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Automotive

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.

Port of Barcelona has received Tesla cars from China

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona has received Tesla cars made in China for the Spanish market. The port’s...

Port of Koper has welcomed the “Neptune Barcelona”

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 18, 2022 – The Port of Koper has welcomed the “Neptune Barcelona” vessel on its maiden voyage. The ship was built...

Tanger Med Zones – an example for port development and growth

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 11, 2022 – Tanger Med Zones, the developer and operator of the Tanger Med industrial platform, facilitates the...

Port of Civitavecchia exports Maserati cars to the Far East

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2022 – The Port of Civitavecchia has started exporting a new cargo – high-performance Maserati Grecale...

Ford to manufacture new electric cars at the Almussafes plant in València

València, Spain (Ports Europe) June 23, 2022 – The Ford Motor Company has announced that to build its next generation electric vehicles at the...

SCZONE signs a joint MOU to establish automotive industry complex

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) June 17, 2022 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has signed a local Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a...

Port of Vigo cargo traffic fell by 11% year-on-year in April

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 27, 2022 – Total cargo traffic of the Port of Vigo fell by 11% year-on-year in April weighed down by the situation in the...

CMA CGM announces acquisition of GEFCO

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) April 8, 2022 – The French shipping and logistics group CMA CGM is to acquire nearly 100% of GEFCO, a European leader in...

Morocco announces new international automotive investments

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – Morocco has announced the signing of eight investment agreements with five companies in the automotive...

Vehicle logistics and port operator Autoterminal opens new technical centre in the port of Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – Vehicle logistics and port operator Autoterminal Barcelona has opened a new technical centre in...

VW to build new battery cell plant in Sagunto port, near Valencia

Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – The German automotive group Volkswagen AG (VW) has announced it will build a new battery cell plant in the...

Port of Genoa approves the expansion of the Savona Auto Terminal

Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2022 – The port authority has approved the extension of an additional 26,421 m² of the area under concession...

Car parts maker Martur Fompak expand Tanger facility

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 1, 2022 – Turkey’s car part manufacturer, Martur Fompak, will soon open 3,500 m² extension to its plant...

ZIM adds Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port to vehicle transport service

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – Israel’s ZIM Integrated Shipping Services will include the port of Chornomorsk in the Ro-Ro Vehicle...

ADY Container delivers the first container block train on the Assaka-Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – The first block train, operated by ADY Container LLC, consisting of 50 containers departing from the...

Port of Vigo hosts the inaugural call of the first hybrid car carrier in the world,

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2022 – The Port of Vigo has received the inaugural call of the “Auto Advance”, the first hybrid car...

Petrolesport handled transit cars from China to Europe as part of new railway-sea pilot

Petrolesport (PLP), part of the Global Ports Group, has participated in the pilot project of the new China-Europe intermodal transit route, reloading passenger...

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