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Andalusia government names presidents of local ports
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Andalusia’s regional government has approved the appointment of the former mayor of Cádiz, Teófila...
MCT promises €120 million investment in Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) has suspended the redundancy schemes and announced investments of...
Avilés port to launch tender for reconstruction of railway lines
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Avilés port has approved a tender for the modification of the layout of the railway lines on the left bank...
Santander port may establish railway operator
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS – Port Authority of Santander) may establish a...
Grimaldi, Samskip, Rail Cargo Group to launch Venice-Duisburg freight rail service
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – A consortium of Italy’s Grimaldi, Dutch-based Samskip and Austria’s Rail Cargo...
EU investing €3.8 million in Croatia’s Crikvenica port
Crikvenica, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Croatia’s Crikvenica has been included in the European Union’s projects for improvement of...
Bulgaria to offer concessions for Black Sea and Danube River ports in 2020
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Bulgaria will launch concession tenders for its largest Black Sea and Danube River ports in 2020 with...
Royal Caribbean Cruises orders sixth Oasis-class ship from Chantiers de l’Atlantique
Nantes St-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd has announced an agreement with French shipbuilder Chantiers de...
VTB Acquires 100% of Novorossiysk Grain Terminal from NSCP Group
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – VTB Bank and Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port have announced on the acquisition by VTB Group of...
Greek parliament debates regional port privatisation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – The Greek government has started debating the issue of regional port privatisation which could lead...
Sanctions against eight more Russians over Kerch Strait incident
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – European Union (EU) foreign ministers have agreed to impose sanctions against eight more Russian...
Tunisian ports see 7% increase in 2018 cargo traffic
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – The total volume of commercial activity in Tunisian commercial seaports was 30.7 million tons in 2018,...
Jean-Pierre Chalus appointed General Delegate of the Union of Ports of France
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – Jean-Pierre Chalus has been appointed Délégué Général (General Delegate) of L’Union des...
Corsica ports’ passenger traffic declines in 2018
Ajaccio, France (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – About 4.1 million passengers were transported on regular maritime services to and from Corsica...
Balearic ports attract €178 million investment in overhaul works
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – The overhaul works launched by the current government at Balearic ports have attracted investments...
Genoa port launches Truck Management System at PSA Voltri-Prà terminal
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – Genoa port has activated a Truck Management System (TMS) at the PSA Voltri-Prà container terminal....
Basque Country launches overhaul of Bermeo port
Bermeo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – The Basque Country regional government has started overhaul works on the Erroxape pier in the port of...