Month: August 2018
AdSP Venice adopts three-year public works program 2019-2021
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – A meeting of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern...
Government opens the way for infrastructure projects in commercial port of Patras
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) August 5, 2018 – Following a decision by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Christos Spiritsis, a consultancy...
ACP criticises government stance on Leixões port expansion
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 5, 2018 – Yesterday, the Commercial Association of Porto (Associação Comercial do Porto – ACP) issued a...
In the first half of 2018 Barcelona port consolidates 2017 growth
Port de Barcelona, Press Release, July 26, 2018 In terms of total traffic the first half of 2018 has been the best ever in the Port’s history and...
Grimaldi, Minoan Lines drive Venice port’s cargo traffic growth
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Venice port’s cargo traffic continues to increase. In the twelve months to June 2018,...
Pesaro port’s head to resign
Pesaro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Pesaro port’s Head of the Maritime Compartment Silvestro Girgenti plans to resign post after two...
Ankaran local government hinders Koper port’s development plan
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Slovenian port operator Luka Koper d.d. is a hostage of the conflict of the municipality of Ankaran and the...
Global Ports Holding downgraded by Moody’s
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Moody’s has downgraded to B2 from B1 the corporate family rating and to B2-PD from B1-PD the...
Gioia Tauro port approves 2018 budget
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port authority has unanimously approved the institution’s 2018 budget. The institution,...
Italy’s Tirrenia constructing 4,200 linear metre ro-ro ship in Germany
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia is constructing a new 4,200 linear metre ro-ro ship in the German shipyard...
Spanish ports cruise traffic rises in H1 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Spanish ports serviced 4.47 million cruise passengers in the first half of the year, which is 23.56% more...
Leixões port sees increased cargo traffic in first half of 2018
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – In the first half of 2018, 9,978,313 tonnes of goods were handled by Leixões port, a year-on-year...
Barcelona port promotes Vietnam trade mission in November
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – The port of Barcelona will lead, from November 9-11, a trade mission to Vietnam. The delegation,...
Ukraine and Qatar officials meet to discuss port cooperation
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – On July 23, 2018, Volodymyr Omelyan, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, met with Jassim Saif Ahmed...
Ukraine reopens tender for dredging services at Berdyansk and Mariupol ports
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has reopened the procedure for open bidding for the...
Port of Santander once again achieves the first position in the maritime-port logistics assessment carried out by ANFAC
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – The port of Santander has once again managed to position itself in the first position in the sectoral...
Motril port sees increased first half 2018 traffic figures
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – The port of Motril closed the first half of the year with a merchandise growth of 34%, from 1.1 million...
Santander port closes the first semester with an increase of total traffic of 14.3%
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – The port of Santander closed the first semester with a total cargo traffic of 2,887,024 tons, which is...
Málaga port sees improved first half 2018 cruise ship numbers
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – In the first semester of 2018, the port of Malaga handled 207,277 passengers and 127 cruise ships, up...
Cereal contract signed between Luka Bar and Agroglobe of Serbia
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – A contract for the transfer of cereals through the port of Bar was signed between Luka Bar AD and...