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Italy’s Grimaldi Lines may leave Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Grimaldi Lines, a shipping company of the Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi, could decide to leave the port...
Valencia port to introduce hydrogen-fuelled cargo handling operations
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Valencia may become the first port in Europe to incorporate hydrogen energy to reduce the environmental...
ANESCO urges Adif to restore rail traffic to Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of Stevedoring...
Montenegro’s Luka Bar records €5.37 million loss in Jan-Sep 2018
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Montenegrin port operator Luka Bar AD Bar has closed the first nine months of 2018 with a loss of €5.37...
Madeira plans to invest €17 million in ports in 2019
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – The Madeira Regional Government, through program contracts with APRAM (Administração dos...
Belgian economic mission visits Tanger Med port
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – On November 29, 2018, Tangier Med port received an official visit of the Belgian economic mission headed...
Spanish state ports to receive another €68.2 million of EU aid
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – Puertos del Estado has negotiated, as an intermediary body for European aid, with the Spanish Ministry of...
Suardíaz drives Vigo port’s traffic growth in 2018
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – The Suardíaz group, headquartered in Madrid, ends the year as the growth generator of traffic at the port of...
Suez Canal settles dispute with Sewedy Group unit
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority has settled a dispute with a subsidiary of Sewedy Group over the operation of a land...
Las Palmas port terminates tender for Nelson Mandela dock overhaul
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – Las Palmas port has opted to terminate the tender called at the end of November to find a...
PPP efficiency analysis for concession projects in Olvia and Kherson ports approved
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – The conclusions on the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) efficiency analysis for concession projects in...
Galician recreational ports see improved traffic in 2018
Pontevedra, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – The autonomous ports of the Rías Baixas, the coastal estuary between Muros and Tui, received 7,400...
Global Ports Holding announces Bodrum Cruise port concession extension until 2067
Global Ports Holding – December 31, 2018 Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, is pleased to...
Valencia port reduces “carbon footprint” by 17% in eight years
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – The fight against climate change and the reduction of emissions of CO 2 and other pollutant particles...
Spain’s anti-trust watchdog warns against protectionist rules in port services
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – Spain’s competition regulator has urged the country’s government to liberalise the port...
Gioia Tauro port approves budget for 2019, business plan for 2019-2021
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port’s board of directors has given the green light to the budget for next year and...
European Commission clears a new joint venture by Bergé and GEFCO España
December 12, 2018 The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a new joint venture by Bergé Automotive Logistics,...