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Valencia port to launch container price index

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – Valencia port plans to create an indicator that shows the evolution of the freight prices of its containers,...

Hannibal doubles connections to Switzerland with a new daily rail service from Melzo to Niederglatt

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – Hannibal, Contship Italia Group’s multimodal transport operator, is started a second rail link to...

Latvia’s Alpha Shipping launches line connecting Barcelona, Castellón to North Africa

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Latvian company Alpha Shipping has started offering a regular direct service linking the ports of Barcelona...

Maersk starts operating container line linking Salerno to Canada

Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Maersk Line has started operating a container line linking Italy’s Salerno port to Canada via Spain. The...

DHL Freight opens warehousing facility near Izmir, Turkey

Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 7, 2018 – DHL Freight, a leading provider of road freight services in Europe, has opened a new warehouse in the Manisa...

Italy’s Ignazio Messina returns to Naples port

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Italian shipping company Ignazio Messina & CSpA, a Group Messina SpA company, has restarted container...

Bilbao port launches new service for forwarding agents

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) announced the launch of its new booking and...

Hapag-Lloyd to carry out first call of AL6 service in Lisbon on July 6

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – German company Hapag-Lloyd AG has said that on July 6 Lisbon port will receive the first call of a service...

UN Ro-Ro launches Patras-Pendik ports service

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – UN Ro-Ro, the shipping company, is to start a service between Pendik port, Istanbul, and Patras port in...

Sevastopol port starts handling wheat exports to Syria

Tartus, Syria (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – Sevastopol port has started handling exports of grain Russian wheat to Syria’s port of Tartus. A total of...

MacAndrews makes first call of POSS service in Ferrol port

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – After making its first call on May 11 to position equipment, the Yilport container terminal at the port of Ferrol...

Maersk, Grupo Cosentino officially present Almería-Algeciras container line

Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – Maersk Line and Grupo Cosentino officially has presented the new container line that began its service on June...

WEC Lines sets up own brand in Morocco

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – Dutch shipping company W.E.C. Lines BV has reaffirmed its presence in Morocco with the establishment of its...

Maersk Line and Cosentino Group present new container line from Almeria port

Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – The shipping company Maersk Line and Cosentino Group have presented the new container line that began its...

Turkish ports introduce the Port Single Window System

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – The Port Single Window System was put into service nationwide yesterday, said Transportation, Maritime and...

Hapag-Lloyd to launch intermodal service linking Málaga to Canada, United States

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – In the coming weeks, Málaga port will start operating a direct line for the export of products from its...

2M Alliance increase Trieste port calls

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – The Phoenix/AE12 Adriatic–Far East Service operated by 2M Alliance (Maersk and MSC) will offer from...

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