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Marsa Morocco injects MAD 13 million in its subsidiary SMA
Agadir, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – Less than a year after its creation, Société de Manutention d’Agadir (SMA) has raised its capital...
Drewry foresees global demand increase in sea cargo traffic of up to 4% in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – According to the latest report from consultancy Drewry Shipping, a strong growth in freight traffic was...
Marín port cargo traffic exceeds 1 million tonnes in H1 2017
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – The provisional balance of cargo traffic in Marín port during the first six months of the year shows a...
Maersk Line lifts tariffs of Mediterranean-Far East container service
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Danish company Maersk Line has announced an increase in tariffs for all types of goods in its services...
Tenerife port awards works for electrification of San Sebastián port
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife) has awarded the works to provide the...
Cartagena port handles 91,000 cruise passengers in H1 2017
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – A total of 91,000 passengers have arrived in Cartagena port on the 59 cruise calls that have docked in the...
Portuguese seaports hit record-high cargo traffic in H1 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Portuguese seaports moved a record-high 48.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of the year, an...
Barcelona, Koper ports cooperate to boost handling of new cars at Motorways of the Sea
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Barcelona and Koper ports are carrying out the CarEsmatic project to boost the transport of new vehicles on...
Madeira government to launch tender for ferry services to mainland Portugal
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – The regional government of Madeira is finalising the launch of an international tender for a weekly ferry...
Azeri oil exports through Novorossiysk port rise 31% y/y in H1 2017
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – The exports of Azeri oil through Russia’s Novorossiysk port rose by 31% on the year in the first...
Baleària reinforces links to North Africa
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Baleària has reinforced the services that connect with north Africa, both in terms of...
A Coruña port cargo traffic rises 1.52% y/y in H1 2017
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The port of A Coruña handled more than 6.8 million tonnes of cargo during the first half of the year, the...
Las Palmas port expects requests for LNG tank facility by end-2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) expects to receive before the end of the year...
Ukraine to begin work on transport corridor linking Black Sea, Baltic ports
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Ukraine plans to begin the implementation of the project of the international transport corridor Go Highway,...
Italian Court of Audit provides €39 million funding to La Spezia port
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Italian Court of Audit has unblocked €39 million ($46.1 million) in financing for the construction of...
Valencia port recovers work rate
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The activity in the Port of Valencia has normalised after the problems suffered in recent weeks. Finally,...
Kuşadası becomes top cruise ship destination in Turkey
Kuşadası, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Turkey’s cruise passenger traffic was 118,087 people in the first half of 2017 and most of the...