Month: September 2017
Barcelona stevedores refuse to handle government chartered vessel in port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Dockworkers at the port of Barcelona have refused to operate a cruise ship allegedly hired by the...
Yilport Leixões yields 11,900 TEU
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Between September 11-17, 2017, (week no. 37), Yilport Leixões received and operated 24 ships....
STX France future set for conclusion
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – The future of the STX France shipyards at a Franco-Italian summit on September. 27, but a further...
Grandi Navi Veloci lends two vessels to Spanish government
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Genoa-based Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) S.p.A. has lent two ferries to the Spanish government, apparently...
Málaga port approves tender for reconstruction of Levante, ADL docks
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) has approved the launch of a process for...
A Coruña port presents its advantages to Chinese investors
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The president of A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña), Enrique Losada, received...
MSC Cruises applies for construction of cruise terminal in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – MSC Cruises has officially filed for permission with Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Algeciras port cargo traffic rises 5.8% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 65.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 5.8% on the...
A Coruña port welcomes MSC Cruises’ MSC Fantasia ship for first time
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – MSC Cruises’ managing director for Spain, Emiliano González, has said he considers A Coruña to...
Pasaia port’s cargo traffic keeps declining
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Pasaia port cargo traffic returned to negative figures at the end of August, with losses of 21.9% compared...
Venice port loses 500,000 cruise passengers since 2013
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) said Venice port has lost nearly 500,000 cruise...
Ancona port passenger traffic rises 8% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Ancona port serviced 824,000 passengers in the first eight months of 2017, up 8% on the year. This year,...
Chinese companies Anhui, Zhongzhi representatives visit Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – Representatives of Chinese companies Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group and Zhongzhi New Energy Vehicle have...
Spanish government to introduce environmental sustainability criteria in ports law
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Spain’s government plans to start working on the amendment of the Ports Law in the country in...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado president says port mergers are not needed
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Spain does not need any mergers of port authorities as the current management structure allows the...
Valencia port books record-high container traffic in August
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Valencia port recorded the best month of August ever in terms of container traffic. The harbour’s...
Balearic ports cargo traffic rises 7% y/y in H1 2017
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Balearic Islands ports handled 6.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2017, up 7% on...
Balearic port authority launches probe into Solvalgaray
Savina, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has launched a probe into Spanish company...
US president’s protectionist strategy can cost dear to Italy
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The “America First” trade strategy of US president Donald Trump could cost dear to Italy...
Damen Shipyards plans to establish service hub in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – Damen Shipyards Group is to establish a service hub in the Russian port of Novorossiysk in a...