LonjaGijón-Musel to restructure capital
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2019 – LonjaGijón-Musel, a company controlled by Port Authority of Gijón which operates and administers the fishing market, will carry out a…
Venice port becoming increasingly expensive for large cruise vessels
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 20, 2019 – Venice port becomes increasingly expensive for large cruise ships - a call in the port now costs up to €150,000 ($169,600). The increase…
Huelva port awards €40 million contract to Spain’s Ferrovial
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2019 – Huelva port authority has awarded a €40 million ($45.2 million) contract to Spanish civil engineering company Ferrovial for the expansion of…
Valencia port to tender power substation project in Q4
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2019 – Valencia port plans to tender in the fourth quarter of 2019 for the construction of an electrical substation, with…
Cádiz port president takes part in Andalusia-Morocco business meeting
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2019 – Cádiz port's president Teófila Martínez participated in the Andalusia-Morocco Business Meeting 2019, organised by the Extenda agency in Rabat, Morocco.…
AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (Augusta) and Transport Malta sign agreement
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) June 20, 2019 - Transport Malta has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia…
Thessaloniki Port Authority reviews first year of the current administration and the next steps
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 20, 2019 - Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) has provided a review of the first year of the current administration and…
GMC to acquire Zouros group, a Greek towage company
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 20, 2019 - A letter of intent has been signed for GMC to acquire 80% of the assets and operational interests…
EBRD provides loan towards Tekirdag port privatisation
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to provide a $17.5 million (€15.78 million) loan to…
Container traffic at Valenciaport sees 10% growth in the five first months of 2019
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 - Valenciaport container traffic increased 10% in the first five months of 2019, reaching 2,298,602 TEU. Full containers recorded a…
Ports 4.0 Insomnia Tech Summit ’19” forum takes place June 27 Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 - The "Ports 4.0 Insomnia Tech Summit '19" forum will take place in Valencia on June 27, organised by…
Las Palmas port carrying out projects worth €42.5 million
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP - Port Authority of Las Palmas) has said it is currently carrying…
Cagliari International Container Terminal issues dismissal notices to 210 employees
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Cagliari International Container Terminal (CICT) has issued collective dismissal notices to 210 employees. The trade unions have responded rapidly and…
AdSP – del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (Palermo) to tender €31 million port overhaul projects
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP - Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority) has launched two…
Moody’s downgrades Mersin International Port to B1 from Ba2
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Moody's Investors Service has downgraded to B1 from Ba2 the corporate family rating (CFR) of Turkey's largest container port Mersin…
Thessaloniki port names CEO
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) has appointed Franco Nicola Cupolo as Director with delegate functions as Chief Excecutive Officer (CEO). Sotirios Theophanis…
Málaga port calls for completion of Mediterranean transport corridor
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Málaga port authority president Carlos Rubio, has called for the completion of the Mediterranean transport corridor infrastructure. Rubio,…
Asturias initiates plan to adapt ports to climate crisis
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – The Asturias regional government has signed a collaboration agreement with the Foundation Institute of Environmental Hydraulics of Cantabria…
The Ambassador of Lithuania visits Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 - The Ambassador of Lithuania to Italy, Ričardas Šlepavičius, has paid a visit to the port of Genoa. The…
Valencia port president meets AGRO Merchants managers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 - The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV - Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia), Aurelio Martínez, and the general…