Month: September 2017
New environmental study for proposed Barreiro Container Terminal in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – The current environmental impact assessment of the Barreiro Container Terminal will be stopped and a...
Abruzzo to have special economic zone (ZES)
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Minister for the South of Italy Claudio De Vincenti has announced that the Abruzzo and Molise regions...
Cartagena port cargo traffic rises 11% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The unstoppable pace of growth of the port of Cartagena in recent years, which has made it the fourth...
Puertos del Estado authorises additional €5.6 million investment in Castellón port
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Spanish state ports agency Puertos del Estado has authorised the modification of the investment plan...
Croatia’s CERP accepts OT Logistics’ offer for 11.75% stake in Luka Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Croatia’s state asset management body CERP has accepted the bid of Polish company OT Logistics...
Málaga port’s solid bulk traffic soars
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Málaga port has experienced a major upturn in relation to solid bulk traffic since last week. This...
Valencia, Barcelona, Ferrol ports to attract largest investment from accessibility fund
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Up to 21 of the 28 port authorities of the Spanish state port system already have in their portfolios...
Bilbao port handles export of turbine pieces for offshore wind farm
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The “CC Biscay” pontoon left the port of Bilbao on August 31 carrying on its deck two large...
Valencia port prepares trade mission to China
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has started preparing a commercial mission...
Bordeaux port expects bids for TCSO terminal operation
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Bordeaux port invited bids for the operation of the Terminal Conteneurs du Sud-Ouest (TCSO)...
Italy’s Transport Regulatory Authority visits Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The recent visit to Trieste port of Autorità per la regolamentazione dei Trasporti (the Transport...
Azores islands ports expect record-high number of cruise calls in 2017
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The ports of the Azores islands in Portugal expects a record-high number of cruise...
Greece sees reduced cruise ship visitors
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Initial figures indicate that the local cruise ship industry will decrease in 2017. The Union of...
Intereuropa Group reports successful first half of 2017
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The improving economic conditions in Europe and the wider region as a whole in which the Intereuropa...
Portugal’s Funchal port to handle 20 cruise calls in September
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The port of Funchal will handle a total of 20 calls of cruise ships in September, while in Porto...
Lisbon port welcomes another ultra-luxury cruise ship
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Silver Muse is the latest ultra-luxury cruise ship has arrived in Lisbon August 30, where it ends an...
Tuscany court orders appointment of Filippo Nogarin on Livorno port’s board
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Tuscany administrative court has ordered the appointment of Filippo Nogarin on the board of the port...
Sines, Leixões, Lisbon ports are among top 200 largest container hubs globally
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The Portuguese ports of Sines, Leixões and Lisbon are among the 200 largest container ports in the...
Former employees of MCT block Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Employees of Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), Contship Italia Group’s flagship hub in the...
Terminal Container Ravenna to test new fast clearing procedures for automotive imports
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2017 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) is to be the testing port for new procedures on automotive imports....