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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual countries and some regions.
Castellón port books record-high cargo traffic in 2017
Castellón (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Castellón port closed 2017 with a record-high traffic of 17.9 million tonnes, up 4.9%, or 833,951 tonnes more than in...
Launch of Santander-Cork ferry line to lead to job openings
Santander (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo De la Serna, accompanied by the director of Brittany Ferries in Spain, Manuel...
Baleària presents eco fast ferry model
Ibiza (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Spanish company Baleária Eurolíneas Marítimas S.A. presented in Madrid its new “eco fast ferries” model ship...
Cartagena port president presents digital transformation strategy
Cartagena (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) president Antonio Sevilla has presented to the port...
Motril port officially opens passenger terminal
Motril (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Motril port has taken advantage of the launch of Fitur fair in Madrid on January 17 to deliver symbolically to the...
FlexiLoire inland river service starts between Nantes and Montoir-de-Bretagne
Nantes-St.Nazaire (France) January 18, 2018 – FlexiLoire, a new fluvial connection for the transport of heavy goods, containers and various freight...
Event: Mediterranean ports to attend Fruit Logistica in Berlin – February 7-9, 2017
Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The annual Fruit Logistica show covers all sectors of the fresh produce business and provides a complete...
Cyprus Shipping Chamber “goes Green”
Limassol, Cyprus, January 18, 2018 – The Cyprus Shipping Chamber has been awarded the “Green Offices” eco-certification, for...
Messina port in dispute with Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The crisis of the port of Gioia Tauro is likely to materialise in Messina, whose port authority does...
Cruise business could be key to Marina di Carrara
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – At a recent Porto Lab event in Carrara, the possible role of the cruise industry in the future of...
ICC orders Damietta Ports to pay Doosan $74 million
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – Damietta International Ports Company SAE and Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport (KGL) have been ordered by...
UK-based Segro to build warehouses in Madrid, Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – UK investment fund Segro continues its commitment to increase its presence in Spain with the acquisition of...
Andalusian ports boost fresh fish cargo traffic in Jan-Nov 2017
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – The Andalusian ports owned by the central Spanish government handled 23,539 tonnes of fresh fish in the first...
Cruise industry generates €15 million income in A Coruña
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Cruise tourism in A Coruña experienced in 2017 a historic year that brought 250,000 people to the city,...
Cádiz port cargo traffic rises in 2017
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Cádiz port handled 4.1 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, up 12.25%. The largest growth was in the movement...
Portos Canarios handles 1,377 digital services requests in only three months
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Portos Canarios, the institution in charge of the management of regional ports in the Canary Islands,...
Spain’s Iberdrola wins contract for power supply to Vilagarcía port
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Spanish company Iberdrola SA signed an agreement for the supply of electricity to Vilagarcía port, after...
Valencia port to continue rapprochement effort with China
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has set the continuation of its efforts to...
Portuguese ports report improved cargo statistics for 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – In January-November 2017, the country’s commercial ports reached 88.8 million tons of cargo....
La Rochelle sees reduces cargo numbers in 2017
La Rochelle, France (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Port traffic in 2017 was marked by another significant decrease, largely due to the 2016 cereal...