Griñó Ecològic applies to Tarragona port concession for waste
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Griñó Ecològic has applied for a 2,500-m2 concession in the Cantabria dock, inside the port of...
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Portugal: Mainland seaports cargo report – July 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Cargo handling in the mainland’s commercial port system grew by +4.7% between January and July 2024, totalling 52.3 million tonnes (mt), compared to the same period in 2023. In July alone, the ports handled 7.5 mt, +3.5%. The accumulated increase in movement in this seven-month period of…
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Euroports promotes offshore wind energy support
Port-la-Nouvelle, France (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Euroports has hosted a meeting of industry professionals to present its Aude wind terminal...
Trafigura acquires 50% of Meroil Tank in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Singapore-based Trafigura, a global commodities trader, has acquired 50% of Meroil Tank SL in the Port...
Port of Alicante installs the first G-One megabattery
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – The president of the Port Authority of Alicante, Luis Rodríguez, has inaugurated its first G-One, a...
Port of Bilbao awards technical cold ironing contract
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – As part of its Energy Transition Plan, the Bilbao Port Authority has launched the BilbOPS initiative,...
Konecranes acquires Peinemann subsidiaries in Rotterdam port
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Finland’s Konecranes will acquire Rotterdam-based Peinemann Port Services BV and Peinemann...
Reality check for cargo results on Russia’s Arctic NSR
Moscow, Russia (Ports Russia) October 21, 2024 – Despite the overly optimistic forecasts for the huge cargo transportation via Russian President Vladimir...
Boluda acquires Finnish towage company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering
Kokkula, Finland (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – Boluda has acquired the Finnish company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering (YHB), a family-owned company based in...
Port of Rijeka resumes rail transport
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – The Port of Rijeka has resumed rail cargo transport following a week of delays. It will be a further...
BioCNG-to-Cold Ironing, a new BlueBARGE sister project
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – BlueBARGE Project, a programme funded by the European Union (EU) Horizon Europe program involving 14...
Shortlisted for ESPO Award’24: Antwerp-Bruges port
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – The ESPO Award’24 is about “Port projects or strategies in the field of circular economy that...
UK: Port safety virtual event on December 3 and 4
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – The Maritime Safety Series: Port Edition virtual event will be held on December 3 and 4. It...
New lock allows “mega ships” to use Ghent-Terneuzen canal
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – The largest ever ship MV Bregaglia has sailed the Ghent-to-Terneuzen canal after a major civil...
334 kg of cocaine in bananas seized in Vlissingen port
Vlissingen, The Netherlands (Ports Europe) October 19, 2024 – The customs special task force (TBB) at the Netherlands’ port of Vlissingen seized 334 kg of...
KazTransOil increases exports via Aktau and Batumi
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 19, 2024 – In the first nine months of 2024, KazTransOil JSC transported 33.65 million tons of oil separately...
Batumi Sea Port receives Ecoports certificate
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) October 19, 2024 – Batumi Sea Port LLC, part of KazTransOil, has obtained a certification of compliance with the...
Construction tender for Croatia’s Novi Vinodolski port
Novi Vinodolski, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – A 12,417,673 euro tender for construction works in Croatia’s Adriatic leisure port of Novi...
Port of La Rochelle introduces cold ironing
La Rochelle, France (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Grand Port Maritime de La Rochelle has announced that it is now equipped with twelve new...
Rijeka Gateway receives first ZPMC cranes
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Rijeka Gateway project has received its first two STS cranes. The port equipment was manufactured...
Chrevon sends delegation to Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – A delegation from the U.S. energy company Chevron has visited Azerbaijan seeking alternatives to the...
Ports of Naples, Salerno subject to brief labour strikes
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – For a few hours this morning, the Ports of Naples and Salerno were subject to labour strikes lasting a...
Piraeus dockers prevent ship with arms sailing to Israel
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – Dock workers employed by China’s COSCO refused to handle a container which allegedly is carrying...
HAROPA provides quay to Siemens Gamesa
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – HAROPA’s Bougainville quay in Le Havre will be used to handle wind turbine blades for Siemens...
Israel attacks Latakia in Syria
Damascus, Syria (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Syrian Mediterranean city-port of Latakia has been subject to an attack by Israel, according to...
Port of Piombino inaugurates new logistics area
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Port of Piombinohas inaugurated a new industrial logistics areas at Darsena Est. This includes the...
Turkey: Seaport cargo by port, Jan-Sep 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for September...
Turkey’s Hopaport moves towards 1 million tons cargo
Hopa, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – Hopaport is heading towards 1 million tons of cargo in 2024, and could be looking at increasing this to 5...
Marseille port looks to boost business with India
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 17, 2024 – The French President’s Special Envoy for the IMEC, Gérard Mestrallet, has met with the...
Union calls for strike at Port of Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 17, 2024 – The New Port Workers’ Association (NCLP-Nuova compagnia lavoratori portuali) has called for an...
DFDS starts Trieste-Istanbul Ro-Ro service
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 17, 2024 – The ferry company DFDS is to start a new service between the port of Trieste and Martaş, Istanbul. It...
