Month: August 2018
Valencia port handles 2.3% of OPE traffic in exit phase
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Valencia port handled 2.3% of the vehicles included in the exit phase of Operación Paso del Estrecho (OPE)...
Italy’s Fincantieri can rebuild Morandi bridge
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is capable of rebuilding the collapsed Morandi bridge in Genoa and in this way...
Croatia’s Uljanik shipyard employees launch strike
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Croatian shipbuilding group Uljanik’s employees started a strike on August 22, due to the delay of the...
Santander port traffic rises 14.3% y/y in H1
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – Santander port closed the first half of 2018 with a total traffic of 2,887,024 tonnes, up 14.3% on the...
Huelva port’s infrastructure works generate 990 jobs in H1 2018
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – The number of companies active in the port of Huelva, directly or indirectly, amounted to 106 in the first...
Spain’s government approves road access improvement project to Arrecife cruise pier
Arrecife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – Spain’s ecology ministry has approved a concession of a land plot to Arrecife city authorities for...
Association says Thessaloniki port’s competitors will benefit from customs working time limit
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – Thessaloniki shipping agents association has officially criticised the decision of the local...
ESPO general secretary visits Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – The general secretary of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO), Isabelle Ryckbost, has visited...
Luxury cruise traffic increases at Málaga port
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – The cruise traffic of Málaga port of has been increasing in recent years, and it is doing so...
Melilla port discusses enhancement of Naviera Armas, Trasmediterránea service
Melilla, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – Melilla port held meetings with representatives of shipping companies Naviera Armas SA...
Avilés port to incur €2.8 million loss due to environmental protection measures
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – Avilés port is expected to incur losses if the new dredging conditions proposed by the Directorate of...
Net profit of USPA in the first half 2018 was UAH 1.3 billion
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has reported financial results for the first six months...
Ukraine seaports handle 73.9 million tons of cargo in first 7 months of 2018
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) reports that from January to July 2018, the country’s...
AdSP Genoa discusses emergency port traffic
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – On 15 August 2018 a meeting was convened by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale...
USA invites dredging companies to discuss development of inland waterways
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has invited representatives of dredging companies to discuss...
Tenerife port books record-high cruise traffic in 2017-18 season
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Port Authority of Tenerife) closed the 2017-2018...
Spain’s Baleària incorporates biodegradable kitchenware on ships travelling to Balearic Islands
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Spanish ferry company Baleària has incorporated kitchenware and utensils made of cellulose and...
Greece rejects Piraeus port’s application for shipyard construction
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Greece’s economy ministry has rejected the application of Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) for the...
Ukraine’s Odessa hopes to become cruise homeport
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Ukraine’s Odessa port aims to become a homeport for cruise companies operating itineraries in the...
Valencia port analyses potential locations for new offices
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Valencia port is studying to expand its hinterland and has commissioned a study to detect the ideal places...