Day: 2 April 2018
Santander port posts highest cruise traffic growth in Spain in 2018
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Spanish ports recorded 9.2 million cruise passengers in 2017, up 6.6% on the year, and a total of 4,248 ships...
Portos de Galicia invests €1 million in A Mariña ports
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Portos de Galicia, the ports agency of Galicia region, has invested some €1 million ($1.23 million) in various...
Marín port starts handling 4,000-TEU container ships
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – The Polar Costa Rica container ship docked on March 29 at the container terminal of the port of Marin, coming...
Valencia region ports’ presidents visit China
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – The presidents of the port authorities of Valencia, Aurelio Martínez; Castellón, Francisco Toledo; and...
Cruise traffic at Málaga port to rise in 2019
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – The cruise sector is in full swing and this dynamism will bring a greater jump in the activity of Málaga port...
Piombino port handles first cruise ship for 2018
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Piombino port handled its first cruise call for 2018 with the docking of the Marella Spirit ship of TUI UK on...
Corsica Ferries launches Toulon-Mallorca route
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Italian company Corsica Ferries has launched a Toulon-Mallorca route, as part of its strategy to gain ground...
Porto Torres call for resumption of direct Livorno port links
Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – The municipal administration of Porto Torres has proposed a new shipping service (cargo and...
Nidec signs shore-to-ship power supply contract with Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Nidec Industrial Solutions has signed a contract worth €8 million with Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...