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.
New CIVITAS Tool Inventory to be launched at the CIVITAS Forum 2017
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – The new CIVITAS Tool Inventory for urban mobility and integrated planning is set to be launched at...
Pesaro looks towards port development
Pesaro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 9, 2017 – Rodolfo Giampieri, chairman of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centrale (Port...
Bilbao port prepares for autonomous vessels era
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, has announced that the...
New railway connection agreement between Greece and Bulgaria
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection will be signed...
New environmental study for proposed Barreiro Container Terminal in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 –Â The current environmental impact assessment of the Barreiro Container Terminal will be stopped and a...
Abruzzo to have special economic zone (ZES)
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Minister for the South of Italy Claudio De Vincenti has announced that the Abruzzo and Molise regions...
Italy’s Transport Regulatory Authority visits Trieste portÂ
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The recent visit to Trieste port of Autorità per la regolamentazione dei Trasporti (the Transport...
Cruise Shipping and Urban Development: The Case of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The International Transport Forum (ITF) has published a report which assesses the impacts of cruise...
ITF: Local Governments and Ports report
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The International Transport Forum (ITF) has published a report that compares the different ways in...
Vigo port mulls concession of wholesale fish market
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said that...
Polesine ports and Venice port system look for synergies
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – At a meeting between Pino Mussolino, Chairman of the Port Authority System of Venice, Secretary...
Friuli Venezia Giulia and Fincantieri to create cruise industry academy
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Fincantieri S.p.A. plan to sign a Memorandum of...
Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale to presents plans
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – On September 4, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...
Santander City Council, port join forces to improve area of Maritime Station
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Santander City Council and Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) have signed an...
Valencia port concludes corporate management systems modernisation project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – Valencia port has concluded a modernisation process in its corporate management systems. The main change has...
Hapag-Lloyd works on integrating UASC business in Egypt
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – Hapag-Lloyd confirmed that the process of merging with UASC businesses in Egypt is currently underway. The...
Seville port awards €200,000 contract to Advanced Logistics Group
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 –  Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has selected the bid of Spanish company Advanced...
Castellón provincial council reaffirms commitment to PortCastelló Foundation
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – Castellón local parliament has renewed its commitment to the PortCastelló Foundation with the aim of...
Portuguese cargo transport firms visit Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Portuguese association of public transport carriers of goods ANTRAM and TCL – Terminal de...
French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian visits Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – The French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian has visited Marseille port and...