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Day: 8 June 2018

Spain: Puertos del Estado – April 2018 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports April 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Andalucía ports attend XX International Logistics Fair of Barcelona SIL 2018

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – The Junta de Andalucía has participated in the XX International Logistics Fair of Barcelona SIL 2018, one...

Sixteen Andalusian marinas receive Blue Flag award

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – A total of 16 Andalusian marinas have received this year the blue flag awarded by the European Foundation for...

New intermodal link connects Interporto Group’s Bologna depot with Trieste Marine Terminal

A new intermodal connection in Italy will now link Trieste Marine Terminal with an intermodal logistics platform in Bologna. Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June...

Pantelleria, Navy divers in action to ‘free’ the port

Trapani, Italy (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – A navy operation has destroyed a huge boulder that prevented the docking of the ferries at Pantelleria port....

Barcelona port’s new president vows to pursue traffic growth

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Mercè Conesa, the new president of Barcelona port authority, aims to keep the harbour among the leaders in...

Pasaia port’s cargo traffic starts to recover

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – After a year to forget, the 2018 activity of the port of Pasaia has started to recover. In the first five months...

Valencia port eyes expansion of its hinterland in Aragón region

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Valencia port’s president Aurelio Martínez has met with government officials of the Aragón region...

Shanghai International Port Group interested in Sines port’s Vasco da Gama Terminal

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – According to Ana Paula Vitorino, Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) is...

Portuguese minister visits COSCO Shipping in China

Shanghai, China (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Ana Paula Vitorino, Portuguese Minister of the Sea, has visited COSCO Shipping headquarters in Shanghai. Yu...

China could become a key concession partner in Ukraine’s infrastructure development

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan has discussed opportunities for investing in the...

Tarragona port president resigns

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Tarragona port’s president Josep Andreu has announced his resignation after days of intense rumours...

Barcelona port books record-high cargo traffic in May

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Barcelona port surpassed in May, for the first time in its history, the 6 million tonnes of total cargo traffic...

Valencia port president recommends appointment of public works minister from the region

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Valencia is already the biggest port in the Mediterranean in terms of container traffic, and is among the 30 top...

Alcúdia municipal government prohibits scrap handling at port

Alcúdia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – The municipality of Alcúdia decided at the end of May to initiate a precautionary measure to suspend the...

Gijón port calls tender for technical assistance of dock upgrade

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Gijón port has called a tender for a contract for €248,753 ($294,171) technical assistance contract to draft...

Sagunto port’s short sea shipping traffic rises 52% in 2017

Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Short sea shipping is experiencing one of its largest growths in the port of Sagunto. Although for the moment...

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