Government
News about the involvement of government in port activities. Includes government laws applicable to ports, state-owned ports including European Union issues with national government implications. Also includes inter-government meetings, agreements and visits of government officials.
Algerian minister says port development will drive economy
Skikda, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The Minister of Public Works and Transport, Abdelghani Zaalane, has said that the development of ports...
Italy’s MIT inspects AdSPs of Civitavecchia, Ravenna and Taranto ports
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) January 20, 2019 – Sample inspections are underway by inspectors of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport on the...
Italy to co-finance electrification, LNG use at ports
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – Italy’s government plans to co-finance the electrification and the use...
Ukraine looks to improve port performance by data digitisation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – Minister of Infrastructure, Volodymyr Omelyan, has met with representatives of Ukrainian Sea Ports...
Morocco plans €165 million investment in 2019-2021 port plan
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 6, 2019 – The Moroccan government’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – National Ports Agency) in...
Madeira plans to invest €17 million in ports in 2019
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – The Madeira Regional Government, through program contracts with APRAM (Administração dos...
PPP efficiency analysis for concession projects in Olvia and Kherson ports approved
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – The conclusions on the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) efficiency analysis for concession projects in...
Spanish ports to receive €68.2 million of EU funding
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 – Twelve Spanish port authorities will distribute more than €68.2 million ($77.6 million) of...
Italian association dissatisfied with lack of reforms on private marinas operation
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – Italian association Ucina Confindustria has expressed its dissatisfaction with the lack of actions on the...
UK Major Ports Group welcomes step-up in no deal planning
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Tim Morris, Chief Executive of the UK Major Ports Group, has welcomed the UK government to...
Ukraine government adopts new maritime policy
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – The Ukrainian government has approved an updated Maritime Doctrine for the period up to 2035, a...
Ukraine looks to improve local ship repair activities
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has invited representatives of local ship repair companies...
Puertos del Estado promotes collaboration between port authorities
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – The state port administration Puertos del Estado has set up the Permanent Observatory of the Port...
Puertos del Estado to attend first meeting of new Digital Transport and Logistic Forum in January
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-owned organisation for the Spanish port system, will attend the first...
Commission approves Venice port’s project for protection of Malamocco-Marghera Canal
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – The Commission for the Protection of Venice approved this morning the Malamocco-Marghera Canal protection...
Ligurian, Tuscan and Lazio ports meet at Federmanager event
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – Federmanager, an association of managers, has organised an event to bring together the port...
Conference of the South ports in Bari, D’Agostino asks for renewed ports government policy
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – The conference “I ports del mezzogiorno” was held today in the Bari cruise terminal, organized...