Month: August 2017
Marsa Morocco injects MAD 13 million in its subsidiary SMA
Agadir, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – Less than a year after its creation, Société de Manutention d’Agadir (SMA) has raised its capital...
Drewry foresees global demand increase in sea cargo traffic of up to 4% in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – According to the latest report from consultancy Drewry Shipping, a strong growth in freight traffic was...
Ports de la Generalitat to rely on LED lighting
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Ports de la Generalitat, the institution managing the ports owned by Catalonia regional government, has...
Valencia port launches car share app for employees
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – People working within the port area of Valencia will have an easier time getting to work thanks to an...
Marín port cargo traffic exceeds 1 million tonnes in H1 2017
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – The provisional balance of cargo traffic in Marín port during the first six months of the year shows a...
Maersk Line lifts tariffs of Mediterranean-Far East container service
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Danish company Maersk Line has announced an increase in tariffs for all types of goods in its services...
Tenerife port awards works for electrification of San Sebastián port
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife) has awarded the works to provide the...
Cartagena port handles 91,000 cruise passengers in H1 2017
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – A total of 91,000 passengers have arrived in Cartagena port on the 59 cruise calls that have docked in the...
Portuguese seaports hit record-high cargo traffic in H1 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Portuguese seaports moved a record-high 48.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of the year, an...
APM Terminals Tangier handles its biggest container ship ever
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – APM Terminals Tangier, the largest and most modern north African port facility, has celebrated its ten...
Barcelona, Koper ports cooperate to boost handling of new cars at Motorways of the Sea
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Barcelona and Koper ports are carrying out the CarEsmatic project to boost the transport of new vehicles on...
Madeira government to launch tender for ferry services to mainland Portugal
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – The regional government of Madeira is finalising the launch of an international tender for a weekly ferry...
Ukraine prepares lawsuit against Russia over losses in port sector
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Ukraine is preparing a lawsuit against Russia, which imposed restrictions on shipping through the Kerch-Yenikal...
Azeri oil exports through Novorossiysk port rise 31% y/y in H1 2017
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – The exports of Azeri oil through Russia’s Novorossiysk port rose by 31% on the year in the first...
Guglielmi has been appointed Secretary General of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale
Augusta, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Carlo Guglielmi has been appointed Secretary General of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di...
Baleària reinforces links to North Africa
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Baleària has reinforced the services that connect with north Africa, both in terms of...
EC to finance LNG project of Gas Natural-Fenosa
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) will finance the Eco-Gate project, a plan for the development of compressed...
Valencia regional government names port board member
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Valencia regional government has appointed José Vicente Herrera Arrando as proprietary board member of...
Barcelona court orders Gas Natural-Fenosa to pay tax for port plant
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – A Barcelona court has ordered Spanish company Gas Natural-Fenosa to pay €13.78 million ($16.31 million) to...
A Coruña port cargo traffic rises 1.52% y/y in H1 2017
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The port of A Coruña handled more than 6.8 million tonnes of cargo during the first half of the year, the...