Month: September 2017
Grimaldi group will present the case of Hellenic Seaways in Brussels
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2017 – The Italian shipping group Grimaldi Lines is preparing a complaint to be sent to the European...
CNMC authorizes Cosco Shipping taking control of Noatum Ports
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 3, 2017 – La Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has authorized the takeover of Noatum...
Genoa port suspends usage of part of Andrea Doria dock
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Genoa port has suspended the use of part of the Andrea Doria dock, used for ferry and cruise ships. The...
Madeira regional government changes programme agreement signed with port authority
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The regional government of Madeira decided to change the programme contract signed with APRAM –...
Setúbal port increases towing capacity
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Danish safety and support services firm Svitzer A/S will significantly increase its towing capacity...
Sevastopol port names president
Sevastopol, Crimea (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Sevastopol port has named Sergey Emelyanov president. The appointment of Emelyanov was approved by...
Cruise Shipping and Urban Development: The Case of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The International Transport Forum (ITF) has published a report which assesses the impacts of cruise...
ITF: Local Governments and Ports report
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The International Transport Forum (ITF) has published a report that compares the different ways in...
Vigo port president says harbour resists to stowage, BIP problems
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has presented...
Algeciras port delegation to visit Peru
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) and a delegation of companies from...
Tenerife port to handle 300,000 cruise passengers this season
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The cruise season begins in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in September, when it is expected to...
Royal Caribbean names EMEA commercial development director
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – US cruise group Royal Caribbean Cruises has appointed Ana Karina Santini as commercial development...
Málaga port to take part in Seatrade Europe
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – Málaga port will participate in “Seatrade Europe”, an important international meeting of...
Cosco expects rise in container transport demand in H2 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. Ltd. reported a profit in the first half of the year and expects that...
Castellón port cargo traffic rises by 10.9% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – Castellón port cargo traffic rose by 10.9% on the year in the first seven months of 2017,...
Vigo port mulls concession of wholesale fish market
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said that...
Koper port’s president likely to be dismissed in October
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The president of Luka Koper d.d., the operator of Slovenia’s sole port of Koper,...
HMM starts tests of IoT technology for reefer containers
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has started a test of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology in its...
Polesine ports and Venice port system look for synergies
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – At a meeting between Pino Mussolino, Chairman of the Port Authority System of Venice, Secretary...
Friuli Venezia Giulia and Fincantieri to create cruise industry academy
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Fincantieri S.p.A. plan to sign a Memorandum of...