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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual countries and some regions.
Amber Rail Freight Corridor becomes operational
Koper, Slovenia, February 13, 2019 – With the publication of paths for international freight trains in mid-January 2019 the Amber Rail Freight Corridor...
Blue Water Shipping awarded Anaklia port contract
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Blue Water Shipping has been appointed as the local freight forwarding agent by Van Oord, contractor...
EU adopts new Fisheries Partnership with Morocco including Western Sahara
Press Release – European Parliament – February 12, 2018 A new agreement on the legal, environmental, economic and social governance of EU...
Rijeka port’s container traffic rises 8.1% in 2018
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Rijeka port’s container traffic rose 8.1% in 2018 to a record-high 227,375 TEUs, with more than...
Bari, Brindisi ports to strengthen links with Israel’s Haifa
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Haifa port authority representatives have completed a visit to the southern Italian region of Apulia to sign...
Trenitalia to start operation of line linking Rome to Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Italian company Trenitalia plans to start the operation of a cruise passenger service...
France’s Viia to launch rail service linking Barcelona port to Luxembourg
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – French railway transporter company Viia plans to open its new railway line between Barcelona port and...
Pescara approves €552,000 port overhaul tender
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centrale (Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority) has...
Spain’s Haizea Wind acquires WEC
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Spain’s Haizea Wind Group (HWG), specialised in the construction of wind towers and offshore marine...
Spain’s stowage reform marks most disputed trade union elections in recent years
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Spain’s reform of the stowage sector, which put workers and companies on the warpath due...
EUROGATE group’s container handling volumes remain stable in 2018
EUROGATE – Press Release – February 11, 2017 Despite the persistently challenging market environment, the EUROGATE Group was able to keep container...
Casablanca port looks to develop free economic trade zone
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – National Ports Agency) is issuing a tender...
Huelva port opens fish market building
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Huelva port has opened the doors of the new fish market building, which after an investment of €6.9...
Cartagena port is among finalists in LNG industry awards
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Cartagena port is among the five finalists for the prize for the most proactive development of liquefied...
Liguria’s regional government to complete Genoa Prà port electrification in 2020
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Liguria’s regional government plans to complete the electrification of the docks in the Prà area of...
Noatum Container Terminal Valencia names CEO
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia, a company controlled by the Chinese state-owned company COSCO and...
Eurogate’s traffic in Italy declines in 2018, dragged by Cagliari, Gioia Tauro ports transshipment
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Germany’s Eurogate Group has reported a 6% decline in the handling of cargo traffic in Italy, with...