Month: July 2018
Hutchison Ports creates local entity in Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Hutchison Ports (the parent holding is CK Hutchison Holdings) has registered a subsidiary, Hutchison Ports...
Cádiz port sees reduced cargo traffic in first half of 2018
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Merchandise traffic in the port of Bahía de Cádiz reached 1.78 million tons in the first half of the...
Bilbao port reports increase cargo handled in Jan-Jul 2018
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – At the provisional close of the first half year, traffic in the port of Bilbao showed an 11% increase, which...
Trieste port sees container traffic growth in first half of 2018
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – With 56,045 TEU managed in June, up 12.07% compared to June 2017, the Trieste container terminal has...
Spanish companies Ogensa, Verosa to complete breakwater project in Málaga next week
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga (APM – Port Authority of Málaga) president Paulino Plata has...
ABB Group exports six transformers through Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Seville port has once again been the logistics hub chosen by ABB Group to move six power transformers from...
Spain may not transfer Pasaia port management to Basque Country
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Spain’s Public Works Ministry has cooled the optimism of the Basque Government in relation to its request...
Olbia port signs seabed maintenance contract with Zeta Srl
Olbia, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Olbia port has signed a contract with Italian company Zeta Srl for maintenance work of its seabed as...
Dutch shipbuilder Damen assumes control of Romania’s Mangalia shipyard
Mangalia, Romania (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Dutch shipbuilder Damen has said it assumed the operational control of the Mangalia shipyard in Romania. The...
Italy’s Moby, Tirrenia merger not to lead to workforce downsizing
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The merger of Italian ferry companies Moby and Tirrenia will not lead to any negative effects on the number of...
Spain’s Haizea Wind starts production of wind towers at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Spanish company Haizea Wind has completed the production of its first wind towers in the plant in the port of...
Trieste Marine Terminal reports increased rail traffic in Jan-Jul 2018
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – In the first semester of 2018, the total volumes moved by rail by Trieste Marine Terminal SpA (TMT) grew...
Leixões port sees increased cruise traffic in first half 2018
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Between January and June of 2018, more than 50,000 tourists passed through Leixões port via cruise...
Leading Chinese companies meet Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan has met with representatives of the largest...
Puerto de Castellón marks a milestone in merchandise traffic in June
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – In June this year the port of Castellón handled 1,798,527 tons of cargo, an increase of 0.5% compared...
Vigo company BMC Reformas, Obras y Rehabilitación chooses Porto do Molle for its expansion process
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2018 – The delegate of Consorcio de la Zona Franca de Vigo, David Regades, has signed a contract with BMC Reformas,...
Pescara port seeks area for new shipyard
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) July 21, 2018 – At a recent meeting at the port, discussions took place to identify possible locations for a new...
Valencia port eyes expansion into Aragón
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) is analysing various...
Algeciras port calls tender for OPE service area
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2018 – Algeciras port has called a tender for the construction of the service area of Operation Paso del Estrecho...
Barcelona port, Ports de la Generalitat hold working meeting to define scope of cooperation
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2018 – Representatives from the Barcelona port authority and regional ports management institution Ports of the...