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Navantia plans expansion to Ferrol port shipyard

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – The Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority has approved the Navantia project for the redevelopment of the Fene...

Spain’s top container ports in 2021 – ranking

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – A total of 198.51 million tons (mt) in containers was handled by Spain’s state-owned ports in 2021,...

Turkey: Cargo handling statistics by port authority – 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported total cargo statistics for Turkish seaports...

Tunisia’s Port of Radès seeks investment

Radès, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – The Ministry of Transport has announced the appointment of Foued Othman as the new CEO of l’Office de...

Turkey: Total cargo handling statistics – 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 1, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported total cargo statistics for Turkish seaports...

CMA CGM’s Containerships extends Spain and UK shipping service

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – Containerships is expanding its Spain and UK shipping service. The NWUK FAST LANE service offers an...

Port of Trieste sees cargo traffic up +2.23% in 2021

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2022 – Total cargo handled by the Port of Trieste in 2021 was 55.36 million tons, up #2.23% on the previous 12...

Luka Koper arranges €60 million loan

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 25, 2022 – In an announcement to the Ljubljana Stock Exchange, Luka Koper, d.d. (LJE:LKPG) said it has finalised a...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited – Overseas terminals container throughput 2021

Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited has published TEU throughput for 2021, with its overseas terminals which...

Port of Turkmenbashi to receive finance from Islamic Development Bank

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – The Port of Turkmenbashi is set to receive $90.15 million (€79.5 million) in financing...

Port Authority of Seville welcomes delegation from Portugal’s Sines port

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – A delegation from the Portuguese port of Sines has visited Seville to discuss strategy and future...

Greece launches the tender process for the marina of Itea

Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) January 18, 2022 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund S.A. (HRADF) has launched a tender process for the...

Titan LNG has won the tender for LNG delivery in the Port of Marseille for Corsica Linea’s new Ro-Pax ferry

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 16, 2022 – The Dutch company Titan LNG has won the tender for the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the...

Maersk launches new reefer train service between Algeciras and Marin ports

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 14, 2022 – A.P. Moller- Maersk (Maersk) has announced a new rail service for reefer cargo between its Andalucía...

New UK-Morocco cargo sea service avoids Brexit red tape

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – United Seaways has launched a weekly Ro-Ro service directly linking Poole on the Southern coast...

DeloPorts and China’s ZPMC sign port crane agreement

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 11, 2022 – Last month, NUTEP, the part of DeloPorts, signed the agreement with China’s Shanghai Zhenhua...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – November 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – In the month of November 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 45.75 million tons of cargo, compared...

Are Chinese companies interested in Italy’s Port of Palermo?

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – In the last month, various reports have suggested that China may be looking at the Sicilian port...

COSCO Ports Shipping sees 11-month container handling up 4.1%

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) December 21, 2021 – In the first 11 months of 2021, COSCO Ports Shipping Ltd has reported total global TEU handling of...

European Investment Bank to lend funds to Ports of Genoa

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 13, 2021 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to furnish a €300 million ($339 million) framework loan to...

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