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Transcoma Cruises activity intensifies as cruise season starts
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – The arrival of the spring marks the start of the high season of cruises in the Mediterranean, a fact that...
Valencia port’s container traffic rises in Q1 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – Valencia port closed the first quarter of 2018 with a container traffic of 1,183,187 TEUs, a figure that...
Venice port handles export of 4 hydrotreating reactors to Iran
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – An exceptional transport consisting of four hydrotreating reactors, for a total of 1,532 tonnes, has passed...
Piraeus Container Terminal passes 1 million TEU traffic in Q1 2018
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. (PCT) passed the one-million TEU barrier in the first quarter of 2018, a...
Chinese ambassador Zou Xiaoli visits Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – The Chinese ambassador Zou Xiaoli has visited the premises of the Ship Repair Zone in Perama, Piraeus....
“Crown Princess” arrives in Barcelona to start summer trips in Mediterranean
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – The “Crown Princess” ship of the cruise ship Princess Cruises, arrived on April 16 at Barcelona...
Barcelona port starts preparing trade trip to Vietnam
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) and Vietnam’s government have begun to...
Spain’s Bergé Group opens corporate building in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 19, 2018 – Spain’s Bergé Group has just opened a corporate building in Barcelona. The new facilities, which house...
Santander, Cork ports sign twinning agreement
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) April 19, 2018 – The president of Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander), Jaime Gonzalez, and the...
Carnival invests €30 million in second terminal at Barcelona port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) April 19, 2018 – Carnival Corporation, the largest cruise company in the world, has invested €30 million ($37.1 million) in...
Málaga port’s cargo traffic grows in Q1 2018
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) April 19, 2018 – In the first quarter of the year, Málaga port recorded an increase of 2.14% in cargo traffic with respect to...
Two companies get Barcelona port’s Quality Mark Efficiency Network
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – The Quality Mark Efficiency Network of the port of Barcelona has recently certified two companies, Marítima...
Cosco eyes investments in Valencia port’s logistics zone
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 19, 2018 – The official visit of Valencia regional government to China, led by president Ximo Puig, held a working...
Debora Serracchiani calls for protection of Italian port system from EU tax demand
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Deputy of the Democratic Party, Debora Serracchiani, has called for the government to protect the...
Relaunch of Italian port system at risk from EU tax claim, Federation says
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Federazione del mare (Federation of the Sea) has said that recent claims by the EU Competition Authority (DG...
La Spezia port set for LNG cruise ships visits
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – The La Spezia Panigaglia regasification plant is moving towards a phase of work with the arrival of the...
New Genoa port breakwater will host a park dedicated to renewables
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2018 – The new Genoa breakwater will have facilities dedicated to renewables with next-generation wind turbines...
Toulon meeting discusses telematization of Sardinian ports
Toulon, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian Sea Port Authority) is...
Nantes-Saint.Nazaire port looks as recycling opportunities
Nantes-Saint.Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – The port is studying ways to recycle CO2 and other effluents from factories in the...
Ancona parliamentarians meet with port authority
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Parliamentarians from the Marche region have met with officials from Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...