Year: 2018
A Coruña port’s passenger terminal operator to acquire mobile equipment
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Spanish company Corunna Cruise Terminal, the operator of A Coruña port’s passenger terminal, plans...
Italy’s Caronte & Tourist to introduce LNG-fired vessel next year
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist plans to introduce a liquefied natural gas-fired (LNG) vessel for its...
Salerno port to call €38 million dredging tender
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Salerno port plans to officially launch a €38 million ($43.5 million) tender for the dredging of seabed...
Four companies to carry out geophysical surveys at Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Italian companies Geotec SpA, Geoter Srl, Sondedile Srl and Get...
Ukraine looks to improve local ship repair activities
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has invited representatives of local ship repair companies...
Marseille port to acquire buildings in Arenc district
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Grand port maritime de Marseille (GPMM – port of Marseille-Fos) will increase its presence in...
Puertos del Estado promotes collaboration between port authorities
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – The state port administration Puertos del Estado has set up the Permanent Observatory of the Port...
Ports have to be “climate change proofed”
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Trade is at risk if ports do not become “climate change proofed”, Regina Asariotis, Chief of...
Qatar Terminal interested in Black Sea ports
Doha, Qatar (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Qatar Terminal Co., Ltd. (QTerminals), the operator of the first phase of Hamad Port in Qatar, is searching...
Sadoport says that client companies considered leaving Setúbal port definitively
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – The port administrator has said that the conflict between company management and trade unions has...
Cruises see a 31% drop in traffic to Madeira
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – The number of cruise passengers in Madeira fell by 31% in October, reported Administração...
Italy’s Tirrenia records traffic growth at Catania port
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia has recorded a substantial increase in the cargo traffic at Catania port,...
Vigo port to receive €13 million EU funding for Ro-Ro terminal overhaul
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Vigo port will receive €13 million ($14.9 million) of financing from the European Union (EU) to upgrade its...
Croatia to build €70 million access road to Rijeka port
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Croatia plans to invest HRK 520 million ($80 million/€70.1 million) in the construction of a road linking...
Italy’s FdS to improve intermodal infrastructure at Venice’s Mestre railway station
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Italian state-owned railway group Ferrovie dello Stato (FdS) plans to launch a project for the...
Gijón port to close 2018 with €8 million net profit
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón (APG – Port Authority of Gijón) expects to close 2018 with a net profit...
2M Alliance to reduce calls in Gioia Tauro, La Spezia ports in March
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Maersk Line and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to reduce the calls of Asia-Mediterranean...
Barcelona port awards €4 million contract for relocation of containers to a consortium
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Barcelona has awarded a €4 million ($4.6 million) contract for the relocation of containers stored at...
DEPA opens the way for the use of LNG in Greek shipping
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – DEPA has announced that it has pioneered the development of the necessary supply chain for the supply...
Georgian Kulevi Port exports Caspian and Black sea oil products
Kulevi, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 19,2018 – During its over 10 years of operation, the Black Sea terminal (BST) of Azerbaijan’s state oil company...