Planning/Strategy
All issues linked to planning and strategies of companies, organisations and governments which own ports. This includes plans to increase traffic and the capacity of ports and generate revenue.
Barcelona port president requests more tariff autonomy
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2019 – The president of Barcelona port, Mercè Conesa, has called for “greater tariff autonomy” and a...
Marseille Fos and Strasbourg port authorities agree to develop multi modal links
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 6, 2019 – The Marseille Fos and Strasbourg port authorities have signed an agreement to strengthen the...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico (Ancona port) to decide on two bids for new port system plan
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Two consortia have applied to participate in the European call for tender for the drafting of the Port...
Civitavecchia port starts action plan to increase fruit, vegetable traffic
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Civitavecchia port and CAR of Rome to develop Memorandum of Understanding
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 3, 2019 – Fabio Massimo Pallottini, Director General of CAR (Centro Agroalimentare Roma) and Francesco Maria...
Madeira government to reform islands’ port system
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The Madeira regional government plans to review the port operation of the entire system of the islands,...
Priority of government is the development of the port of Alexandroupolis
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Secretary General for Ports, Port Policy and Maritime Investment Christos Lambridis has said that...
Suez Canal recovers cost for new Suez Canal project
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Suez Canal Authority has recovered the EGY 20 billion (€992 million/$1.1 billion) cost for the construction...
TUI Cruises chooses Malaga as a base port for 2020
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The German cruise ship company TUI Cruises GmbH has chosen Malaga as the base port for the summer of...
Portos de Galicia presents promotional strategy at Fitur 2019
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The president of Portos de Galicia, José Juan Durán Hermida, has presented the organisation’s...
Volkswagen Portugal explores rail transport as alternative to Setubal port
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Volkswagen Portugal is investigating the railway as an alternative for the export of vehicles with the...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) president discusses launch of Adriatic special economic zone
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Port Authority of Cartagena freezes commercial services costs
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) has decided once again to...
Ukraine looks to improve port performance by data digitisation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – Minister of Infrastructure, Volodymyr Omelyan, has met with representatives of Ukrainian Sea Ports...
AdSP Mar Tirreno Centrale, Confindustria Campania, Intesa Sanpaolo join forces to promote ZES Campania
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Koper port works on strategic business plan for 2020-2025
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – In the first quarter of 2019, Luka Koper, the operator of Koper port, will prepare a new Strategic...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale (La Spezia) reviews 2018
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – President of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian...