Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Algeria’s CNAN Nord to increase frequency of service to Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Algerian shipping company CNAN Nord is considering a potential increase of the frequency of its regular...
SRM – The 2017 Report on the Maritime Economy
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (SRM) has published the fourth issue of the Report on the Maritime...
Italian MP recommends special economic zone for Cagliari port
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Italian Member of Parliament (MP) Mauro Pili has proposed the launch of a strategic plan for the recovery of...
EC approves launch of Ocean Network Express alliance
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) has given the green light to the launch of the Ocean Network Express alliance...
CMA CGM announces new strategy and introduces new logo
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Yesterday, June 28, 2017, the French CMA CGM Group unveiled its new strategy and image. 2017 has been a...
Daily rail freight connection Marseille Fos-Geneva opens officially
Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The daily rail freight connection between French port of Marseille Fos and Geneva, Switzerland, has been...
Lisbon port containerised cargo traffic rises 53% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – In the first five months of 2017, the containerised cargo traffic in Lisbon port rose by 53.4% on the year,...
Valencia port handles 438,580 TEUs in May 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Valencia port ended May with a total container traffic of 438,580 TEUs, a figure that represents an increase of...
France’s CMA CGM updates Euroaf3 service
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – French shipping company CMA CGM, in line with its intentions to further optimise its connections with Africa,...
The maritime economy and “smart” technology
Marseille, France (PortSEurope), June 13, 2017 – L’Institut méditerranéen du transport maritime (Mediterranean Institute for Maritime Transport...
Spain’s Noatum expects Cosco deal to boost container traffic
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spain’s Noatum Port Holdings S.L.U. expects the strategic partnership agreement signed with Cosco...
Boluda Lines sets up shipping agency based in Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Boluda Lines, a leading Spanish shipowner and global marine services company, will bet on Lisbon port through...
DP World starts offering Tarragona-Genoa regular line
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – DP World has started offering a regular shipping line between Spain’s Tarragona and Italy’s Genoa...
Maersk relocates container traffic to Tanger Med from Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has confirmed the decision of A.P. Moller–Maersk Group to move to Tanger Med...
MacAndrews considers regular service connecting Ferrol port to northern Europe
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – MacAndrews & Company Limited is considering launching a regular service that connects Spain’s Ferrol...
Harbour strikes affect Canary Islands ports
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Ports in the Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) have been affected by the strikes by stevedores, who are...
Call for Georgia to improve services and logistical connectivity
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Jacob Gulmann, ICTSI Europe, Middle East and Africa Business Development Director, attended the 6th Black...