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Chipolbrok starts service to Far, Middle East

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – US-based shipping company Chipolbrok, which operates its Spanish hub at the port of Bilbao, has started a...

Petlim container port second phase scheduled for Summer

Petkim, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Petlim container port second phase will enter service in June of this year,” said SOCAR Turkey Energy...

Grimaldi interested in Mediterranean acquisitions

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Speaking during the 3rd Naftemporiki shipping conference in Athens, Grimaldi managing director President...

Hellenic Ports Association reports an increase in cruise passengers in 2016

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Cruise passengers to Greece recorded a 5% increase in 2016, making it a ”good year” for the...

Greek cruise traffic set to fall in 2017

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Despite forecasts of robust growth for the international cruise travel industry, the Greek cruise...

Limassol issues delays Total hydrocarbon exploration

Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Total S.A., the French energy company, has informed the Cypriot government that plans to drill for...

Ukrainian Sea Port Authority to carry out Yuzhny dredging works

Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Port Authority (USPA) will fulfil agreed requirements to carry out dredging works at...

Event – BiLOG Logistics and Maritime Forum

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Piacenza’s mayor, Paolo Dosi and the President of Eastern Liguria Sea Port Authority, Carla...

Valencia port container traffic rises 2.32% Y/Y in 2016

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Valencia port closed 2016 with a container traffic of 4.722 million TEUs, a figure that represents an...

Cadiz port delegation visits Canary Islands to promote shipping line

Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – A delegation from the port community of Cadiz headed by the president of the port authority, Jose Luis...

Spanish northern ports presidents meet to discuss cooperation, intermodality

Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Competition and collaboration, competitiveness and efficiency, coordination and planning, are some of the...

Marseille port cargo traffic remains stable in 2016

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Marseille port generated a cargo traffic of 80.9 million tonnes in 2016, almost unchanged on the...

First train on TEN-T Adriatic-Baltic corridor to depart from Trieste port on Jan 25

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The first intermodal train scheduled on the Kiel-Gothenburg route will travel from Trieste port...

Portugal expects 60% rise in Setubal port cargo traffic

Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorino said that the Portuguese government expects a...

Cosiarma returns to Lisbon port on Jan 22

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Italian shipping company Cosiarma S.p.a., which left Lisbon port in 2014, has resumed its maritime...

Puertos del Estado president says access construction to Punta Langosteira is essential

A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The access to the Punta Langosteira, the outer harbour of A Coruna port, is “a pending...

Motril port cargo traffic rises 10% Y/Y in 2016

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – With a total cargo traffic of 2.1 million tonnes and a growth of 10% on the year in 2016, Motril port...

Kartesia takes control of Castellon port solid bulk cargo terminal operator

Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Luxembourg-based investment fund Kartesia and Spain’s Gimeno Group have taken control of a...

Damietta reports traffic growth in 2016

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Damietta Port Authority has reported an increase in the movement of ships and cargo in 2016 compared...

Cosco continues to develop Piraeus operations

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 22, 2017 – Cosco, the Chinese shipping group which operates Piraeus port, is adding to the port’s capacity...

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