Coronavirus
All news linked to the the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis. This includes the effects on ports and their businesses.
COVID-19 reduces traffic at Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) April 26, 2020 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has announced that it in March, container and the conventional...
Ports of Genoa ports record 5.4% fall in Q1 2020
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 25, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 8/2020
Covid-19 Update – Issue 8/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 24, 2020 With their first successes in the fight against coronavirus, some governments begin to...
Bilbao port continues its activities, in spite of negative numbers
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2020 – Between January and March, 8.5 million tons of goods were shipped through the Port of Bilbao, down 4.6%...
Ports of Almería and Carboneras continue operating
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2020 – During the first month of the state of alarm, more than 70 merchant ships and ferries operated in the...
Cartagena port extends the period of payment of fees.
Cartagena Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2020 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) is informing all its clients...
Traffic in Ferrol port grows, despite virus
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18,2020 – Companies operating in Ferrol port have moved almost 2.4 million tons of goods so far in 2020, compared to...
Valenciaport signs contract with Generalitat to allocate 80,000 m2 of Fuente San Luis as provisional container warehouse
The contract between the Valencia Port Authority (APV) and the Generalitat will allow importers and exporters to cut costs and solve the problem of space in...
ICTSI terminals respond to mitigate COVID effects
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) terminals across its portfolio, both individually and collectively, and in unity with its host...
Ports change rates because they want to support companies – Valenciaport
The president of Valenciaport positively values the measures and the rate reductions as prudent in that they are selective, limited in time, in their...
Valenciaport: Export will be key to recovery from COVID-19 economic crisis
Researcher of the Institute of International Economy (IEI), Vicente Pallardó and the president of Valenciaport and professor of economics, Aurelio Martínez...
Vado Gateway donates multiparametric monitors to San Paolo in Savona
APM Terminals Vado Ligure has donated to the San Paolo hospital, Savona, multi-parameter monitors for the care of Covid-19 patients – April 22, 2020...
Copelouzos remains interested in privatisation of Alexandroupolis port
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) April 22, 2020 – Alexandroupolis is one of four ports that the Greek state, represented by the Hellenic Republic...
Freight traffic at Barcelona port down 8.3% in March
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2020 – Freight traffic at Barcelona port totalled 4.9 million tonnes in March, a fall of 8.3% compared to the...
Serbian President Vucic visit construction site Belgrade-Budapest fast railway
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic have visited works on...
Croatian government meets with coastal liners and shipping companies
News – At the initiative of the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, a video conference was held yesterday with representatives of coastal...
Covid-19: emergency measures to help EU farmers and fishermen
News – The EU has approved emergency measures to help farmers and fishermen affected by the coronavirus pandemic – April 20, 2020 In order to avoid...