Day: 18 January 2018
Valencia port to handle 197 cruise calls in 2018
Valencia (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Valencia port will handle 197 cruise calls this year and expects the number of cruise passengers to increase by 3%....
Castellón port books record-high cargo traffic in 2017
Castellón (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Castellón port closed 2017 with a record-high traffic of 17.9 million tonnes, up 4.9%, or 833,951 tonnes more than in...
Launch of Santander-Cork ferry line to lead to job openings
Santander (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo De la Serna, accompanied by the director of Brittany Ferries in Spain, Manuel...
Baleària presents eco fast ferry model
Ibiza (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Spanish company Baleária Eurolíneas Marítimas S.A. presented in Madrid its new “eco fast ferries” model ship...
Cartagena port president presents digital transformation strategy
Cartagena (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) president Antonio Sevilla has presented to the port...
Motril port officially opens passenger terminal
Motril (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Motril port has taken advantage of the launch of Fitur fair in Madrid on January 17 to deliver symbolically to the...
FlexiLoire inland river service starts between Nantes and Montoir-de-Bretagne
Nantes-St.Nazaire (France) January 18, 2018 – FlexiLoire, a new fluvial connection for the transport of heavy goods, containers and various freight...
Cyprus Shipping Chamber “goes Green”
Limassol, Cyprus, January 18, 2018 – The Cyprus Shipping Chamber has been awarded the “Green Offices” eco-certification, for...
Messina port in dispute with Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The crisis of the port of Gioia Tauro is likely to materialise in Messina, whose port authority does...
Cruise business could be key to Marina di Carrara
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – At a recent Porto Lab event in Carrara, the possible role of the cruise industry in the future of...
ICC orders Damietta Ports to pay Doosan $74 million
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – Damietta International Ports Company SAE and Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport (KGL) have been ordered by...