Agaete port’s extension project may fail over lack of funding
Agaete, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) February 21, 2019 – The extension of Spain's Agaete port, already awarded for €44.6 million ($50.7 million), does not yet…
Cepsa Gibraltar factory complies with Algeciras port’s environmental requirements
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) February 21, 2019 – Cepsa's factory in Gibraltar-San Roque has received an environmental certification, verifying that the loading and unloading of crude oil and…
Livorno, Piombino host meetings of EasyLog project
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) February 21, 2019 – Livorno and Piombino ports have joined the list of port cities hosting EasyLog focus groups, a project financed by the…
Las Palmas ports regular passenger traffic rises 3% in 2018
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) February 21, 2019 – Las Palmas ports registered a 3% increase in passenger traffic on regular lines during the…
Metrika to support Contship Italia’s intermodal services marketing
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) February 21, 2019 – Contship Italia SpA has picked Metrika SRL, a digital marketing and communication services consultancy company, to support the growth of…
Port of Figueira da Foz records small decrease in cargo in 2018
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 21, 2019 - In 2018, the port of Figueira da Foz handled 2.3 million tons of cargo, a decrease…
Ceuta government to invest €1.7 million in protecting port from migratory pressure
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 – Ceuta's local government plans to invest €1.7 million ($1.9 million) in facilities for the protection of the port against…
Spain’s Adif launches tender for railway overhaul at Pasaia port
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 – Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure operator Adif has tendered the extension works to 550 metres of the length of track in…
Galicia port operators benefiting from new port law
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 – More than 30 companies in Galicia have extended their port concessions to 50 from 35 years, taking advantage…
Italy identifies three potential ports for handling cruise ships in Venice
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 – Italy's government has identified the ports of Lido, Malamocco and Chioggia as potential facilities for the handling of large cruise ships,…
Spanish company to build covered warehouse at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 – Spanish company Desarrolla Obras y Servicios has won a contract for the construction of a facility for the storage of…
Santander port expects 4,500 cruise passengers in 2019
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 – Santander port expects the arrival of more than 4,500 cruise passengers this year. There are five calls confirmed…
Tarragona port awards €4.7 million building rehabilitation project to Comsa, Gicsa
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 – Tarragona port authority has awarded the rehabilitation works of its former headquarters to a consortium of Comsa and Gicsa…
Russia’s REC to launch industrial complex near Egypt’s Port Said
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 – Russian Export Centre (REC) plans to complete the construction of the first phase of an industrial zone…
UAE eases the transport embargo against Qatar
Doha, Qatar (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 - Shipping of goods between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar is possible again after Abu Dhabi lifted…
EU to lend €250 million to Georgia for local TEN-T transport development
Luxembourg (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has said it is to lend €250 million ($283.7 million) to Georgia to upgrade…
DP World acquires the holding company of P&O Ferries and P&O Ferrymasters
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 - Dubai-owned DP World PLC has announced the acquisition of the holding company of P&O Ferries and P&O…
Grupo Moldtrans starts a shipping service linking Mexico with Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 - Moldtrans Group has launched a maritime transport service between Spain and Mexico in collaboration with the Mexican firm Gain Soluciones Logísticas, operating…
Bergé plans automation of Bilbao port facility
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 - Bergé, the Spanish multimodal logistics operator, plans to automate its terminal in the port of Bilbao this year 2019. The aim…
Andalusian ports move about 1 million cruise passengers in 2018
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 - Andalusia has become one of the main strategic points for cruise tourism in Spain. Last year, a total…