Month: December 2017
Thessaloniki Port Authority privatisation delayed until December 21
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – The Greek state privatisation agency, TAIPED (Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund), has...
Dominican Republic officials visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – A delegation from the embassy of the Dominican Republic in Spain visited the port of Valencia on December...
Castellón port handles 2 million tonnes of clay in 2017
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Castellón port’s bulk terminal Portsur has started work this week to unload a ship from Ukraine...
A Coruña port awards Punta Langosteira fence construction contract
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) has awarded a €566,000 ($667,615) contract...
Barcelona port commissions quality mark study
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Barcelona port has commissioned a study from IESE Business School that will assess the benefits for...
Spain’s Decal to invest €25 million in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Spanish company Decal España S.A. plans to invest €25 million ($29.5 million) in the expansion of the...
Venice port authority to make €440 million investments in 2018-2020
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – The Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Canary Islands government pays €2.4 million compensation to Naviera Armas
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Canary Islands government has approved the payment of €2.4 million ($2.8 million) to Spanish shipping...
DSV to launch Zaragoza-Zhengzhou rail freight service
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Zaragoza dry port operator Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza (tmZ) plans to launch a regular freight rail...
Barcelona port to open railway terminal shortly
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Barcelona port plans to launch in the coming days a terminal for freight trains, increasing its capacity...
Huelva port analyses feasibility study on new logistic activities zone
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The board of directors of Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has analysed a feasibility...
Gijón port cargo traffic rises 17% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Gijón port handled 20.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 17% on the year. The...
Cádiz port to handle more than 300 cruise calls in 2017
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Cádiz port could end the year, for the first time, with more than 300 cruise calls. A total of 320,000...
Cartagena port’s largest project in administrative standstill
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The most ambitious project of Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena), the Gorguel...
Spain’s Partida Logística opens office at Motril port
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish logistics customs and logistics services company Partida Logística S.A. has opened an office at...
Barcelona port cargo traffic rises 26% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Barcelona port handled 56.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 26% on the...
Spanish government expects another record-high year at ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The cargo traffic will once again beat its absolute record in the ports of Spain. This was confirmed by the...