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Genoa port investment continued in 2020
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – During 2020, in addition to the Extraordinary Program for the relaunch of the port of Genoa, the...
Valencia Containerised Freight Index: Freight starts the year with an increase of 10.41%
The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) stands at 1,571.29 points, the highest figure since the start of the series in January 2018 – February 5,...
Pasaia port sees 2020 cargo traffic down 6.4%
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – According to figures from the state-owned Puertos del Estado, the Basque port of Pasaia reported total...
OKKO Group to acquire Kherson crude oil transshipment terminal
Kherson, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – The OKKO Group has bought the Kherson crude oil transshipment terminal and plans to invest up to US$3...
DP World’s London Gateway and Tilbury ports bid for free port with Ford factory
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – A proposal to from a new “free port” in Southeast England by combining the ports of...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale (La Spezia) applies to start ZLS licence process
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) reports 9% fall in traffic in 2020
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – Last year, the traffic of cargo handled by ports of Bari, Brindisi, Manfredonia, Barletta and Monopoli...
Thessaloniki Port Authority completes 2nd stage of Pier 6 expansion tender
Thessaloniki Port Authority – Press Release – the 2nd stage of the tender for the expansion of Pier 6 is completed – February 5, 2021 The...
Cargo deliveries to and from Russian ports in 2020
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – Russian cargo transported through the seaports of Russia, the Baltic countries, Ukraine and Finland in...
Second stage of tender for expansion of Thessaloniki port Pier 6 completed
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – The submission of binding financial and technical offers for the second stage – Call for...
Electric, connected and autonomous vehicles in ports
Gothenburg, Sweden (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – “Complete driving automation” (Level 5), in which the vehicle performs all driving tasks itself,...
Grimaldi doubles its connections between Ancona and Greece
Naples, 5 February 2021 The latest great news from the Grimaldi Group involves the transport services for passengers and freight between Italy and Greece. In...
Controversial Russian businessman, close to Putin, to control Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) February 5, 2021 – Russian billionaire of Greek origin and born in Georgia, Ivan Savidis, has acquired the 47% stake...
Port of Huelva to install a solar plant in service area
The project will create 500 jobs and reduce the carbon footprint of the port and the city by more than 130,000 mt of CO2 per year –...
Tarragona port approves aid worth €1.6 million for port companies
The maritime traffics that have most noticed these negative effects of the pandemic are crude oil and new vehicles, among others – February 5, 2021 The...
AdSP MAM (Bari) makes progress with Zona Franca Doganale Interclusa
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) February 5, 2021 – Director General of the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM – Agenzia delle dogane e dei monopoli),...
Cagliari port rejects Pifim bid for container terminal concession
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) February 5, 2021 – The proposal by Pifim Company to manage the concession of the port’s container terminal...