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Finland’s Containerships launches line linking Barcelona port to Algeria, Turkey

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – Finnish shipping group Containerships has launched a regular service connecting Barcelona port with Algeria...

AML to launch regular daily line linking Almería port to Morocco’s Nador

Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) plans to launch a regular daily passenger and ro-ro line...

Barcelona port starts project for design of natural gas-fired tugboat

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Barcelona port has launched a project for the operation of a natural gas-fired tugboat, included in its...

Huelva-Zafira rail line’s traffic exceeds expectations

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Huelva port promotion association HuelvaPort has said the cargo traffic of the railway line connecting the...

Hamburg Süd launches regular line connecting Mediterranean, Northern Europe, South America

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – German shipping company Hamburg Süd Group (Hamburg Süd-Gruppe) has presented a weekly service that links...

CMA CGM launches Morocco Express ro-ro service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – The French CMA CGM Group, a leader in container shipping, is launching a service connecting Morocco...

Fincantieri partners with British designers on new superyacht concept

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Fincantieri Yachts is to cooperate with design studios Claydon Reeves and March & White to create...

Boluda Lines to advertise Cape Verde line at Conxemar exhibition

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – The commitment of Boluda Lines (Boluda Corporación Marítima) to the international frozen seafood products...

WEC Lines starts operating regular calls at Huelva port 

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – WEC Lines has started operating a regular call at Huelva port together with the ports of Leixoes, Vigo,...

MSC reinforces presence at Las Palmas port

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has informed Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...

Ekol starts Trieste-Zeebrugge block train service

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – At the beginning of September, Ekol Lojistik A.S. started a block train line between Zeebrugge,...

Corsica Ferries opens new route to Balearic Islands

Bastia, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Corsica Ferries will open a new line next year to the island of Mallorca, operating from...

Trieste Marine Terminal, new rail service for the Czech Republic

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2017 – From September 9, 2017, a new rail service has been set up for the Czech Republic which connects...

Opel to relaunch freight line to Valencia port on October 2

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – German carmaker Opel has said it plans to relaunch the operation of a direct rail line for the transport...

Hannibal introduces 7th service on the Melzo-Rotterdam rail route

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – Contship has announced that Hannibal will increase the frequency of the Melzo-Rotterdam rail  from...

Spain’s Boluda Lines to launch regular line linking Cape Verde to Spain in October

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Spanish company Boluda Lines, the international freight transport subsidiary of Boluda Corporación...

Valencia port to introduce rail traffic management platform on Sep 30

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to launch the rail service digital...

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