Automotive
Spain’s Noatum focuses on cars, multipurpose terminals after asset sale to COSCO
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Spanish group Noatum’s business has been reduced to car and multipurpose terminals as well as sea...
Volkswagen signs logistics management contract with Bergé
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Spanish car distributor Volkswagen Group Spain Distribución has awarded to Bergé Automotive Logistics...
Duisport renews Audi contract and looks for alternative export routes
Duisburg, Germany (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – The German car manufacturer Audi AG has announced that it has renewed a contract to use...
Prettl to open facility in Automotive City Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The German group Prettl, a manufacturer of auto parts, has announced the construction of a new...
Puertos del Estado’s president advises Pasaia port to diversify traffic
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca, has expressed confidence in...
Basque entrepreneurs warn that in five years ships will be too big for Pasaia port
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Basque entrepreneurs have warned that in five years the ships that transport cars will be bigger and will not...
Santander port beats car traffic record in 2017
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Santander port again demonstrated in 2017 its specialisation in car traffic with a new historical record...
Piraeus Port’s car terminal reports 19.13% increase was reported at the car terminal
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – A 19.13% increase was recorded at the car terminal of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) in 2017, with...
PSA set for automotive exports from Tanger Med, Morocco
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) Jnauary 14, 2018 – A well-honed operation is being put in place to sell Groupe PSA-manufactured vehicles in...
Tanger Med exceeds for the first time the 50 million tons annual mark
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The port of Tanger Med recorded an increase in the various indicators of port activity during 2017,...
Yamaha contracts DSV Tacisa as customs operations manager in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – DSV Tacisa, a company specialising in the design and implementation of advanced customs solutions, has...
Valencia port starts railway import service for new cars
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Valencia port started a railway import service of vehicles in December, when two convoys left the harbour to...
Spanish ports see increased challenge from Tanger Med
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Politicians from Malaga, Valencia and Catalonia have raised the issue of Tanger Med becoming...
Varroc Lighting Systems to set up plant in Tanger Automotive City
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – U.S.-based Varroc Lighting Systems is to establish a manufacturing and product development base in...
Morocco signs 26 local automotive projects
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Moroccan government has signed deals for 26 auto industry projects, including several with Renault...
PSA group and Renault sign further auto agreements in Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Morocco has signed agreements for 26 automotive projects linked to its growing industrial capacity in...
China’s BYD to set up electric car production plant in Tangier, Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The BYD group of China is to set up a production unit of electric cars near Tangier in the north of...
Nippon Express to open branch in Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – Nippon Express, a global logistics company, is to open a branch office in the Moroccan port of...
Sagunto port reports improved automotive traffic
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Car traffic in the port of Sagunto continues to maintain a steady growth trend. According to the data...
Gioia Tauro port’s container traffic declines 11% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Gioia Tauro port’s container traffic declined by 11% on the year in the first nine months of 2017,...