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Agriculture & Food

The import, export and storage of agriculture and food products linked to ports. Includes reefer transport of fresh goods.

New UK-Morocco cargo sea service avoids Brexit red tape

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – United Seaways has launched a weekly Ro-Ro service directly linking Poole on the Southern coast...

Analysis laboratory to be established at Samsun Port, Turkey

Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – Samsun Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Sağlam, has said that 10 analysis...

Port of Gioia Tauro to build border control area for foods

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 6, 2022 – Work has started in the Port of Gioia Tauro on the construction of a multi-functional border control...

Iran to use its Caspian ports to export fruits and vegetables to Russia, bypassing Azerbaijan

Anzali, Iran (Ports Europe) December 27 – Iranian companies-exporters of fruits and vegetables want to supply products to Russia through the Caspian Sea,...

Port of Las Palmas to host world’s first farm dedicated to the cultivation of octopus

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) November 4, 2021 – The company Nueva Pescanova is to invest over €50 million in a plant to produce...

Lack of analysis resource hits pepper export from port of Samsun

Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – Capia peppers are grown in the Bafra district of Samsun Province, on the Black Sea coast of Northern...

The Port of València opens the doors of the world to Spanish wine

València, August 25, 2021 – We are no longer surprised to be sitting in a restaurant in New York and tasting a good Utiel-Requena wine, a Monastrell red...

Oranges from Castellón depart from Port of València bound for India

València, June 8, 2021 – 11 refrigerated containers loaded with 250 tons of Castellón oranges depart from the Port of València aboard MSC SIXIN, one...

Egypt set to start seasonal exports of grapes via Port of Koper

Today, the first shipment of 20 containers with Egyptian grapes sailed from Damietta towards Koper. Good symbolic kick-off for an expectedly very promising...

Valenciaport, a strategic port for the agri-food industry that increases its exports by 40% in the first quarter of the year

The Port of València handled more than two million tons of agri-food products during the first three months of the year. Exports registered an increase of...

Hamilton y Cía and Hiperdino join forces to supply supplies to ships

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2021 – the companies Hamilton y Cía and Hiperdino have jointl set up H&H Stock &...

United Seaways launches UK-Morocco Ro-Ro service

Poole, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 18, 2021 – United Seaways is to launch a new weekly Ro-Ro service between the UK port of Poole in Southern...

Port of Algeciras increases exports to USA

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2021 – The Port of Algeciras has increased its exports of agrifood products to the USA, despite both U.S.-EU...

Port of Tarragona moves more than 800,000 tons of agri-food products in the first three months of SEA system

The system has been robust and efficient during the first months of operation – January 13, 2021 Nearly 13,000 orders have been placed which have...

Bilbao to gain new opportunities after participating at Fruit Attraction fair

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2020 – The online Fruit Attraction trade fair remains an attractive fair for contacting exporters and importers...

Tarragona port sents first train loaded with soy flour

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2020 – Tarragona sent the first train to the Agrotim Intermodal Terminal in Montsó (Huesca), loaded entirely...

Bergé loads first train of bulk agro-alimentary products in Tarragona

BERGÉ is responsible for loading the first train of bulk agro-alimentary products at the new Aragón dock loading point, in the port of Tarragona –...

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