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All aspects of port activity linked to the handling of automotive, mainly cars. Includes imports, exports and the storage of mainly new cars. The Mediterranean’s leading ports for handling cars are Barcelona, València, Koper, Vigo, Santander and Piraeus.

Valencia port welcomes Ford’s fresh investment in Spain

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martínez, has welcomed...

Santander handles export of three tram units to Australia

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Santander port this week was the location of a spectacular cargo operation that the port authority has...

Neptune Lines returns to Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Piraeus-based Neptune Lines had restarted the use of Valencia port with the Neptune Odyssey callig at...

Groupe PSA exports first C3 Aircross cars through Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French carmaker Groupe PSA has exported the first C3 Aircross car produced at the Opel factory in Zaragoza...

Livorno port experiences rise in traffic of new cars

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Livorno port has seen a significant increase in the traffic of new cars, as the two operators active in the...

Valencia port participates in ECG Conference

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) attends today and tomorrow the ECG Conference, an...

Santander port forecasts record-high car traffic in 2017

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Santander port (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) enters in the fourth quarter of the year with positive...

Daimler increases usage of Koper port

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – The port of Koper (operator Luka Koper d.d.) has been successful in the second international tender...

Valencia port starts handling PSA cars shipped by train

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Today, Valencia port has received the first train loaded with cars from the Figueruelas factory of PSA...

Opel to relaunch freight line to Valencia port on October 2

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – German carmaker Opel has said it plans to relaunch the operation of a direct rail line for the transport...

Chinese companies Anhui, Zhongzhi representatives visit Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – Representatives of Chinese companies Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group and Zhongzhi New Energy Vehicle have...

Sagunto port’s traffic of new cars rises 31.5% y/y in Jan-July 2017

Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Sagunto port handled a total of 144,489 new cars in the first seven months of 2017, up 31.5% on the year,...

Terminal Container Ravenna to test new fast clearing procedures for automotive imports

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2017 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) is to be the testing port for new procedures on automotive imports....

Alexandria port to build complex for storage of cars

Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Alexandria port has signed a EGP 285 million ($16.1 million/€13.6 million) contract for the...

Valencia port expands area dedicated to car industry

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – Valencia port has reached one million square metres servicing the automobile industry, of which 412,000...

Vigo port aims to include four more ports to MoS with Nantes

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said that the...

Ford extends concession area at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – US carmaker Ford Motor Company will have 100,000 more square metres in the North Pier of Valencia port after...

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