Month: May 2018
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...
Liquidation of Biodiesel Alicante, the company that could not open factory in Alicante port due to local rejection
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Alicante port has been in the news in recent days for the confrontation between the president of the port...
Cartagena port completes construction of road linking it to Escombreras docks
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) has completed the works on the service road that...
Las Palmas port takes advantage of USA-China trade battle
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Las Palmas port is taking advantage from the open commercial battle between the United States and China. The...
Ceuta port to launch cruise season on June 16
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The cruise ship Thomson Spirit of the company Thomson Cruises will be in charge of giving the starting signal of the...
Valencia Consular Corps visits port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The Consular Corps of Valencia has held a meeting with the Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Grimaldi renews fleet with €1 billion investment
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Italian shipping company Grimaldi has renewed its fleet with investments of €1 billion ($1.2 billion) to be...
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport publishes information on “Connecting Italy”
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport (MIT) has published the an annex to “Connecting Italy: the...
Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport launches open data on maritime state property concessions
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has made a huge data set publicly available for anyone...
Civitavecchia port hosts ESPO committee meeting
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO) has held its annual meeting of its “Intermodal,...
Livorno and Piombino ports set for significant railway investment
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The region of Tuscany is to provide €200 million to Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the owner of...