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Railway lines to Genoa port resume following bridge collapse in August
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Today, rail traffic will resume on two of the three lines suspended since August 14, following the...
Genoa port cruise business to gain from more passengers using the city’s Cristoforo Colombo
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Positive passenger numbers from Genoa’s Cristoforo Colombo can only benefit the port, with September...
EIB approves €195 million financing of projects at Civitavecchia, Fiumicino ports
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €195 million ($224.7 million) loan to...
Sardinia Ferries introduces larger discounts for Sardinia island residents
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Italian company Sardinia Ferries has introduced more discounts of tickets for residents of the...
Livorno port to host autonomous vehicle test project
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Livorno port will become the second pilot site in Europe together with Tampere, in Finland, to test the...
Valencia, Sagunto, Gandia port generate €2.5 billion economic impact
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia ports generate an economic impact of €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) in the...
Valencia port to use blockchain technologies in its smart port strategy
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Valencia port has taken advantage of its participation in the “Smart Ports & Supply Chain...
Contship Italia starts dock overhaul project at Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Contship Italia has started work on the redevelopment of Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), its Gioia...
EC approves LNGHIVE2 project of Baleària
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – The European Commission approved with an “excellent” rating the project “LNGHIVE2 Vessels...
Trieste port set to compete with Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Trieste port is actively seeking Chinese investment in a move which could challenge Piraeus port, now...
Balearic Handling bids to operate cruise terminal in Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Vigo Atlantic Cruise Terminal, controlled by Mallorca-based Balearic Handling SL and Incargo Galicia,...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – August 2018 fish landed by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August 2018 fish landed (tonnes) statistics by...
Puertos del Estado launches new body to help ports
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, accompanied by the director of Exploitation,...
Noise environment project starts in Ligurian ports
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – With the acronym ‘Rumble’, which stands for noise reduction in large port cities, a new project...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – August 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Swedish delegation visits Augusta port
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – A Swedish delegation from the two most northern regions of the country, Västerbotten and...
Philippine officials express interest in increasing exports through Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Vigo port has received a visit of a delegation of Philippine diplomats in which Lola Rois, the new operations...