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.
Belarus, Turkey discuss creation of cargo traffic corridor along Dnieper
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 10, 2018 – Belarus and Turkey are discussing the creation of a cargo traffic corridor along the Dnieper River,...
Balearic Islands launches survey to collect opinions about its strategic plan
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) August 10, 2018 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has started collecting opinions...
Avilés port aspires to become cruise port of Camino de Santiago
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2018 – Avilés aspires to be a cruise port of the Camino de Santiago. The project involves several ports and...
Tuscany to launch council on improving Piombino, Portoferraio port management
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) August 9, 2018 – Tuscany’s regional government has approved the launch of a technical council to identify a coordinated...
Montenegro’s government adopts spatial plan for its coastal region
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) August 9, 2018 – Montenegro’s government has adopted a Special Purpose Spatial Plan of for the country’s coastal...
Junta and City Council of Córdoba sign the agreement for logistics to promote strategic lines
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – The Minister of Development and Housing, Felipe López, and the mayor of Cordoba, Isabel Ambrosio, have...
AdSP Civitavecchia promotes port and regional cruise sector development
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – A working group was convened for the third time, by the president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale...
Suez Canal’s Economic Zone newly established companies amount to 37 in H1 2018
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – The number of newly established companies in the Suez Canal’s Economic Zone amounted to 37 in the...
Ireland advances in its plans to attract Galician fishing boats
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Ireland is advancing its offensive to snatch the discharges and sale of the Gran Sol fish catches from...
Spain’s Merchant Navy supports promotion of natural gas as marine fuel
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Spain’s Merchant Navy supports Gasnam (Asociación Ibérica de Gas Natural para la Movilidad), the...
Trade unions, shipowners discuss Trapani port problems
Trapani, Italy (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – The problems of the port sector were discussed in a meeting of trade union representatives, shipowners...
Venice port signs agreement on Chioggia port’s management transfer
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – Venice port president Pino Musolino has said he signed an agreement with the Chamber of Commerce to transfer...
Assoporti and ENIT sign joint development agreement
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian port association, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ente Nazionale...
Italian port authorities meet to discuss EU tax issues
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Yesterday, the coordination group of the General Secretaries of the authorities of port system (AdSPs) in...
Valencia port presents hinterland expansion plans to Aragón government
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2018 – Valencia port authority’s president Aurelio Martínez has presented a Plan of Intermodal Development of...
Alicante port completes strategic plan for 2018-2022
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante (APA – Port Authority of Alicante) has...
Eurispes project could add 400,000 jobs in Sicily
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2018 – The €5 billion ($5.84 billion) Eurispes project to develop Palermo port could ultimately create more than...