Month: January 2018
Valencia port starts 2018 with new pilotage service fees
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Valencia port has started the year with new maximum fees for the pilotage service. The new tariffs represent...
Barcelona port tenders technical assistance services for LNG promotion
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has tendered the technical assistance services...
Balearic Islands port authority calls €1.9 million tender for maintenance of lighthouses
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has called a €1.9 million ($2.3 million)...
Portugal invites aquaculture tenders
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – From 28 December 2017 to 26 February 2018, applications for measures to support the Increase of...
PwC to present sea economy studies in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – PwC will present the 8th edition of the study “LEME – PwC Barometer of the Economy of the...
Working group set up to propose development of Faro port
Faro, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – The Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, published on Tuesday, January 2, the order to...
MSC and Royal Caribbean interested in La Spezia port investment
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
2018 ShortSeaShipping Days to have stronger international focus
Lübeck – The ShortSeaShipping Days will gain further in importance when the event is held for the third time next year. January 2, 2017 The well-established...
Supervisory board of Luka Rijeka d.d. announces management appointments
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – The Supervisory Board of Luka Rijeka d.d. was held on December 29, 2017, at which the decision on...
Labour strike at the port of Ashdod
Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – A strike has declared in the port of Ashdod, with mechanical and operating sector workers stopping the...
British Ports Association calls for bold vision from ministers ahead of New Year Fisheries Bill
31 December 2017 UK Fishing Ports Call for Bold Vision from Ministers Ahead of New Year Fisheries Bill British Ports Association publishes new research...
British Ports Association publishes 2018 priorities
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – The British Ports Association (BPA) has outlined its key priorities for 2018, including continued...
Cádiz port modifies concession of La Rampa association
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) has given the green light to the project...
Tenerife port cruise traffic rises 5% in Jan-Nov 2017
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Tenerife port handled 769,176 cruise passengers in the first eleven months of 2017, up 5% on the year. The...
Algeciras, Huelva ports discuss cooperation projects
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Huelva and Algeciras port authorities’ presidents, José Luis Ramos and Manuel Morón, respectively,...
Cádiz port to invest €21.2 million in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) plans to invest €21.16 million ($25.43...
A Coruña port posts largest rise of fresh fish cargo in Jan-Nov 2017
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – A Coruña port posted the highest growth of fresh fish handled in the first eleven months of 2017 among the...
Ireland aspires to steal fish traffic from Spain’s Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Ireland’s government has chosen Castletownbere to build a warehouse for the storage of fresh and frozen...
Spain’s Termicar applies for concession at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Spanish company Termicar Vigo SL, the operator of the ro-ro terminal of Vigo port, has applied for a concession...
COSCO sets up OceanRail Logistics in Greece
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Chinese COSCO Shipping and Ports Limited has announced the setting up of OceanRail Logistics S.A. The...