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Investment

Investment – Capital outlay in ports assets and businesses by companies, organisations and governments. Usually to increase capacity and implement upgrades to to port equipment.

European Commission allocates €6 million to Genoa port e-bridge project

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – As part of the European Commission CEF Transport 2018 call, €6 million has been allocated for the...

Valencia port and City Council of Sagunto sign agreement for rehabilitation of dock

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia),...

EIB agrees to extend €120 million loan to Ravenna port

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Adriatic...

Analysis – China and Italy sign new Silk Road agreement – the aftermath

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – A total of 19 institutional agreements and 10 commercial agreements were signed during the state visit of...

EU to co-finance E-Bridge ports project in Genoa

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – The European Commission will co-finance the E-BRIDGE Project (acronym of Emergency and BRoad Information...

AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale launches restyling of passenger station at Trapani port

Trapani, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian Sea...

Friuli Venezia Giulia regional government approves €4 million funding to Trieste port

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Friuli Venezia Giulia regional government has approved the provision of €4 million ($4.5 million)...

Bari port presents new passenger terminal project

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – The new passenger terminal of the port of Bari, which will be built on platform 10 at the Darsena di Ponente...

Abruzzo region approves funding for docks construction at Pescara port

Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – The regional council of Abruzzo has approved €16 million ($18.1 million) of funding for the construction of...

Calabria’s Gioia Tauro port misses a role in the new Silk Road

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – President of the Calabria Region Mario Oliveiro has written to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte,...

International Association of Islamic Business delegation visits Lebanon

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – A delegation of the Moscow-based International Association of Islamic Business (IAIB/МАИБ) has...

China eyes investments in Italy’s Porto Empedocle

Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – A Chinese technical delegation has studied the profiles of Sicilian ports, including Porto...

Trieste port signs agreement with China Communications Construction Company

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port...

AdSP del Mar Ligure Occidentale (Genoa) and China Communication Construction Company sign cooperation agreement

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – A part of the wider agreement signed in Rome between Italy and China for the development of relations...

Ports set to gain as Italy and China sign MoU for investment

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 24, 2019 – During a state visit to Italy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the two countries signed a non-binding...

Rijeka free port celebrates anniversary and looks to future

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – The Northern Adriatic port city of Rijeka has been celebrating the 300th anniversary of its status as a...

Sicily port projects enter Italy’s infrastructure planning programme

Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – The dredging operations of the Palermo and Termini Imerese ports, the refurbishing Termini Imerese dock and...

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