Top News
The key news from Ports Europe covering business and geopolitical issues. Some of these articles appear in the email newsletter published every Wednesday. This will include any new Analysis articles.
Ports to benefit from Bulgarian-Greek rail transport agreement
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signed a joint...
Caprabo signs contract to build new distribution platform in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – A contract has been signed by Caprabo SA and CILSA SA, the manager of the ZAL Port, for the...
USPA signs agreements with two leading ports of Egypt
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 4, 2018 – On Friday, November 2, a memorandum on cooperation between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)...
Barcelona port to extend concessions of three operators
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2018 – Barcelona port has said it plans to extend the deadline for three concessions in its area. TM2 (Servicios...
Privatisation of regional Greek ports progresses through parliament
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – A bill on the ratification of the concession contracts granting port authorities control of their ports...
Valenciaport and China’s Tianjin port sign agreement to promote technological platform
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) and...
Seat, Autometro to relaunch rail service to Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Spanish carmaker Seat SA and Autometro SA, a company owned by FGC and COMSA Rail Transport,...
Delegation from Zhuhai city visits Contship’s La Spezia Container Terminal
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – On October 26, 2018, a delegation from the Chinese city of Zhuhai visited La Spezia, attending...
Poseidon Med II – Setting the scene for LNG as marine fuel in East Med
Press Release – Setting the scene for LNG as marine fuel in East Med – October 18, 2018 The achievements and milestones of the European co-funded...
Australian ambassador visits Alexandroupolis port
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – Ambassador of Australia to Greece, Kate Logan, has visited the port of Alexandroupolis. Logan...
British Ports Association calls for UK ports to land all fish locally after Brexit
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – The UK government has introduced The Fisheries Bill was to the House of Commons and Mark Simmonds...
Lebanon’s Tripoli port looks to attract Chinese investment
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2018 – Toufic Dabbousi, head of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, has met with Chinese...
Koper port operators attend Munich business event
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) October 26, 2018 – Around 70 representatives of logistics companies, shipowners, freight carriers and forwarding agents...
Chinese delegation visits A Coruña port in Galicia
Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – A delegation from the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province, China, has visited the facilities of...
Barcelona port starts preliminary studies on construction of new container terminal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Barcelona port has started to work on preliminary studies for the construction of a new container...
MSC Cruises seeks stake in Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – MSC Cruises is reported to be seeking an equity stake in Trieste Adriatic Marine Initiatives S.r.l....
Barcelona port total traffic increases 12.3% in Jan-Sept 2018
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 22, 2018 – In the first nine months of 2018, Barcelona port registered total traffic was 51.1 million tons, up...