Port Operations
Hapag-Lloyd eyes investments in Egypt’s port sector
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Egypt’s transport minister Hisham Arafat has met representatives of German company Hapag-Lloyd AG,...
Italy to accelerate road projects at Vado Ligure port
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Italy’s government plans to complete the construction of the improved road connections to Vado...
Avilés port turnover rises 4.2% in 2018
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Avilés port ended the year with improved business results, with a 4.47% increase in cargo traffic to...
Greek ports cruise traffic rises 3.5% in 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Greek ports handled 4.79 million cruise passengers in 2018, up 3.5%, the association of Greek ports...
Constanta port reports increased cargo traffic in 2018
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Total traffic of goods registered in 2018 in Romanian maritime ports reached a new record of the...
Dutch-UK Maritime Nations Forum holds first meeting
Liverpool, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Leading Dutch and UK decision makers in the maritime business area have met in Liverpool to...
Morocco launches tender for shipyard construction at Casablanca port
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Moroccan national ports agency Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has launched a tender for the...
Algeciras port joins Tradelens platform
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Algeciras port has signed a collaboration agreement with IBM to participate in the platform Tradelens, a...
Las Palmas port participates in 50th edition of Boot Düsseldorf
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Las Palmas port is participating until January 27 in the 50th edition of Boot Düsseldorf,...
Volkswagen Portugal explores rail transport as alternative to Setubal port
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Volkswagen Portugal is investigating the railway as an alternative for the export of vehicles with the...
Bilbao port is prepared to take advantage of Brexit
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – The Association of Ship Agents and Stevedores (ACBE – Asociación de Consignatarios de Buques y...
Duisburg port chairman visits Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Erich Staake, Chairman of the Board of Duisburger Hafen AG, has visited Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA)...
Malta Freeport Terminals announces €31m investment in new facilities
Freeport, Malta, January 19, 2019 Malta Freeport Terminals Limited today showcased a huge €31 million investment in new equipment and infrastructural works...
Marseille port’s cargo traffic rises 1% in 2018
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – Preliminary figures show that in 2018, total cargo traffic at Grand Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM)...
Italy’s MIT inspects AdSPs of Civitavecchia, Ravenna and Taranto ports
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) January 20, 2019 – Sample inspections are underway by inspectors of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport on the...
Barcelona port starts preparations for Autumn Japan visit
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2019 – The Port of Barcelona has met with Japan Port Consultants as part of the preparations for a business...
Italy to end Tirrenia’s monopoly on ferry links to Sardinia
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – Italy plans to put an end of the monopoly of ferry company Tirrenia for servicing lines to the island of...