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Luka Koper revenue up 6% in Jan-Sep 2018
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – In the first nine months of this year, the Luka Koper Group generated €168 million ($189.81 million)...
Barcelona port sees traffic up 11% in October 2018
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – In the first 10 months of 2018 the port of Barcelona handled total traffic of 56.6 million of tonnes...
AdSP Civitavecchia joins business mission to Singapore
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP –...
European Parliament closes probe into bulk handling at Alicante port
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – The European Parliament has closed the investigation opened in August of 2017 into the loading and...
Taranto’s Coast Guard seizes port area
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Taranto’s Coast Guard has seized a port area of 2,000 m², operated by a company with registered...
Spain’s Boluda Lines attracts interest during International Fair of Cape Verde (FIC)
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Boluda Lines, the shipping division of Boluda Corporación Marítima, has expressed its satisfaction with...
STX France completes shipyard expansion in Saint-Nazaire
Nantes St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – French shipbuilder STX France has completed a project for the expansion of the area dedicated...
MSC acquires stake in Trieste cruise terminal operator
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – MSC Cruises has acquired a significant interest in Trieste Adriatic Marine Initiatives Stl (TAMI), a...
Fincantieri starts construction of biggest cruise ship ever built in Italy
Monfalcone, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has started the construction of the MSC Seashore cruise ship of MSC...
Spain’s Interportuario Compensation Fund will distribute €52.5 million among 28 port authorities in 2019
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – The distribution committee of the Interportuarial Compensation Fund (Fondo de Compensación...
Maritime regions to be involved in EU Platform on maritime investment
The European commission has published a call for tender for the development of a European platform on maritime investments. This call specifically...
Regions stress importance of cohesion and cross-border maritime cooperation at 46th CPMR General Assembly
The future of Europe, the EU Budget and post-2020 EU policies impacting on regions were among the key issues discussed at the CPMR General...
Yilport Leixões awarded Best Container Terminal Operator
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Yilport Leixões has once again been awarded Best Container Terminal Operator in Portugal at...
Leixões port handles Volkswagen vehicles
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Leixões port has started receiving vehicles from Volkswagen AG’s Autoeuropa car plant in...
Portuguese government hosts talks to solve Setúbal port labour issues
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – After a meeting yesterday, Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorino, said that the union, the operators...
MSC to assume full control Bettolo Container Terminal independently in Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has said it plans to buy out the shares of Gruppo Investimenti...
One consortium submits bid to operate Chios marina in Greece
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has received one binding offer in the tender to...