Port Operations
Rajoy announces a 10% drop in port fees at the inauguration of Granadilla port
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, accompanied by the Minister of...
Gijón port again fails to sell its former headquarters
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Gijón port has decided to open “a period of analysis” to see what it does with the two annexed...
Spain’s Partido Popular proposes port digitalisation plan
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish ruling political party Partido Popular (PP) has proposed to the Congress a plan to promote the...
British Ports Association consults with new UK Maritime Minister
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – The British Ports Association (BPA) has held a meeting with new UK Maritime Minister Nus Ghani to...
British Ports Association comments on UK prime minister’s March 2 speech on future economic partnership with the EU
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – British Ports Association (BPA) Policy Manager Mark Simmonds has commented on UK Prime Minister...
Marseille port delegation to attend SITL Europe 2018 logistics exhibition
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Via Marseille Fos, the association promoting the port of Marseille Fos and its professionals, will...
Puertos del Estado continues to invest in the local cruise industry
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – In 2017 Spanish ports exceed 9.2 million cruise passengers, a result of a long-standing commitment by the...
Taranto is a candidate for Horizon 2020
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2018 – The Municipality of Taranto was one of the promoters of the SoCRatE (Symbiotic Circular and Regenerative...
Argo project set to benefit port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2018 – As the result of an agreement between Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia (Friuli Venezia Giulia Region),...
Polzug Intermodal in Georgia taken over by HHLA
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Polzug Intermodal in Georgia has been taken over by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and now operates...
Portuguese Minister of the Sea promotes the single logistics window
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has said that in the first three years of the implementation of...
Livorno port reissues dry dock tender
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian...
Portuguese government to create National Maritime and Ship System (SNEM)
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – The government has six months to create the Sistema Nacional de Embarcações e Marítimos (SNEM –...
Portuguese government sets time limit on Lisbon port concession renegotiations
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has signed the order, published on December 28 in Diário...
Unionports – Maritime Cluster Board of Augusta meets local AdSP president
Augusta, Italy (Ports Europe) March 3, 2018 – Yesterday at the commercial port of Augusta, the Unionports – Maritime Cluster Board was officially...
Porto Cruise Terminal hosted the largest textile technology event in Portugal
Porto, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Porto Cruise Terminal has hosted from February 28 to March 2, 2018, the ItechStyle Summit , the...
Castellón port to improve meteorological, oceanographic information service
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Castellón port will have improved meteorological and oceanographic information on its website with systems...