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Motril port to handle 43,000 tonnes of celestine mineral export this week
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Motril port is surpassing this week a record in its statistics of cargo with the load of 43,000 tonnes of the...
CILSA to invest €150 million in Barcelona port until 2021
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – CILSA SA, the company that manages the Logistics Area of the Port of Barcelona, plans to invest €150...
Parcs Químics de Seguretat to assume firefighting services at Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Spanish company Parcs Químics de Seguretat signed on April 5 an agreement to assume...
Euroports Ibérica to start operating new Liebherr 600 crane at Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Euroports Ibérica plans to improve its operational capacity in the port of Tarragona thanks to the...
Noatum Maritime creates the new division Marmedsa Cruise Services
Barcelona, Spain, April 8, 2019 – Noatum Maritime, the maritime, logistics and port services company, has announced the creation of Marmedsa Cruise...
Vopak to sell terminals in Algeciras, Amsterdam and Hamburg to First State Investments
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Royal Vopak, a leading Dutch independent tank storage company, has announced an agreement on the sale of...
EU Ship Recycling Rules Look Like Protectionism
Press Release – EU Ship Recycling Rules Look Like Protectionism – BIMCO – April 8, 2019 Only nine shipyards, out of 26, on the EU list of...
Spain receives 10.1 million cruise passengers in 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Spain’s state-owned ports received 10,178,169 cruise ship passengers in 2018, an annual...
Analysis – Iran to lease Syrian container port of Latakia
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – From October 2019, Iran is to lease the Latakia container terminal of Latakia port, gaining a highly...
Gibraltar announces major development inside port basin
Press Release – Major In-Harbour Reclamation at Coaling Island: Victoria Keys Commercial Terms Agreed – Government of Gibraltar – April 8,...
MSC executive director for Europe to change position
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The executive director for Europe of the MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company, Maurizio Aponte, will...
EU Parliament President praises Ancona port developments
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, has visited the Adriatic port of Ancona, and praised...
Italy’s Onorato Armatori to intensify activity in Baltic Sea
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Italian company Onorato Armatori group announced an upcoming increase in its activity in the Baltic Sea,...
Contship responds to statements by Italian deputy transport minister
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Contship Italia has intervened following a press release launched during the presentation of the project for...
Svitzer to deliver two tugboats to Suez Canal Authority
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Leading global towage operator Svitzer has signed a 10-year agreement with Port Suez in Egypt to deliver two...
AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority calls infopoints tender for Brindisi, Bari ports
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
MSC, Grimaldi to use hydrogen-powered loading machines at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The MSC and Grimaldi Group terminals of Valencia port will use two hydrogen-powered machines to load and...