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Spain: Puertos del Estado – November 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Koper port reports increased cargo traffic in 2018
In 2018 a total of 24 million tonnes of cargo were handled in the port of Koper, a 3 % rise compared to the 2017. Containers continued with a steady 8 %...
Alcoa offers six-month extension to Galician plants
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – U.S. aluminium producer Alcoa has offered to turn off the electrolysis series at its plants in A Coruña...
Setúbal port strike reduces national November exports
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Portugal’s Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE – National Statistical Institute) has...
Negotiations of collective agreement with Setúbal port dockworkers resumed
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement for the dockworkers at Setúbal port were resumed...
Rixi comments on European Commission demand for Italian port taxation
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Deputy Minister for Infrastructure Edoardo Rixi has responded to the position taken by the EU Commission...
Koper port works on strategic business plan for 2020-2025
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – In the first quarter of 2019, Luka Koper, the operator of Koper port, will prepare a new Strategic...
Spain’s government opposes European Commission, defends port tax exemptions
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – The warning of the European Commission for Spain to put an end to exemptions to the payment of corporate...
Algeciras port receives EMAS certification
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras) has received from...
Boluda upgrades Las Palmas-Cape Verde route
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima has announced the extension of the route...
Fincantieri studies data room of Croatia’s Uljanik
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Italian company Fincantieri SpA and Australia’s Scenic Group are studying the data room of Croatian...
Alcoa generates 43% of Ferrol port’s traffic
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – US industrial company Alcoa Corporation generated 43% of the total traffic of Ferrol port in 2018, or 5.85...
Ceuta port introduces second fuel supply vessel
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – The “PetroBay” ship, owned by shipping company Boluda, has arrived at the port of Ceuta to operate...
Spain’s cruise market continues to expand
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – Spain continues to gain market share in the world cruise industry, with Barcelona as a reference in the...
Italy’s GNV names HR manager
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has appointed Marco Rapetto as human resources...
P&O Ferrymasters launches new intermodal service via Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – P&O Ferrymasters has announced the launch of new intermodal services from the Turkish ports of Pendik,...
Pescara port needs urgent dredging
Pescara, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...