Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) April 17, 2018 – In 2017, a total of 16.6 million cars were handled by the twenty-five largest European car ports, and Koper port was on the 9th place for... Read more
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) April 17, 2018 – Koper port is planning to build a new Ro-Ro berth in Basin 3 which will be designed to meet the mooring requirements of car-carrier ships... Read more
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) April 13, 2018 – South Korean wheel manufacturer, Hands Corporation, is to construct a factory worth MAD 4.33 billion dirhams ($472 million) in Tangier... Read more
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) April 12, 2018 – Shipping companies are preparing to attract part of the significant flow of goods that is expected as of the end of this year on the Vigo-Tangier s... Read more
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 23, 2018 – The commercial manager of Barcelona port, Lluís París, attended the ECG Annual Dinner Debate that the European Finished Vehicle Logistics Asso... Read more
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) March 19, 2018 – Livorno has started handling a direct railway link with Slovakia’s Trnava for the transport of new vehicles of the Peugeot, Citroen and Op... Read more
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 12, 2018 – Pasaia port has increased its traffic in February, continuing the good data for January, a month in which the negative streak of almost two years... Read more
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) March 2, 2018 – Nexteer Automotive has announced a new production facility in Kenitra, Morocco, to manufacture single pinion-assist electric power ste... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 1, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has participated in the meeting of the Maritime and Ports group of the Association of... Read more
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) February 9, 2018 – Spanish group Noatum’s business has been reduced to car and multipurpose terminals as well as sea transport intermediation. Once Noatum s... Read more
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 9, 2018 – Spanish car distributor Volkswagen Group Spain Distribución has awarded to Bergé Automotive Logistics the service of logistics management an... Read more
Duisburg, Germany (PortSEurope) February 9, 2018 – The German car manufacturer Audi AG has announced that it has renewed a contract to use Duisport’s Logport II in Wanheim to shi... Read more
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 31, 2018 – The German group Prettl, a manufacturer of auto parts, has announced the construction of a new industrial site in Tangier, ”Auto... Read more
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 31, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca, has expressed confidence in the future of Pasaia port for the e... Read more
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 30, 2018 – Basque entrepreneurs have warned that in five years the ships that transport cars will be bigger and will not fit through the mouth of access t... Read more
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) January 29, 2018 – Santander port again demonstrated in 2017 its specialisation in car traffic with a new historical record of 491,387 units, compared to 490,0... Read more
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 25, 2018 – A 19.13% increase was recorded at the car terminal of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) in 2017, with a total of 431,157 cars transport... Read more
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) Jnauary 14, 2018 – A well-honed operation is being put in place to sell Groupe PSA-manufactured vehicles in Kenitra. The French manufacturer has enter... Read more
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The port of Tanger Med recorded an increase in the various indicators of port activity during 2017, processing 51,328,150 tons of good... Read more
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – DSV Tacisa, a company specialising in the design and implementation of advanced customs solutions, has been chosen by Yamaha Motor Europe to... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Valencia port started a railway import service of vehicles in December, when two convoys left the harbour to Madrid, loaded with new Peugeot a... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Politicians from Malaga, Valencia and Catalonia have raised the issue of Tanger Med becoming increasingly a competitor for business fr... Read more
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – U.S.-based Varroc Lighting Systems is to establish a manufacturing and product development base in Morocco. The facility is locate... Read more
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Moroccan government has signed deals for 26 auto industry projects, including several with Renault and PSA Group (both French aut... Read more
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Morocco has signed agreements for 26 automotive projects linked to its growing industrial capacity in the north of the country, based... Read more
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The BYD group of China is to set up a production unit of electric cars near Tangier in the north of Morocco. A memorandum of underst... Read more
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – Nippon Express, a global logistics company, is to open a branch office in the Moroccan port of Casablanca. The port is located on t... Read more
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Car traffic in the port of Sagunto continues to maintain a steady growth trend. According to the data of the statistical bulletin of th... Read more
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Gioia Tauro port’s container traffic declined by 11% on the year in the first nine months of 2017, according to data by a report of... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martínez, has welcomed the decision of carmaker Ford Mot... Read more
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Santander port this week was the location of a spectacular cargo operation that the port authority has described as “a pioneer i... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Piraeus-based Neptune Lines had restarted the use of Valencia port with the Neptune Odyssey callig at the port for the first time in th... Read more
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French carmaker Groupe PSA has exported the first C3 Aircross car produced at the Opel factory in Zaragoza via Vigo port following the rece... Read more
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Livorno port has seen a significant increase in the traffic of new cars, as the two operators active in the segment, Compagnia Impresa Lavorat... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) attends today and tomorrow the ECG Conference, an annual meeting of the European Ve... Read more
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Santander port (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) enters in the fourth quarter of the year with positive expectations for cargo traffic, inc... Read more
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) october 16, 2017 – According to the annual report on “Valuation of Maritime-Port Logistics” prepared by Asociación Española de Fabricantes de... Read more
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) October 12, 2017 – The port of Koper (operator Luka Koper d.d.) has been successful in the second international tender launched by the German automotive c... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 3, 2017 – Today, Valencia port has received the first train loaded with cars from the Figueruelas factory of PSA group. The 550-metre-long convoy, opera... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) September 25, 2017 – German carmaker Opel has said it plans to relaunch the operation of a direct rail line for the transport of cars to Valencia port from its... Read more
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) September 21, 2017 – Representatives of Chinese companies Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group and Zhongzhi New Energy Vehicle have visited Vigo port to analyse potenti... Read more
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) September 13, 2017 – Sagunto port handled a total of 144,489 new cars in the first seven months of 2017, up 31.5% on the year, keeping up the positive trend in t... Read more
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) September 3, 2017 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) is to be the testing port for new procedures on automotive imports. The action has been inspired by th... Read more
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) August 23, 2017 – Alexandria port has signed a EGP 285 million ($16.1 million/€13.6 million) contract for the construction of a complex for the storage of car... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) August 17, 2017 – Valencia port has reached one million square metres servicing the automobile industry, of which 412,000 square metres are located in Valencia... Read more
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) August 17, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said that the extension of the Motorway of the Sea (M... Read more
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) August 9, 2017 – Italy’s Customs Agency has announced the extension to the automotive sector procedure for the offshore customs clearance of goods arriving... Read more
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) August 9, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has called a tender for the expansion of the silo of vertical storage of automobiles at Bouzas ro... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) August 8, 2017 – US carmaker Ford Motor Company will have 100,000 more square metres in the North Pier of Valencia port after paving and infrastructure construc... Read more
Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) August 4, 2017 – Grupo Sesé has been chosen to manage, in its different phases, all the logistics operation in the assembly plant that Volkswagen and its Alger... Read more