Month: February 2018
Málaga port, Public Ports Agency of Andalusia study potential cooperation
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The new director of the Public Ports Agency of Andalusia (APPA), Mariela Fernández-Bermejo, visited...
Vilagarcía port renews membership in EcoPorts
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Vilagarcía port has renewed its membership in the EcoPorts network, a port association composed of...
Seville port starts implementing RIS standard
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has started the work for the implementation of the...
Bayonne port reverses downward cargo traffic trend in 2017
Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Bayonne port has managed to reverse the downward trend in its traffic figures. In 2017, it handled 1.26%...
Italy’s parliament approves integration of Monfalcone port into Trieste-based port authority
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The Chamber of Deputies of Italy’s Parliament has given the green light to the integration of...
Bilbao port president to resign in June
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) president Asier Atutxa plans to resign in June to...
Event: Green Logistics Expo – Padua, March 7-9, 2018
Padua, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The Green Logistics Expo will take place March 7-9, 2018, in Padua, in the Veneto region of northeast,...
Piraeus Port Authority claims alleged state interference
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Cosco-controlled Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) in Greece has challenged the state-owned Public...
IGY Marinas adds Marina di Porto Cervo, Sardinia, to portfolio
Ajaccio, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – International marina operator and developer, Island Global Yachting (IGY Marinas), has...
European shipowners urge for certainty as soon as possible on EU/UK trade framework
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) has participated in the European...
Yilport announces Lisbon and Leixões port container terminal investments
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Yilport, an operator of several port terminals in Portugal, intends to invest around €200 million...
Gibraltar delegation attends International Petroleum Week and International Bunker Industry Association gala dinner in London
Gibraltar (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – A delegation of the Gibraltar Ports Authority (GPA) in London to attend International Petroleum (IP) Week...
Algeciras port hosts meeting of Mediterranean, Atlantic corridors workgroup
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Algeciras port hosted the first meeting of the year of the working group of ports and intermodal...
Barcelona’s BEST terminal launches operations centre
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST), a Hutchison Ports terminal, has recently launched a new...
Top 10 container firms control 90% of global container fleet
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Over 87% of the fleet capacity of the 67 largest global container transport companies is controlled by...
Huelva port presents its competitive advantage in short sea sector
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Huelva port promoted its competitive advantage in short sea shipping at a conference in Huelva, organised by...
Barcelona port invites more companies to join its sustainability plan
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The sustainability plan of Barcelona port has opened a new period of expansion to add more companies and...