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Gijon port installs anti-pollution wall

Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Gijon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón) has completed the installation of an anti-pollution...

Bilbao port cargo traffic declines by 1.39% Y/Y in 2016

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Bilbao port handled a total of 31.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, a figure very similar to the one...

Cartagena port cruise traffic rises 24.5% Y/Y in 2016

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Cartagena port has been seeing a spectacular rise in the number of companies choosing it as a home...

Vigo port cargo traffic declines by 4.02% Y/Y in 2016

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – The total traffic of Vigo port in 2016 amounted to 4.12 million tonnes, a decrease of 4.02% on the year....

Valencia port president expects reduced container traffic

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martinez considers that,...

Companies complete first LNG bunkering operation of Abel Matutes ship at Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Spanish companies Gas Natural Fenosa and Balearia have successfully concluded the first bunkering of...

French environmental organisation calls for rapid introduction of LNG as marine fuel

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Presenting new elements of its survey on air pollution from maritime transport, France Nature...

Limassol port to close on Friday ahead of takeover

Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – Immediately prior to private companies taking over operations at Limassol port, the port remains...

An increase of 6% recorded the vehicle throughput at the Piraeus Car Terminal

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – According to the final data, in 2016 the vehicle throughput amounted to 361,912, in comparison with...

Announcement from Emanuele Grimaldi & Antonis Maniadakis – Minoan Lines

Heraklion, Greece (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – Articles which recently appeared on the Greek press have raised the issue of a possible reduction of...

EU supports Finnlines service Between Bilbao And Antwerp

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), which manages infrastructures and research projects...

Port of Bilbao sees slight reduction in 2016 cargo traffic

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – In 2016, the Port of Bilbao handled 31.9 million tonnes of traffic, 1.39% down on the previous year,...

Motril-Tangier Med line services 76,000 passengers

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – More than 76,000 tonnes of goods and 3,852 trucks were handled at the maritime line linking the port of...

Tenerife port cargo traffic rises by 7.8% Y/Y in 2016

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Tenerife port handled 13.6 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, 7.8% more than in the previous year. The...

Barcelona port operates first call of HDASCO ship as part of Mediterranean service

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Iranian shipping company Hafez Darya Arya (HDAS Co), belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran...

Bilbao port cargo traffic declines by 1.39% Y/Y in 2016

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Bilbao port handled 31.9 million tonnes of goods in 2016, a decline of 1.39% on the year, the port...

Leixoes port to operate 107 cruise calls in 2017

Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Leixoes port has already confirmed 107 calls of cruise ships, which will represent a growth of around...

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