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Puertos del Estado president resigns
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – Ornella Chacón, president of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado, is leaving the position for...
Serbia approves updated offer by P&O Ports for Luka Novi Sad privatisation
Novi Sad, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – Serbia’s economy ministry has approved a bid P&O Ports in a tender for the privatisation of Luka...
Italy approves LPG terminal in Chioggia but withholds right to forbid gas carrier activities
Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – After the approval by the Italian State Council for a project to construct a depot for liquefied...
Cagliari port publicly invites expressions of interest for silos renovation
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – There are still 12 days left for any interested parties to present an expression of interest for the...
Sintraport ends strikes at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport has decided not to call new mobilisations...
Cruise ships avoiding the Black Sea due to Crimea annexation
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Major cruise companies are avoiding Black Sea ports due to the uncertain geopolitical situation after the...
Barcelona port hopes to benefit from SmartCAT Challenge
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – The Catalan government and Barcelona’s port authority have joined forces to find innovative...
The biennial Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum will take place in Athens, May 28-29, 2019
March 19, 2019 The biennial Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum has established itself as one of the most influential events for the international cruise industry,...
Brexit: Ports in the Hauts-de-France region innovate with Channel Pass
Press Release – Brexit: Ports in the Hauts-de-France region innovate with Channel Pass – March 6, 2019 In 2018, the company responsible for...
Global Ports Holding Plc – financial results for 2018
March 12, 2019 Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has reported its unaudited results for the twelve...
Sintraport’s strike in Barcelona may spread to other ports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – While the longshoremen’s conflict remains latent in Spanish ports, it is now the transporters who...
Austrian companies eye investments in Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Austrian companies are interested in investing in Trieste port which offers excellent growth opportunities,...
Council of State delays hearing on Genoa port’s dry docks concession
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Italy’s Council of State has postponed to July 25 the hearing on the potential concession...
Barcelona port expresses willingness to dialogue with Sintraport
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport held a day of protest in the centre of Barcelona,...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico (Ancona) may lose Pescara, Ortona ports
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Local sources have suggested that the ports of Pescara and Ortona, currently part of Autorita’ di Sistema...
Bordeaux port names Jean-Frédéric Laurent chairman
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Jean-Frédéric Laurent, specialist in international maritime transport, has taken office as chairman of...
DocksTheFuture will stage the Midterm Conference on April 4, 2019
Press release – DocksTheFuture will stage the Midterm Conference on April 4th 2019 in Trieste, Italy Circle S.p.A. (Italy) and Magellan Association –...