Avilés port traffic rises in Jan-Apr, backed by ArcelorMittal, Asturiana de Zinc imports
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Avilés port cargo traffic rose 7% on the year in the first four months of 2019, backed by the exports…
Spain’s State Gazette publishes Almería port’s ‘English Cable’ tender
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Spain's Official State Gazette (BOE) has published the announcement of the Almería port authority for the launch of a tender for the…
Castellón port to present its offer in Breakbulk Europe
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Castellón port plans to participate in Breakbulk Europe, the trade fair specialising in project cargo and bulk cargo…
Valencia port to handle Grimaldi’s Grande Europa vessel
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Italian shipping company Grimaldi plans to dock the Grande Europa vessel, which suffered a fire last week on the high seas…
Las Palmas port’s OPCSA container terminal to launch modernisation project
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – The OPCSA container terminal (Operaciones Portuarias Canarias S.A.) of Las Palmas port plans to shortly begin the modernisation plan…
Global companies place bids for Rijeka container terminal construction
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – The operator of the largest port in the world, as well as three of the ten largest container operators…
Tenerife port authority names new president
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife port authority) has agreed on the appointment of Aitor Acha…
Africa-Europe Alliance: Transport Task Force meets to enhance connectivity and boost investments
News - Africa-Europe Alliance: Transport Task Force meets to enhance connectivity and boost investments - European Commission - May 22, 2019 Today the Africa Transport…
Container Traffic Working Group presents the advances in the App for transporters
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 - Grupo de Trabajo Tráfico de Contenedores del Puerto de Valencia (Container Traffic Working Group of the Port of…
Uljanik Shipbuilding cancels CLdN contract
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 - Due to the bankruptcy of Uljanik d.d., the company will no longer be able to fulfil a contract…
First international transport and logistics exhibition Caspian Ports & Shipping 2019 held in Aktau port
News - Trans-Caspian International Transport (TITR) - May 15, 2019 On May 13-15, 2019, the first international transport and logistics exhibition and conference Caspian Ports…
Chinese bank opens Vienna branch with new Silk Road focus
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 - The Chinese bank ICBC has opened a subsidiary branch in Vienna, ICBC Austria Bank GmbH, operating as a…
Chinese cargo trade with Portugal’s Sines port increases
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 - The movement of containerized goods between Sines port and Chinese ports grew 19.7% between 2015 and 2018. Total…
Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company net profit declines 21% in 9-mo FY 2018/19
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company SAE recorded a 21% decline in net profit to EGP 1.9 billion ($111 million/€99.8 million) in the first…
Algerian port’s cargo traffic rises 7% y/y in Q1
Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Algeria's port activity registered growth of around 7% in the first quarter of 2019. The cargo traffic of the 10…
Italy to entrust Gioia Tauro port management to extraordinary commissioner
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Gioia Tauro port's management needs to be assumed by an extraordinary commissioner who represents the government, infrastructure minister Danilo…
Valencia port to handle 435,000 cruise passengers in 2019
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Valencia port has scheduled 199 cruises calls in 2019 and plans to handle 435,000 passengers, the institution said on the occasion…
Huelva port renews Kosher Halal certification
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Huelva port has renewed the Kosher certificate and has passed the follow-up audit for the Halal certificate, accrediting…
Lisbon port’s passenger traffic declines in Q1
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Lisbon port handled 49,985 passengers in the first quarter of 2019, down 4.9% on the year, with cruise…
Madeira government to inject €16.6 million into port operator
Funchal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – The Madeira government plans to inject €16.6 million ($18.5 million) into port operator APRAM – Administração dos Portos…