GreenPort Cruise & Congress
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will host October 17-19, 2018, the European...
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport publishes new interactive map of Italian port system
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has published a new interactive graphic of the recently...
CMA CGM creates Ze Box, its first international startup incubator based in Marseilles
Marseille, France, January 30, 2018 The French global shipping group CMA CGM has announced the creation of Ze Box, its first international startup incubator,...
Rules of navigation of large-tonnage vessels in the Bug-Dnipro-Liman and Kherson sea channels to change
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – From February 6, 2018, changes will be made to the Rules of Navigation and pilotage of vessels in...
IDC holds labour meeting in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Union delegates from a dozen European countries are meeting this week in the port of Valencia to...
Xiao Yaqing, director of COSCO, visits Noatum terminal in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – On January 27, COSCO Director Xiao Yaqing and his delegation, accompanied by Xu Lirong, Chairman of...
China Harbour Engineering Сompany completes section of Yuzhny port dredging
Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Port Authority (USPA) has signed the acceptance certificate for a section of the...
Koper port hosts Elemed project meeting
Koper, Slovenia, January 30, 2018 On January 29, 2018, the Port of Koper hosted a conference on the establishment of alternative fuels infrastructure and on...
European Commission to allocate €1 million ($1.24 million) for technical assistance at Baku International Sea Trade Port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – The European Commission is to allocate €1 million ($1.24 million) for technical assistance for the...
Event: Security and Safety at the EU Ports / PPA EU Projects – Piraeus, January 31, 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – The “Security and Safety at the EU Ports and presentation of the PPA EU Projects”, will be...
MSC signs agreement to implement N4 system in Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed an agreement to implement the N4 system developed by...