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Agreement signed for central investment in Italian port LNG facilities

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport has signed an agreement with various relevant associations to...

Ancona port allocated €2 million for priority projects

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport (MIT) has allocated over €2 million for priority projects...

Monfalcone port sees widespread investment

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The north Adriatic port of Monfalcone has seen substantial investment in recent years, and Regional...

Augusta port holds talks with local AdSP

Augusta, Italy (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – Discussions between the general secretary of the harbor agency, Carlo Guglielmi, and president of...

Anna Casini nominated to National Conference of Coordination of Port Authorities

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – Anna Casini, vice president of the Marche region, has been was designated today as regional representative...

Edoardo Rixi nominated to National Conference of Coordination of Port Authorities

Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – Edoardo Rixi, Regional Councilor for Ports, was designated today as regional representative of the National...

Mayor of Reggio Calabria to join National Conference of Coordination of Port Authorities

Reggio Calabria, Italy (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – The mayor of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Falcomatà, has been designated as the ANCI (Associazione...

Western Mediterranean: a management plan to fortify the fishing sector of the region

European Commission – Press Release – March 8, 2018 Brussels A multi-annual plan to bring more stability, transparency and sustainability to...

European Sea Ports Organisation produces position paper to submit to Brexit negotiators

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – The European Sea Ports organisation (ESPO) has called on Brexit negotiators to prioritise...

Barcelona signs fishing agreement with local SMEs

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – The Secretary General of Fisheries, Alberto López-Asenjo, has signed a protocol in Barcelona with the...

Italian ports see cuts after infrastructure costs changes

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The Ministry of Transport has requested changes to infrastructure costs which could result in six Italian...

Rajoy announces a 10% drop in port fees at the inauguration of Granadilla port

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, accompanied by the Minister of...

Spain’s Partido Popular proposes port digitalisation plan

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish ruling political party Partido Popular (PP) has proposed to the Congress a plan to promote the...

Puertos del Estado continues to invest in the local cruise industry

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – In 2017 Spanish ports exceed 9.2 million cruise passengers, a result of a long-standing commitment by the...

Special economic zone to be located near Italy’s Ortona port

Pescaro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2018 – The Government is to establish a Special Economic Zone in the province of Chieti near the port of Ortona....

Portuguese Minister of the Sea promotes the single logistics window

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has said that in the first three years of the implementation of...

Portuguese government sets time limit on Lisbon port concession renegotiations

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has signed the order, published on December 28 in Diário...

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