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GPH acquires controlling stake in Cagliari Cruise Terminal
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2017 – Global Ports Holding (GPH), a world leader in the cruise sector, has acquired a controlling stake in...
GPH invests €24.9 million in Bar port container terminal over three years
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) January 18, 2017 – Global Ports Holding (GPH) has invested a total of €24.9 million ($26.6 million) in the container...
Depot Zona Franca acquires reachstacker
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2017 – Depot Zona Franca, the logistics operator of Barcelona port’s free trade zone, has invested...
Enel to operate coal-fired power plant at Genoa port for few months in 2017
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Italian power utility Enel Spa has announced that it can reopen the coal-fired power plant at Genoa port...
Svimez calls for launch of special economic zones at Gioia Tauro, Taranto ports
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Italian association for the economic development of southern Italy, Associazione per lo sviluppo...
Civitavecchia port president meets EC representatives
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – The President of the Port System of the Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea, Francesco Maria di Majo, was...
Huelva port authority signs cooperation agreement with Atlantic Copper
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) president Javier Barrero signed a cooperation...
Italian, Catalan logistics, maritime companies meet at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Representatives of several Italian and Catalan companies from the logistics and maritime sector met on...
Spanish government close to completing stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – The Spanish central government is working on a consensus text to implement the reform of the...
CMA CGM consolidates services at Castellon port
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM continues to consolidate its commitment to Castellon port. As a result...
Italian police investigate vehicle imports to jihadist cells via Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Italian Finance Police has started investigations into a possible channel for the import of vehicles to...
Temagra improves operations at Valencia port bulk terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Terminal Marítima de Graneles, S.L. (Temagra), the operator of the bulk terminal of Valencia port, has...
Spanish Healthcare Minister to mediate in finding solution to Vigo port crisis
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – The controversial operation of the Border Inspection Post (BIP) at Vigo port has been placed on the...
Italian ports boost recovery of container traffic in Mediterranean region
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – For once the ports of northern Europe are not the best on the continent, the ones that drive the...
DP World to develop commercial zone in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 – Dubai’s DP World has signed an agreement with Kazakhstan to develop a special economic zone in the...
SASEMAR to manage maritime traffic at Aviles port
Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 – Aviles port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) plans to sign on January 17 a contract with local...
Huelva port expects 400% jump in container traffic Y/Y in 2017
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 – Huelva port plans to increase container traffic by more than 400% this year, from around 12,000 TEUs in 2016...