Month: December 2017
Marseille Fos port attends SIFEL trade show in Agadir
Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – In November 2017, representatives of the port of Marseille Fos attended the 15th edition of the...
China’s BYD to set up electric car production plant in Tangier, Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The BYD group of China is to set up a production unit of electric cars near Tangier in the north of...
Mallorca ports face increased concession charges
Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Ports in Spain are owned by the government and leased to companies under concession deals, but this is...
Genoa port looks to increase business as part of the new Silk Road
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Following a trade mission to Hong Kong and Shenzen in November and organized by the Propeller club, the...
Cosco Shipping launches regular container service from the port of Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – On December 7, 2017, the shipping group Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd launched a regular service from...
Valenciaport confirms its commitment to the new Silk Road in Tianjin (China)
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The general director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Port Authority of Valencia),...
Siemens exports first wind turbine equipment under “Made in Morocco”
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Following the inauguration of its wind turbine blade factory in October 2017 in Tangier, Siemens...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Gijón port to handle 17 cruise calls next year
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Gijón port has scheduled for next year a total of 17 cruise calls for the period between April and...
Spediporto expects rise in Chinese e-commerce exports by sea
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Italian shipment companies association Spediporto (Associazione Spedizionieri Corrieri E Trasportatori...
Cartagena relaunches services after windstorm in morning of Dec 11
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Cartagena port has restored all its services after the windstorm at the morning of December 11, although...
Baleària to start operating at Valencia, Sagunto, Gandía ports on Dec 14
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. plans to start providing ferry and cruise passenger...
Las Palmas port calls tender for road construction at Reina Sofía dock
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has called a tender for the construction of...
Transcont CV to relocate HQ to Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Valencia regional association of self-employed persons in the container traffic sector Transcont CV...
Pasaia port joins Cruise Europe association
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Pasaia port has become a member of association Cruise Europe, which brings together some 100 ports in the...
British Ports looking for Brexit cross border trade solutions
London, United Kingdom, (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The British Ports Association’s Chief Executive, Richard Ballantyne, has welcomed last...
Constanta port announces port awards
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Companiei Naționale Administrația Porturilor Maritime SA Constanța (National Company of Maritime...
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation opens new factory in Manisa, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that the new factory of Mitsubishi Electric Turkey Klima...
Decathlon unveils largest logistics centre in Morocco in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The last stage of the Decathlon logistics platform, with an investment of more than MAD 100 million ,...
Alberia’s new El Hamdania port delayed
El Hamdania, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The project of the port of El Hamdania in the region of Tipasa, has been slightly delayed and the...