Port Operations
Barcelona port remains out of MedPorts association
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The third MEDPorts Forum took place in Marseille on February 7-8, 2018, and the organisation has since...
Huelva port authority adopts ethical code
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The board of directors of Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) approved the introduction...
Piraeus master plan gets 10-day extension for public deliberation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – A master plan submitted last month by the Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) for the revamp of the...
Andalusia proposes €5.2 million investment in Ayamonte
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, via la Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA –...
Málaga port, Public Ports Agency of Andalusia study potential cooperation
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The new director of the Public Ports Agency of Andalusia (APPA), Mariela Fernández-Bermejo, visited...
Vilagarcía port renews membership in EcoPorts
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Vilagarcía port has renewed its membership in the EcoPorts network, a port association composed of...
Italy’s parliament approves integration of Monfalcone port into Trieste-based port authority
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – The Chamber of Deputies of Italy’s Parliament has given the green light to the integration of...
Bilbao port president to resign in June
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) president Asier Atutxa plans to resign in June to...
Piraeus Port Authority claims alleged state interference
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Cosco-controlled Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) in Greece has challenged the state-owned Public...
Yilport announces Lisbon and Leixões port container terminal investments
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Yilport, an operator of several port terminals in Portugal, intends to invest around €200 million...
Barcelona port invites more companies to join its sustainability plan
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The sustainability plan of Barcelona port has opened a new period of expansion to add more companies and...
Santander offers best quality of bulk handling globally
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Santander port has been listed as the best harbour in the world in the handling of bulk by Bimco, the...
International Fashion Centre MIF68 opens in Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The International Fashion Center MIF68 has been inaugurated in the 16th arrondissement of Marseille...
Barcelona port welcomes a debate about the challenges of electric vehicle logistics
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The Port of Barcelona hosted the day Electric Vehicles in Logistics and Transportation event,...
IMO and EBRD to promote investment projects in Ukrainian port sector
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The International Maritime Organization ( IMO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and...
Israel looks at Anaklia port as business location
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Georgian and Israeli officials have discussed the potential of Anaklia deep-sea port, currently...
Post-Brexit port health border disruption still a major concern for British ports
London, United Kingdom, (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 Commenting the publication of the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report on...
Casablanca port improves transshipment procedures
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Morocco’s L’Agence nationale des ports (ANP – National Ports Agency)...
Ceuta port invests €900,000 to improve security
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – The constant demands of citizens in matters of security in Ceuta port area have been answered by the port...
Italy introduces new Nautical Code
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – After the publication in the Official Journal of last January 30, 2018, the new Nautical Code comes into...