Port Operations
Suez Canal participates in China International Import Forum
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Suez Canal Economic Authority has participated in the China International Import Expo (CIIE) held in Shanghai...
Poor rail infrastructure may hamper Trieste port’s growth
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Trieste port is developing rapidly and aims to expand its container traffic to 3.5...
Maersk boosts container traffic at Almería port
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Almería port has seen its container traffic significantly increased in the first nine months of 2018, on...
China Merchants Group eyes acquisition of Trieste port operator
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Italian companies Parisi Group and I.Co.P. srl are in talks for the sale of their shares in...
Barcelona port launches its first natgas station for vehicles
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Barcelona port has launched its first station for the sale of natural gas for vehicles, in which €600,000...
Tarragona port invites bids for overhaul of former headquarters
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) has invited bids for the...
Valencia port joins TradeLens project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Valencia port has been integrated into the TradeLens project, a technological solution developed by IBM and...
Croatia hopes its ports to become gateway for Chinese foreign trade
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Croatia hopes its ports to become a gateway for the import of cargo to Europe from China, prime minister...
Montenegro’s Luka Bar names president
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Luka Bar d.d., the operator of Montenegro’s Bar port, has appointed Vojin Žugić as president. The...
Cosco launches Venice-Piraeus weekly container service
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Cosco Shipping Lines Italy has announced the launch of a new direct container service, with weekly frequency,...
AdSP Sardegna approves 2019 forecast budget with €51 million in investments
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian Sea Port...
EU Commission to invest almost €111 million in Naples port
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – The European Commission has adopted five major Cohesion Policy projects for better transport and water...
Thessaloniki Port Authority sets up port community association
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA is to set up the Thessaloniki Port Authority Users Committee in...
Bilbao port closes record cruise season in 2018
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Bilbao port has closed a record cruise season with 86,500 passengers, with 3,000 of them using...
Italy’s Fincantieri establishes cruise hub in China
Shanghai, China (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has signed a contract for the creation of an industrial hub for cruise,...
Spain’s Naturgy to develop Gijón port gas station regardless of regasification plant commissioning
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Spanish company Naturgy Energy Group S.A. has disassociated the installation of a gas station in...
Spain’s Iberconsa settles disagreement with Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Spanish company Iberconsa has settled its disagreement with Vigo port and will continue using its warehouse at...