Port Operations
Port Authority of Leixões plans tender for new container terminal
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 29, 2021 – The Port Authority of Leixões has said that the tender for the new container terminal will be issued...
DP World makes progress in Haifa port bid
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) January 29, 2021 – Officials in Israel have approved DP World as a bidder in the tender to operate facilities at Haifa port....
Messina port authority looks to revive cruise ship calls
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) January 29, 2021 – Autorità di Sistema Portuale dello Stretto (AdSP – Strait) has held talks with local...
Spanish ports see total cargo traffic down 8.6% in 2020
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The Spanish port system ended the 2020 financial year with 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, a decrease of...
Israeli’s Haifa port increase TEU traffic in 2020 by 6%
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The northern Israeli city of Haifa, handled a total capacity of about 1.47 million TEU in 2020, an...
Tanger Med reports overall tonnage up 23% in 2020
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has reported that overall tonnage handled in 2020 was 81 million...
Genoa, Livorno, Palermo ports to see investment
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – The Italian government has issued a DPCM and appointed extraordinary commissioners to accelerate the...
Algeciras port reports reduced cargo traffic in 2020
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras) has published...
Global Ports Investments reports increased container throughput in 2020
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) January 20, 2021 – Global Ports Investments PLC has today announced its operational results for Q4 and the full...
COSCO Shipping Ports Limited – Overseas terminals see quarterly increase in 2020
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited’ overseas terminals reported a Q4 2020 increase in container...
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discuss developing Lapis Lazuli transport corridor
On January 16, 2021, a trilateral online meeting of the heads of the interdepartmental group of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan established to expand...
CMA CGM to make regular use of Lebanon’s Tripoli port
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The Port Authority of Tripoli has reported that CMA CGM, the French shipping line, will use the port as...
Two meetings scheduled to negotiate end to Bilbao port stevedore strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2021 – The negotiation of the stowage of the port of Bilbao begins in a week with two scheduled meetings, the...
Ashdod Port announces winning start-ups in first ever collaboration program in Israeli ports
Ashdod, Israel, (PortSEurope) January 7, 2021 – Ashdod Port Company has selected the winners of a tender for cyber defense systems and additional...
Edison LNG plant site in Brindisi port not fixed
Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 – The Edison project to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in the port area continues to be...
Mario Sommariva is new president of AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 – Mario Sommariva, has been appointed the new President of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...
UIG pays $1.13 million for grain cargo damaged in Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 – Ukrainian Insurance Group (UIG) has paid out insurance compensation of $1.33 million for a cargo of...