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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual ports and articles feature hyperlinks to individual ports.
Emanuele Grimaldi praises contribution of ICS to establishment of the International Maritime Research Fund
News release – Grimaldi Group – January 8, 2020 It is an unprecedented landmark decision, the one made by world shipping to fight global warming....
Ocean Alliance confirms calls to Italian ports of Genoa, La Spezia and Trieste
Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale – January 10, 2020 The Ocean Alliance containerized shipowning alliance has presented the new...
Greece set to tender ten regional ports in 2020
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) January 12, 2020 – Greek Shipping Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis said this week that the government would be...
Overview of operations of the last ten years – Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 12, 2020 – The North Adriatic port of Koper has published a 10-year overview, supporting its claim to be one of...
Koper port sees over 20% fall in Q4 2019 cargo traffic
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 12, 2020 – In the period October-December 2019, cargo traffic was 5.05 million tons, down 20.9% from 6.3 million...
Maersk to introduce Gijón port service
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2020 – Maersk Lines is to link its Z03 container service with the port of Gijón commencing January 23,...
Transcoma acquires stake in Gesport
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2020 -Transcoma Shipping has acquired 20% of Gesport Terminal Marítima in Las Palmas de Gran...
China and Turkey use Baku port as transit point
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2020 – China has started shipping dried fruits to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway. In late...
Greek Prime Minister visits Washington as U.S. boosts East Mediterranean interests
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the United States between January 5-8 and met with the...
Anaklia port project thrown into doubt by government cancellation
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – At a news conference, Maya Tskitishvili, Georgian Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure,...
Georgia seeks to develop maritime transport sector employment
Natia Turnava – Development of maritime transport sector will increase employment opportunities – December 24, 2019 Minister of Economy and...
Thessaloniki port sees increased traffic in 2019
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) has reported that in the financial year 2019, container...
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces management appointment
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – “Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. has announced that Mr. Antonino Spezzano is appointed...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports November 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports November 2019 cargo figures by port authority. Port Authority November ...
Gioia Tauro port’s MCT returns to growth
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – After two years of economic uncertainty, the southwest Italian port of Gioia Tauro has returned to...
Azores grants financial guarantee to local ports authority
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 8, 2020 – The government of the Azores has announced a €4.7 million grant guarantee to Portos...
Ambassador Pyatt supports Greek-USA relations after leaders meet
Ambassador Pyatt’s statement following the meeting of President Trump and Prime Minister Mitsotakis – January 7, 2020 President Trump and Prime...