Day: 2 May 2018
Trade unions cancel strike at La Spezia port
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – Italian trade union Cgil suspended the strike of employees of La Spezia port scheduled for April 28- May 3 on...
Siracusa port expects 75 cruise calls in April-November
Siracusa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – Siracusa port expects 75 cruise calls in the period between April and November, with over 130,000 tourists in...
Livorno mayor leaves port authority board
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – Livorno mayor Filippo Nogarin has left the board of directors of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Italy’s Confindustria hopes next government will have Ministry of the Sea
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – Italian business confederation Confindustria hopes that the next government will establish a Ministry of the Sea...
Thessaloniki Port Authority approves financial results for 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – ON April 30, 2018, the Board of Directors of Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) approved the...
Yang Ming starts Koper port service
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – Yang Ming, a Taiwan-based shipper, has set up a new weekly service between Koper and the ports of Piraeus...
EU: Ocean energy – a sustainable blue growth opportunity for Europe
EU: Ocean energy – a sustainable blue growth opportunity for Europe, April 27, 2018 On 27 March, Commissioner Vella met with 20 leading companies operating...
Tanger Med Port Authority to improve customs service
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – The Customs and Excise Administration (ADII) and Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) have reached an...
Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza reports 20% TEU growth in 2017
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – In 2017, the Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza (tmZ) saw volume handled rise by 20% to around 350,000 TEU by...
Trieste port to develop cooperation with China’s Zhuzhou
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Zhuzhou, a metropolis of about 4 million inhabitants located in southern China, and the Italian Friuli Venezia...
Kanal Istanbul – post-election priority for Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the first initiative of his government after winning...