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.
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...
Spain to reduce port fees by 10%
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has announced that the government budget for 2017 includes a drop of...
Porto Cruise Terminal hosts “Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality” event
Porto, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 3, 2018 – On February 26, the Porto Cruise Terminal hosted the “Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality”, an...
CIPE approves Ravenna port hub project
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – The project for the port hub of Ravenna has been approved by Comitato interministeriale per la...
Capitale Messina VP supports independent port authority
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Gianfranco Salmeri, vice president of Capitale Messina, continues to support a new port...
Ukraine government looks to offer Kherson port concession
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has said that Kherson Commercial Sea Port is unprofitable. The...
New director of Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía Mariela Fernández-Bermejo visits Malaga port
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – The new director of Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA – Public Ports Agency of...
Andalusia takes step to improve dangerous waste handling at its fishing ports
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...
Biomarine to be held in Portugal in 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Biomarine is a business platform linked to biomarine resources and, to encourage the participation...
Seville port starts implementing RIS standard
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has started the work for the implementation of the...