A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – The port of A Coruña will register next year a new record in cruise traffic, surpassing the number reached in 2017, claims president of Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña (APC – A Coruña Por... Read more
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) has replaced current diesel cars, each one which had accumulated more than 200,000 km, with four new hybrid cars. The... Read more
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz), José Luis Blanco Romero, has presented the Cruise Cadiz brand at the Cruise Observatory (Observato... Read more
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoritat Portuària de Barcelona (APB – Port Authority of Barcelona) has approved the tender for the contract ‘Work of civil works and auxiliary of mainte... Read more
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) and Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) have presented the first conclusions of the SmartSensPort-P... Read more
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has approved the eviction of Trapsayates SA so that it ceases immediately oc... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – Spain’s National Commission of the Markets and the Competition (CNMC) has published a new resolution on the file of the container transport in the port of Valencia on July 13 in which it retain... Read more
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – Cádiz now has its own brand that identifies it with cruise tourism. It is a logo that summarises its essence as a tourist attraction and that will serve as a hook for the large shipping companies to loo... Read more
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – The board of directors of ports agency Puertos Canarios approved yesterday the concession for the construction and operation of a sports dock at the port of Arguineguín. The project... Read more
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – Cruise industry generated €31.6 million ($36.8 million) of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Tuscany region and 470 jobs in 2016. A total of 808,000 passengers visited Livorno port in 2016 and the a... Read more
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – Interminal srl, a port management subsidiary of Intergroup srl, has formed with the maritime agency Ant. Bellettieri & C. a consortium named “Multipurpose Terminal Civitavecchia”... Read more
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – Tuscany’s regional government held a meeting with trade unions to discuss the downsizing plan for 35 employees by Italian company Porto di Carrara SpA, the operator of Marina di Carrara harbou... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 20, 2018 – The harbours under the management of the Valencia port authority are one step closer to reaching the historic figure of five million containers. The ports managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (... Read more
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 19, 2018 – Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group has obtained the 2018 Quality Alternation Stamp (Baq), conferred by industry confederation Confindustria in relation to training activity carried out in the 2017... Read more
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) July 19, 2018 – Spanish shipping companies Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas SA and Marítima Peregar SA have announced an alliance to jointly develop passenger and cargo transport services in the Gibraltar Strait, specifi... Read more
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) July 19, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Naviera Ría de Arousa has positioned the Paula S tugboat in Motril port, replacing the Mazagón vessel, which “substantially improves the towing conditions of the Granada... Read more
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 19, 2018 – Spain’s Tax Agency will obtain in the coming days the building permit to carry out the reform of the Customs Building at Castellón port that has been closed since 2012 for security reasons and... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 19, 2018 – The container base of TBS (TransBase Soler) and SDS (Spanish Depot Service SA) in the northern extension of Valencia port has already completed its first year of activity. During this time, the compa... Read more
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 19, 2018 – Marina Barcelona 92 (MB92) has announced that following the approval from La Ciotat Shipyards (SEMIDEP), it has signed an agreement with Blohm+Voss, part of the Lürssen Group, to acquire thei... Read more
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 19, 2018 – In January-June 2018, Ukraine’s seaports transshipped 63.8 million tons of cargo, down 3.1% on the same period in 2017. The reasons were lower volumes of grain cargoes and the lack of wag... Read more
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) July 19, 2018 -The National Company Maritime Port Administration SA Constanta is inviting applications for the environmental agreement for the project “Development of the island-quay on the northern side of... Read more
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – The first export train to China has departed from Spain’s Maritime Terminal of Zaragoza (tmZ), marking a new milestone in trade relations between the two countries. Operated by DSV, the transpo... Read more
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – The board of directors of Spanish railway operator Adif has approved at its last meeting a tender for construction works for the adaptation of the railway line linking Zaragoza to Sagunto port of the... Read more
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – Las Palmas port will host on April 4 and 5, 2019, the 1st International Ship Repair and Supply Summit, where more than 250 representatives of the sector will meet. The objective of this Summit is t... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – Valencia port authority and Dutch consultancy MTBS (Maritime & Transport Business Solutions BV) are finalising preparation of the specifications to advance the expansion project of the harbour to... Read more
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – The Association of operators in the port of Lisbon declared the agreement concluded with the stevedores union to be invalid, due to the strike announced by the dockers. The association has accused t... Read more
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões SA has signed an order for the project in the Port Zone of Leverinho, in Gondomar, resulting in an investment of €1.6 million ($1.9 million)... Read more
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – Pasqualino Monti, president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority), will present this Friday a plan to revitalise the... Read more
Sète, France (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – Carole Delga, President of Région Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée and Jean-Claude Gayssot, President of the EPR Sud de France (Sète port), will take part Friday in the inauguration of several stru... Read more
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – Alboran, owned 50% by Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas SA and Maritima Peregar SA group, has set up a ferry service across the Strait of Gibraltar between the Andalusian port of Málaga and Tanger Me... Read more
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018 container terminal statistics. Monthly throughput in June 2018 was 299.3 k TEU; year-to-date is 1,762.6... Read more
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018 container terminal statistics. Monthly throughput in June 2018 was 5,800 TEU (4,100 in June 2017, u... Read more
Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş – June 2018 container terminal statistics
Kumport, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018 container terminal statistics. Monthly throughput in June 2018 was 122... Read more
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018 container terminal statistics. Monthly throughput in June 2018 was 205.8k TEU, compared to... Read more
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018 container terminal statistics. Monthly throughput in June 2018 was 374.3k TEU compared to 314.8k... Read more
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 17, 2018 – Marsa Maroc started operating a new information system at Casablanca port on July 2 which caused a temporary slowdown of container handling, the company’s president Mohamed Abdeljalil, said... Read more
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2018 – Spanish company Cementos Tudela Veguín has requested of the Gijón port authority a concession of 14,000 m² in the north dock of the El Musel area to build a terminal for the reception and storage of cem... Read more
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2018 – Sagunto local authorities have approved unanimously the agreement of Valencia port authority for the urban integration of the north zone of Sagunto port. The agreement includes, among other actions, t... Read more
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2018 – The new president of Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao), Ricardo Barkala, has taken up the office of the presidency at the port headquarters in Santurtzi. Spanish stat... Read more