Month: March 2018
Gijón port again fails to sell its former headquarters
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Gijón port has decided to open “a period of analysis” to see what it does with the two annexed...
Palma de Mallorca port’s cruise traffic to reach record-high in 2018
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – This year the port of Palma de Mallorca will register a record-high number of cruise ships, as their...
Valencia port detects radioactive cargo
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is keeping a container and three full trucks...
Marín enters list of Spanish cruise ports
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Marín port entered the ranking of cruise ports in Spain with a total of 143 passengers in 2017. They were the...
Spain’s Partido Popular proposes port digitalisation plan
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish ruling political party Partido Popular (PP) has proposed to the Congress a plan to promote the...
Spain’s Oryx to unload 75,000 tonnes of fuel at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – The British Tradition tanker, 274 metres long, will unload next week 75,000 tonnes of fuel and marine diesel...
Marbella city government applies with Málaga port for lighthouse concession
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – The City Council of Marbella municipality has applied with Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria...
British Ports Association consults with new UK Maritime Minister
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – The British Ports Association (BPA) has held a meeting with new UK Maritime Minister Nus Ghani to...
British Ports Association comments on UK prime minister’s March 2 speech on future economic partnership with the EU
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – British Ports Association (BPA) Policy Manager Mark Simmonds has commented on UK Prime Minister...
Bordeaux port named international ship recycling site authorised by the EU
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – In January 2018, the European Union has published a list of international ship recycling sites authorised...
Marseille port delegation to attend SITL Europe 2018 logistics exhibition
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Via Marseille Fos, the association promoting the port of Marseille Fos and its professionals, will...
Puertos del Estado continues to invest in the local cruise industry
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – In 2017 Spanish ports exceed 9.2 million cruise passengers, a result of a long-standing commitment by the...
Special economic zone to be located near Italy’s Ortona port
Pescaro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2018 – The Government is to establish a Special Economic Zone in the province of Chieti near the port of Ortona....
Taranto is a candidate for Horizon 2020
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2018 – The Municipality of Taranto was one of the promoters of the SoCRatE (Symbiotic Circular and Regenerative...
Argo project set to benefit port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2018 – As the result of an agreement between Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia (Friuli Venezia Giulia Region),...
Thessaloniki port link to pathe motorway moves forward
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) March 4, 2018 – By October 30, 2018, Egnatia Odos SA will have completed the study linking the port of Thessaloniki...
USPA announces plans for Reni port in Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 3, 2018 – Bio-Line-Reny Ltd. is to implement a two-stage project to develop facilities at the port of Reni, an...
Livorno port to attend Seatrade Cruise Global event in Florida
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 3, 2018 – The port of Livorno, together with Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (North...
Polzug Intermodal in Georgia taken over by HHLA
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Polzug Intermodal in Georgia has been taken over by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and now operates...
Portuguese Minister of the Sea promotes the single logistics window
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has said that in the first three years of the implementation of...