Month: December 2017
Spain’s Boluda profit rises 30% in 2016
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima recorded a profit of €36 million ($42.3 million) in 2016,...
Alicante port authority names board member
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) has appointed Antonio López as a board member...
Port of Sète receives first cargo of fruits in years
Sète, France (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The Baltic Klipper freighter has docked at Sète port from Toamasina (Madagascar) to deliver 8,000...
LafargeHolcim starts cement exports from Algeria’s Arzew port
Oran, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – LafargeHolcim Algeria has completed its first cement export on Tuesday – 16600 tons of gray...
Huelva port set for investments
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The Minister of Development and Housing of the Junta de Andalucía, Felipe López, announced this...
World Economic Forum – Global Competitive Index 2017-2018 – Port Infrastructure
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The World Economic Forum reports that ten years on from the global financial crisis, the prospects...
Escola Europea – a focus on intermodal transport
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Since its foundation 10 years, Escola Europea is now focussed more on consultancy and project...
Valenciaport Foundation reviews 2018 financial budget
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Valenciaport Foundation has held its ordinary Board of Trustees for the month of December, in order to...
Valencia port ready to participate in China’s OBOR initiative
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Francesc Sánchez has participated in...
Ibiza port launches new border control office
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Ibiza port has a new office for border control exercised by the General Commissariat of Foreigners and...
Spain’s Consulmar acquires 80% stake in Amarres Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Spanish port services provider Consulmar S.R.L. has acquired 80% stake in the capital of Amarres Ceuta S.L.,...
Huelva port cargo traffic rises 3.6% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Huelva port handled 29.3 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 3.59% on the year,...
Portugal hopes to award concession of Barreiro terminal in 2020
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The Portuguese government expects a concession of Barreiro multipurpose terminal at Lisbon port to be...
France to invest €14.3 million in Bayonne port 2017-2023
Bayonne, France (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – France’s regional government of Nouvelle-Aquitaine plans to invest a total of €14.3 million ($16.8...
China, Switzerland eye investments in Italian ports on the Tyrrhenian Sea
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – China has a strong interest in investing in Italian ports and especially in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the president...
Morocco signs 26 local automotive projects
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Moroccan government has signed deals for 26 auto industry projects, including several with Renault...
Ashdod port signs Ericsson agreement
Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Port of Ashdod has signed an agreement with Ericsson Israel Ltd. for the acquisition and...