Day: 14 August 2018
Greece’s Chania port to handle 95,000 cruise passengers in Jan-Aug
Chania, Greece (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Greece’s Chania port, located on Crete island, expects to handle about 95,000 cruise passengers in the...
Gioia Tauro port employees to strike on Aug 14, 15, 16
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port’s trade unions committee has confirmed the strike of the employees of...
Germany’s BAG to invest €70 million in Port Said
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – German company Business Avenue Group GmbH (BAG) has signed an agreement with East Port Said Development...
Bordeaux port needs new management model to avoid total decline
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Is Bordeaux port, offering some 8,000 jobs and generating an economic activity of about €3 billion ($3.4...
Algeria launches dry port to back Algiers harbour
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Algeria’s government has launched a dry port in the area of the Rouïba industrial zone, which will...
France deems unacceptable EU Commission’s post-Brexit port plan
Calais, France (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – France has deemed unacceptable the European Commission’s proposal to exclude French ports from a...
Moroccan entrepreneurs praise closure of customs at Melilla port
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Moroccan entrepreneurs has praised the decision of the authorities of the country to close the customs...
Piraeus port masterplan talks are slowing
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The negotiations on the master plan of Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) remain behind schedule, due to...
Spain’s Pullmantur to launch cruise calls in two Israeli ports
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The interest of cruise shipping companies is turning towards the Eastern Mediterranean, with Spain’s...
Almería port’s solid bulk exports rise in H1 2018
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – Almería port exported 1,352,804 million tonnes of cargo in the form of solid bulks in the first half of...
Ecological and radiological inspection of ships in ports of Ukraine to become easier
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The procedure of ecological and radiological inspection of ships in ports of Ukraine in the...
Siemens Gamesa investment in Izmir wind farm to benefit Çandar port
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – Siemens Gamesa, a member of the consortium that secured Turkey’s 1,000 megawatts (MW) wind power...