Port Operations
Vigo port extends Frigorificos del Morrazo concession to 2029
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo (APV – Port Authority of Vigo) has extended the term of the concession...
Italian company applies for construction of cement factory at Brindisi port
Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Italian company Doronzo Infrastrutture Srl has filed an application with Brindisi port for the...
Castellón port continues to expand ceramic products traffic
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Castellón port continues to grow in terms of volume of total traffic of ceramic products, in the...
Ceuta port considers construction of natgas storage tanks
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Ceuta port aims to develop projects linked to the application of natural gas in the sea transport sector, as...
Spain’s Fertiberia to launch sulphuric acid tank at Avilés port within ten days
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Spanish industrial corporation Fertiberia (Fertilizantes y Productos Químicos Industriales) expects...
Gijón port awards €550,000 contract to Spanish company Comsa
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Gijón port has awarded a €550,154 ($619,000) contract for the overhaul of a railway line to its...
Barcelona port signs cooperation memorandum with China’s Ningbo Zhoushan port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – The ports of Barcelona and Ningbo Zhoushan have signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange...
Piraeus Port Authority participates in China International Import Expo
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has participated in the first China International Import Expo (CIIE)...
Cosco inaugurates the weekly Piraeus-Venice connection to the Vecon terminal
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 11, 2018 – Cosco Shipping Lines group has inaugurated a new “feeder” express service for...
Valenciaport exhibits at China International Import Expo, Shanghai
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has...
Rosa Puig retire after nine years heading Commercial Department of Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – Rosa Puig has retired in her role as Commercial Director, Marketing & Commercial Department, at...
President of Calabria in Rome to discuss Gioia Tauro port issues
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 11, 2018 – The President of the Calabria region, Mario Oliveiro, has visited Rome to discuss a number of...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – September 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 11, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports September 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...
Piombino port’s cruise traffic doubles in 2018
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Piombino port has managed to double the number of cruise passengers serviced this year to 12,759. ...
Baleària, Fred. Olsen launch Huelva-Canary Islands service
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. and Fred Olsen Express plan to launch today their service linking...
Italy’s Coedmar signs €72 million port construction contract
Messina, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Italian company Coedmar has signed a €72 million ($81.7 million) contract for the construction of...
Civitavecchia may lose Chiquita’s banana traffic
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Civitavecchia port may lose its entire traffic of bananas imported by US company Chiquita, due to...
Castellón port handles largest amount of clay in its history
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Castellón port has welcomed the unloading of 73,978 tonnes of clay from Ukraine, the largest...
Barcelona port to launch trade mission to Vietnam on November 12
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Barcelona port managers will travel November 12-16 to Vietnam to strengthen commercial links with the Asian...
EC finds serious failures in fishing control of Irish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – The Irish government announced last summer via a letter addressed to the port of Vigo that it would...