Month: March 2018
COSCO Shipping Ports results highlight Piraeus Container Terminal contribution
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 31, 2018 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has announced its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2017 and...
Greece amends Pylos marina privatisation terms
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 31, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund S.A., the Greek privatisation agency, launched on 19 July...
Ukraine prepares for IMO audit
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 31, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) is preparing for an audit of the International Maritime...
New Riva Traiana railway park inaugurated in Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 31, 2018 – A new ro-ro railway park of Riva Traiana, in the Porto Franco Nuovo of Trieste has been...
Ukraine reports results of 2017 dredging activities
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has presented the results of dredging...
Ukraine allocates funds for inland waterways dredging
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) is to allocate UAH 80 million (€2.45 million) for...
Bilbao opens port center
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) has opened the new Port Center, designed as an...
Sicily ports join forces to exchange know-how
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – The port authorities of the Italian island of Sicily have signed a cooperation agreement to guarantee the...
Italy’s CIPE to invest €26 million in Messina port
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Italy’s Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning CIPE (Il Comitato Interministeriale per la...
MSC considers investments in Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) considers investments in Gioia Tauro port, the president of the...
Tarragona port handles first cruise ship for 2018 season
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Tarragona port received its first cruise ship for the season on March 28, the Pearl II, of Saga Cruises, the...
Algeciras port stowage company signs deal to improve harbour’s competitiveness
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – The Algeciras port stowing company, Sociedad Anónima de Gestión de Estibadores Portuarios (SAGEP), has...
MSC Cruises introduces AI aboard ships
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – MSC Cruises has introduced a personal digital assistant aboard the MSC Bellissima cruise ship, a service...
Venice port, 40 shipping companies renew ‘Blue Flag’ agreement
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Venice port and 40 shipping companies operating in the Venetian lagoon have renewed the ‘Blue...
Valencia port receives delegation from Mejiport
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Valencia port received a delegation from Mejiport, the Logistics and Port Community of Mejillones in Chile,...
Morocco becomes Vigo port’s leading trade partner
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Vigo launched a Motorway of the Sea (MoS) to Morocco’s Tanger Med in April 2017. The statistics for...
Barcelona port promotes World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP)
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Barcelona port is one of the promoters of the World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP), a project whose...