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.
Minister Toninelli in Genoa for talks with the European Commissioner Bulc
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Danilo Toninelli, and the European Commissioner for Transport,...
Santander port targets handling of 600,000 cars annually
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Santander port aims to have the capacity to move 600,000 cars a year, for which it needs new rail...
Spediporto members to benefit from extension of delivery vouchers
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Spediporto, the association of the Genoese forwarders, is to guarantee an extension of delivery vouchers....
Valencia port reports benefits from study of “Economic Impact of the ports of the Port Authority of Valencia in 2016”
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has presented...
Puertos del Estado launches new body to help ports
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, accompanied by the director of Exploitation,...
Cosco plan for Piraeus port faces challenge from local businesses
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – Agreement for the plans presented by Cosco Shipping Ports for Piraeus port have yet to be agreed with...
Vigo port expects to recover lost cargo traffic through stowage liberalisation
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 – Vigo port expects to recover part of the cargo traffic lost in recent years through the liberalisation of the...
Italy may launch plan to encourage development of Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Italy’s government is to establish a national plan for the development of the port sector, which...
Alexandroupolis port develops masterplan to encourage Samothrace shipping activities
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Alexandroupolis Port Authority has drafted a masterplan for the development of shipping...
Public Ports of Andalusia Agency undertakes technical research
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, via Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA –...
Vigo port presents new strategic plan to port community
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – The President of Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo (APV – Port Authority of Vigo), Enrique C. López...
Port of Rafina holds discussion with new minister of shipping and island policy
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – Fotis Kouvelis, the new Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, has met with the President of the...
AdSP Naples sees ZES progress
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – With the appointments of lawyer Roberto Rosiello and of Domenico Bellobuono, respectively representing...
AdSP Genoa takes measures after the Morandi bridge collapse
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – The management committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP –...
Port Authority of Alicante approves strategic plan for 2018-2022
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante (APA – Port Authority of Alicante)...
Cruise project part of Antalya port development plan
Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Menderes Turel has a number of ambitious projects for...
Senator sends open letter to government to raise concerns about Bordeaux port
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) September 25, 2018 – Senator Nathalie Delattre of Gironde has sent an open letter to the Minister of Transport Elisabeth...