Month: November 2017
Port of Leixões receives delegation from Mozambique
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – On October 6, the Port of Leixões was visited by a delegation from the Ministry of Economy and...
Thessaloniki port sees increased trade in first three quarters of 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – In the first three quarters of 2017, total tonnage from Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA)...
Puertos del Estado expects port cargo traffic to rise to 530 million tonnes in 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has said he expects...
Cespa Gestión, Saisa Port to open facilities at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Spanish companies Cespa Gestión de Residuos and Saisa Port have decided to settle in Bilbao port to...
A Coruña port’s 9-month 2017 cargo traffic rises 7%
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Fishing and bulk have driven a new growth in traffic in the port of A Coruña estimated at 7% between...
Algeciras port to carry out trade mission to Asia in November
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras), Singapore Shipping Association...
Motorway of the Sea to Tangier allows Vigo to receive fresh fish in 36 hours
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – No European port would dispute Vigo harbour’s leadership in the handling of fish for human...
Messina port to join Sicily’s special economic zone
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Italy’s government plans to include Messina port in the special economic zone (SEZ) that it plans...
Pasaia port orders trade union to remove Catalan flag from its office
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Spanish trade union LAB has accused Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia) of denying the...
Spanish competition watchdog launches probe into docking companies, trade unions
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Spanish competition regulator Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has launched...
Global Ports Holding to open new state-of-the-art terminal in Lisbon Cruise Port
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Global Ports Holding, the operator of Lisbon Cruise Terminal, will soon open it new terminal at the...
Neptune Lines returns to Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Piraeus-based Neptune Lines had restarted the use of Valencia port with the Neptune Odyssey callig at...
Chinese delegation attends economic forum in Constanta port
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – China is gaining more and more land in Romania. For nearly two decades, cheap Chinese goods have...
Ukraine conference discusses port fees
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – During the first international conference “Money and Ports”, which took place on October...
APM Terminals Valencia loads 130-tonne boiler at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Spanish company APM Terminals Valencia handled a project cargo consisting of a 130-tonne boiler at the...
Alicante port starts discussions on business plan for 2018
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) has started series of working meetings with...
Fuerteventura government calls for subsidies for Puerto del Rosario-Tarfaya regular link
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – The president of Fuerteventura island’s government, Marcial Morales, has called on the government of...
Vilagarcía port records second-best ten-month cargo traffic figures
Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Vilagarcía port is consolidating its excellent results. The port handled a total of 998,142 tonnes of...
Liguria regional government wants more autonomy of Genoa, Savona, La Spezia ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Liguria regional government president Giovanni Toti has said he wishes to initiate talks for increasing the...
Costa Cruises to increase traffic at Bari port in next two years
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Bari local government and representatives of Costa Cruises have discussed the potential launch of a partnership...