Month: April 2018
Friuli Venezia Giulia awards Monfalcone port consultancy contract
Monfalcone, Italy (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – The regional government of Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) has awarded the tender for the technical service for...
Las Palmas port’s cargo, passenger traffic rises in Q1 2018
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – Las Palmas port has maintained the dynamics of recent months and registered in March 2018 increases in...
Cargill to invest €18.2 million in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – Cargill, the international commodity company, plans to invest €18.2 million ($22.2 million) in expanding...
Ljubljana Declaration; FEPORT Position Paper on Investment Needs in Ports
Ljubljana, Slovenia (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – FEPORT, an organisation which represents the interests of large variety of terminal operators and...
Andalusia invest in repair of the breakwater of Almería Garrucha port
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing has issued a tender for the repair of the breakwater of the port...
Repsol plans investment maintenance at Sines port complex
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – Repsol, the Spanish energy company, has announced that it will invest about €60 million in the...
Portuguese government sets up working group to address collective labour agreement
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – The Ministries of the Sea and Finance has announce the creation of a working group to study and analyze...
TEN-T Days 2018: Connecting Europe with investment in innovative mobility solutions
From 25 – 27 April 2018 26 Ministers, 17 of which are from European Union Member States, and over 2,000 transport experts and decision-makers will join the...
Puerto América, Cádiz port, receives further investment
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA – Public...
Mazagón port, near Huelva, receives investment of €830,000
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, via Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA – Public...
Tenerife port to dismiss board member
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – Tenerife port (Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife) plans to dismiss José Rafael Díaz as a board...
Vopak Terquimsa to expand facilities at Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – The Vopak Terquimsa port terminal (Terminales Químicos), specialised in the storage, treatment and...
Bilbao port cargo traffic rises in Q1 2018
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – Bilbao port handled between January and March a total of 8.6 million tonnes, 22% more than in the same period of...
APM Terminals Gijón names general director
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – Since the beginning of April, Miguel Ruiz has assumed the position of general director of APM Terminals Gijón,...
Barcelona port is among six finalists in “Seaport of the Year” awards
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – Barcelona port has been among the six finalists in the “Seaport of the Year” awards of the...
Galp maintains commitment to Valencia port’s Ecoport II Project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – Portuguese energy group Galp maintains its commitment to the Ecoport II Project, an initiative launched by...
Ecologists in Action urge the Spanish government to support an Emission Control Area in the Mediterranean
April 19, 2018 The German organisation, Control Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (henceforth NABU), together with Ecologists in Action, have carried...