Month: January 2018
La Spezia Container Terminal installs new safety cameras
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) has installed of the first two Blaxtair smart cameras, fitted on...
Lisbon port sees improves 2017 cargo figures
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – The Port of Lisbon handled over 12.1 million tons of cargo in 2017, up 19% on 2016. Containers...
Piraeus Port’s car terminal reports 19.13% increase was reported at the car terminal
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – A 19.13% increase was recorded at the car terminal of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) in 2017, with...
Piraeus Port Authority contracts Huawei Technologies to modernise network infrastructure
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) SA has contracted Huawei Technologies SA to modernise of the PPA network...
Adif will advise Croatia on development and modernization of railway infrastructure
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – The president of Adif, Juan Bravo, the Secretary of State for Infrastructure of Croatia, Nikolina...
Contship sees reduced container traffic in 2017
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Contship Italia Group, a maritime container terminal and intermodal operator, saw container volumes drop...
Yilport plans 2018 Iberian investment
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Yilport, part of Turkey’s Yildirim group, is looking to exand its Iberian operations in 2018....
China Merchants Port Holdings shows interest in Alicante port
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – China Merchants Port Holdings is reported as being interested in Alicante’s Free Trade Zone and...
Valencia hosts annual meeting of Multiport association
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Valencia port hosted last week the annual meeting of the Multiport association. Multiport is a global...
Alicante port considers indoor solid bulk warehouse construction
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) president Juan Antonio Gisbert has proposed the...
Barcelona port’s net profit rises 50% in 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Barcelona port recorded a net profit of €50 million ($62.4 million) in 2017, up 50% from the €33.4...
Spanish government amends Barcelona port’s railway accesses project
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has announced a redesign in the project of new rail...
Spanish trade union applies for extension of transition period in stevedoring sector
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Coordinadora has applied for the extension by one year of the transition...
Cádiz, Algeciras port extend cooperation with University of Cádiz
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – The University of Cádiz (UCA) and the port authorities of Cádiz (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) and...
Barcelona port dockworkers approve collective labour agreement
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – The General Assembly of dockworkers of Barcelona approved unanimously the new collective labour agreement...
Government opens €1.6 million tender to modernize Setúbal and Lisbon ports
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – The Ministry of the Sea has announced the opening of the tender for the modernization of traffic...
Basque government proposes new president of Pasaia port authority
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – The Basque government has proposed Felix Garciandia Telleria for the position of president of Pasaia port...
A Coruña port reports record cargo traffic in 2017
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – A Coruña port handled in 2017 for the first time more than 15 million tonnes of cargo traffic, the port...
Bilbao port can increase container traffic by 40% in ten years
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – Bilbao port recorded 7% growth in cargo traffic last year, which is a sign of its strength and stability,...
Spanish company applies for construction of LNG storage facility at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) will be on the table of the first board meeting of Las Palmas port...