Port Operations
Re-launch of Genoa port with over €1 billion in investment
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – An extraordinary investment plan of €1.61 billion ($1.84 billion) has been announced to fund the...
France announces €50m planned investment in ports and airports to prepare for no-deal Brexit
Paris, France (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Last week, Édouard Philippe, the French prime minister, has announced a €50 million investment to...
Christine Cabau-Woehrel to rejoin CMA CGM
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The French shipping group CMA CGM Group has announced that Christine Cabau-Woehrel, Présidente du...
Swiss CEVA’s board rejects takeover bid by CMA CGM
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Swiss CEVA Logistics has recommended shareholders not accept a SwFr 30 ($30.24) per share tender offer...
Cartagena port to close January with 10,000 cruise passengers
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Cartagena port expects to close January with more than 10,000 cruise passengers for the first...
A Coruña port calls liquid bulk terminal tender
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – A Coruña port has published a tender for the concession of a liquid bulk terminal at the pier...
Ireland invests €35.7 million to gain leadership in Gran Sol fish catches
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Ireland’s government continues investing in its fishing ports, a measure with which it seeks...
Slovenian government agrees to second railway track between Koper and Divača
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The Slovenian government has agreed to investment in a second railway track between Koper and Divača,...
CIRCLE: supporting European Commission (DG MOVE) and Motorways of the Sea Coordinator in the development of the MoS Implementation Plan 2019-2022
Genoa, January 28, 2019 CIRCLE: supporting European Commission (DG MOVE) and Motorways of the Sea Coordinator in the development of the MoS Implementation Plan...
Grimaldi ships on Barcelona-Civitavecchia port route will generate zero emissions
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2019 – The Italian shipping group Grimaldi is to install lithium batteries and gas filters (scrubbers) in...
Rosneft to manage oil products terminal in Lebanon’s Tripoli port
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 26, 2019 – Russian energy company Rosneft has signed a 20-year agreement with the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and...
USPA dredged 10 ports and canals in 2018
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2019 – In 2018, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) directed the for dredging of six ports and four...
Vittoria Shipyard completes construction of its first HSC vessel
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The Vittoria Shipyard launched this morning in the waters of the White Canal the vessel of the type High...
Livorno port management analyses labour situation
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Analysts expect new growth record for cruise industry in 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – The cruise industry will continue to grow in 2019, breaking a historical record: 24 new ships will be...
Rosneft to operate oil storage terminal at Lebanon’s Tripoli port
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – Russia’s Rosneft has agreed to resume operation of the terminal or the storage of petroleum...
Almería port makes €1.5 million investments in 2018
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – Almería port president Carmen Ortiz has highlighted the level of investments planned in 2018, which has...