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.
From January 1, 2018, Ukrainian port duty rates have been reduced by 20%
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – The Government has supported the proposal of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine to reduce port...
Koper port concession area expanded
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The Slovenian government has adopted a decree expanding the concession area of the port of Koper. With...
Government looks to change Koper port concession fee payments
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructure intends to change the law, according to which Luka Koper is paying the...
EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership: launch of the negotiations for a new protocol
EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership: launch of the negotiations for a new protocol – January 8, 2018 The European Commission has adopted a recommendation...
Draft updated for Strategy for the Development of Seaports of Ukraine for the period up to 2038
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has started the process to update Strategy for the Development...
Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund to present regional port privatisation report
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – A study on the exploitation of the ten major ports of the country through the concession process is to...
Further details released about Kanal Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Kanal Istanbul is a project ti build a waterway which would operate as an alternative waterway to the...
British Ports Association looking to shape the agenda in 2018
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Chief Executive of the British Ports Association (BPA), Richard Ballantyne, has outlined the...
BPA calls for bold vision ahead of New Year fisheries bill
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – On December 31, 2017, the British Ports Association (BPA) published a detailed report on the...
AdSP Naples to hold press conference
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – The President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centrale (Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Portugal’s AMT approves port tariff increases of 1.6%
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – The Regulation of the Tariff System of Ports and the “Guidelines for the preparation of proposals...
Puertos del Estado chairs meeting of the Plenary Session of the Permanent Observatory of the Port Services Market
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – On December 1, 2017, the president of Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, chaired the eleventh meeting of...
PwC to present sea economy studies in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – PwC will present the 8th edition of the study “LEME – PwC Barometer of the Economy of the...
Working group set up to propose development of Faro port
Faro, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – The Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, published on Tuesday, January 2, the order to...
Morocco’s national ports agency plans MAD 6 billion of investments
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – The country’s Agence National des Ports (ANP – National Ports Agency) plans to...
Koper port shareholders vote to remove CEO Dragomir Matic
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) December 28, 2017 – Shareholders of Luka Koper d.d., led by the state asset holder Slovenian Sovereign Holding, backed on...
Management Committee approves AdSP Livorno 2018-2020 operation plan
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2017 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (North...
2018 Financial plan of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority approved
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the financial plan of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority...
Measures for the removal of dangerous and harmful ships from the ports of Piraeus and Elefsina
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Panayiotis Kourouplis, yesterday gave instructions to take...
Conference issues call for Marseille-Genoa to join Ten-T transport corridor
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – Philippe Tabarot, transport officer at the Paca regional council, Joan Amoros, president of the...