Month: October 2017
Bids received for Krk floating terminal
Krk, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – A total of 27 bids have been submitted for the purchase of an LNG floating terminal (FSRU) to be located on...
Bordeaux Port Authority, VNF and EPIDOR sign a charter for development of river tourism
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) October 21, 2017 – Whilst the port of Bordeaux (Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux) has developed a cruise industry, there...
Balearic ports oust Barcelona from leadership in cruise sector in August
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Although for a small margin, for the first time in its history the ports of the Balearic Islands have...
D’Amico to invest $131 million in construction of three LR1 tankers
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – d’Amico International Shipping plans to invest $131 million (€111 million) in the construction of its...
MSC Cruises upgrates Mediterranean offer with Venice itinerary
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – MSC Cruises has enriched its offer in the Eastern Mediterranean for the summer of 2018 with a new itinerary of...
Leixões port passenger traffic rises 42% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Leixões port handled 83,120 passengers in the first nine months of 2017, up 42% on the year, recording...
Italy’s Fincantieri starts building sixth cruise ship for Viking
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. has started the construction in Ancona of the sixth unit of a series of...
Livorno port experiences rise in traffic of new cars
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Livorno port has seen a significant increase in the traffic of new cars, as the two operators active in the...
Tenerife port to handle six cruise vessels this weekend
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Tenerife port will handle six cruise vessels this weekend, with a total of 13,000 passengers. On October 20,...
Alicante to lose status of home cruise port in 2018
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Alicante port will lose its status as a home cruise port in 2018, as Pullmantur, owner of the...
Port of Sète looks to new developments
Sète, France (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – The Port of Sète (Port de Sète Sud de France) board of directors of the port’s infrastructure have...
Las Palmas port meets Brazilian exporters to boost traffic of fruits, vegetables
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) held a meeting with representatives of...
OPDR service improves Cartagena port’s position on horticultural market
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) continues to promote its...
Andalusian ports handle 4.2 million tonnes of fruits, vegetables in 2016
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – The Andalusian ports, namely Almería, Algeciras Bay, Cádiz, Huelva, Málaga, Motril and Seville, handled a...
Yilport provides Galicia with a new logistics hub in the port Of Ferrol
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – “We have the opportunity to develop a unique project in a unique port, with incredible features,...
Valencia port participates in ECG Conference
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) attends today and tomorrow the ECG Conference, an...
Two companies to build warehouses at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) has started working on two new concessions for the...