Month: October 2017
Barcelona port’s freight railway traffic expands
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The railway traffic at Barcelona port rose by 7.34% in the first nine months of 2017 to a total of...
EC adopts three directives on passenger ship security
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) has reinforced the security of passenger ships by adopting three directives...
Genoa-based port authority to renew services contract with CULMV
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Genoa-based port authority plans to sign on October 31 an agreement that delays the expiry of the contract with...
Castellón port advances in environmental protection strategy
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Castellón port continues to advance in its commitment to environmental protection. The harbour...
Valencia port to host corporate responsibility event on October 24
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will host the inaugural event of the Corporate...
Turkey’s Yilport considers Ferrol container terminal to be its most important project
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Turkish conglomerate Yilport looks at the Ferrol container terminal in Spain with great enthusiasm, due to the...
Bordeaux port introduces new waste collection system
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Bordeaux Port Atlantique (port of Bordeaux) has introduced a new process for the disposal of waste...
Marfret uses starcool reefers for import of avocados to Spain
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – At the Fruit Attraction 2017 fair French shipping group Marfret has presented its services for the...
Algeciras port cargo traffic declines 4.65% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 73.81 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2017, down 4.65% on...
France’s CMA CGM launches line linking Algeciras to South America
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM has announced the launch of a regular line connecting the east coast of...
Castellón cargo traffic rises 10% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Castellón port’s cargo traffic rose by 10% on the year in the first nine months of 2017 to...
Huelva port operates 30 trains monthly at Majarabique railway hub
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) president José Luis Ramos has said the Majarabique...
Groupe PSA exports first C3 Aircross cars through Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French carmaker Groupe PSA has exported the first C3 Aircross car produced at the Opel factory in Zaragoza...
Road transport associations to block truck traffic at Genoa port on Nov 2, 3
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Italian freight road transport associations Cna-Fita, Confartigianato Trasporti, Fai-Conftrasporto and...
Razel-Bec will build a bridge near future terminal of Cape Janet
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – The Grand Port Maritime of Marseille (GPMM) is preparing for the development of the new Cape Janet...
Ukrainian minister visits Mykolaiv port
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan has visited the Mykolayiv region and met with...
Estonia and Italy to develop transport corridor via Odessa
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – EVR Cargo, the Estonian state-owned rail cargo operator, is in negotiations with the port of Trieste to...