Port of Vigo reports positive March cargo figures
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 3, 2021 - The Port of Vigo cargo traffic grew by 4.56% during last March, compared to the general fall of…
Port of Motril opens new dry dock area for boat repair
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) March 17, 2021 - The Port of Motril has inaugurated a new dry dock area for the repair of boats, and equipped…
Croatian prime minister visits Zadar port
Zadar, Croatia (PortSEurope) February 24, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković has visited the Gaženica fishing port in Zadar, where he presented local officials with…
Vigo port and local government discuss Brexit and rail investment
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) February 23, 2021 - The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo (APV - Port Authority of Vigo), Jesús Vázquez Almuíña, has met…
Almería port plans fish market development
Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 - Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA - Port Authority of Almería) has commissioned Tragsatec (Sociedad Mercantil Estatal Tecnología y Servicio…
Black Sea countries: regional cooperation on blue economy will help “build back better” after COVID-19 pandemic
News Release - European Commission - 21/12/2020 At their 11 December ministerial meeting, in the presence of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, Black Sea countries agreed to…
Press Statement by EU Commissioner Sinkevičius following AGRIFISH Council on 17 December 2020
Brussels, 17 December 2020 Press Statement by Commissioner Sinkevičius following AGRIFISH Council on 17 December 2020 Dear colleagues,Today, the Council has come to an agreement…
Gijón port increases fish catch
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 - In January-October 2020 the port of Gijón recorded an increase in landed fish of 75.6% compared to the…
€6.1 billion for sustainable fisheries and safeguarding fishing communities
On Friday, EU legislators reached a provisional agreement on how EU countries will be able to spend funds allocated to fisheries and aquaculture for 2021-2027…
Huelva Port grans 15 concessions for City of Seafood
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 1, 2020 - The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva (APH - Port Authority of Huelva) granted a total…
Fincantieri and Federpesca join forces to promote Italian fishing fleet
Fincantieri and Federpesca (the Italian National Association of Fishing Enterprises) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to promote the renewal of the Italian fishing fleet…
Sevastopol’s RSC Aquamarine plans to purchase 10 fishing vessels
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 9, 2020 - Sevastopol fish canning plant RSC Aquamarine plans to purchase 10 vessels frpm Sevastopol Marine Plant division of Zvezdochka…
Juanma Moreno confirms Andalusian Government’s commitment to fishing
Malaga, Spain (PortSEurope) July 31, 2020 - The President of the Andalusian Government, Juanma Moreno, inaugurated the modernization works for the new fish market in…
Blue sectors contribute to the recovery and pave way for EU Green Deal
Today, the European Commission published “The EU Blue Economy Report 2020”, providing an overview of the performance of the EU economic sectors related to oceans…
More protection for our seas and oceans is needed, report finds
The Commission adopted today a report on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) which reveals that, while the EU's framework for marine environmental protection is…
EU Commission reviews EU common fisheries policy and launches consultation
The Commission adopted its annual communication taking stock of the implementation of the common fisheries policy (CFP) and launched a public consultation on the fishing…
Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard to build trawler for P/F Havborg
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 18, 2020 - Tersan Shipyard Inc. has signed a new contract to build an arctic freezer trawler for P/F Havborg from…
Almería port re-establishes construction of a breakwater
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2020 - The refurbishment works of the anchorage of the fishing port are progressing at a good pace. The consortium 'Fondeadero…
New Casablanca port fishing facility close to becoming operational
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 14, 2020 - Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has reported that the new fishing facility at Casablanca port is nearly…
EU tops up fisheries fund by €500 million to help recovery
In a press conference today, Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, explained the Commission’s decision to increase the European Maritime and Fisheries…