Month: January 2018
Algeciras port expects 5 million TEUs of container traffic in 2018
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – Algeciras port closed 2017 with a cargo traffic of 101.4 million tonnes and 4.4 million TEUs in the...
Portolab project disembarks in the port naval of Carrara
Carrara, Italy, January 24, 2018 The Portolab project disembarks in the port naval of Carrara. This year 400 pupils of the primary schools will visit the port...
Malta: Cruise traffic increases in Oct-Dec 2017
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 Total cruise passenger traffic during the fourth quarter of 2017 amounted to 187,280, an increase of 5.5% over...
Hutchinson Ports increases Barcelona port terminal capacity
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – BEST (Barcelona Europe South Terminal) has increased its capacity to handle the world’s largest...
Reconstruction works start at Bar port, Montenegro
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – The companies Aqua Mont Service and Aqua Mont have started work on reconstructing structures around...
Avilés port cargo traffic declines in 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Avilés port cargo traffic declined by 3.29% in 2017 to 4.971 million tonnes, despite the higher amount of...
Spain handles 9 million cruise passengers in 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, emphasized with its presence in the Fitur fair in Madrid...
Avilés port awards railway signalisation deal to Alstom
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Avilés port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has awarded a contract for the installation of...
Huelva port books record-high cargo traffic in 2017
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) president, José Luis Ramos, has showed his...
Valencia port handles largest container ship ever
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 23, 2018 – Valencia port handled last weekend a call of the “MSC Eloane” vessel, the ship with the largest...
Sicily government official applies for launch of dredging at Mazara del Vallo port
Trapani, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Sicily regional government official Maurizio Croce has applied for the start of dredging works at Mazara...
Italy’s Contship executes series of phase-in, phase-out operations at Cagliari port
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Contship Italia Group has completed a series of phase-in and phase-out operations at Cagliari port of...
Piraeus Port Authority has presented its proposals for the port master plan
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has presented at a public consultation its proposals for the...
Puertos Canarios joins Medcruise association
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Puertos Canarios has joined the Medcruise organisation. MedCruise is the Association...
Huelva port seeks to sign ten-year shipyard concession
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) plans to sign a concession for the operation of the...
Genoa port to launch railway upgrade of PSA Voltri-Prà terminal in March
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Genoa port plans to start the project for the increase of the capacity of the railway access to the PSA...
Cádiz port to participate in Boot Düsseldorf
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) plans to participate in the leading...
Barcelona port to invest €140 million in cruise traffic reorganisation
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Barcelona port plans to invest €140 million ($171.5 million) in the reorganisation of its cruise...
Las Palmas port awards 30 contracts in 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) awarded a total of 30 contracts for works...
MSC top managers to meet in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – The headquarters of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Spain, located in Valencia, will host on February...