Cádiz port breaks cruise traffic record in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Cádiz port handled 306 cruise ships and 399,823 passengers in the first eleven months of 2018. In this way,…
Eastern Sicilian Sea Port Authority headquarters to remain in Augusta
Augusta, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Sicily's Regional Administrative Court has ordered the headquarters of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (AdSP -…
Hapag-Lloyd modifies Genoa calls of MGX service
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd plans to modify the Genoa calls of its Mediterranean Gulf Express (MGX) service as of next…
Genoa port loses 9% of traffic after Morandi bridge disaster
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Genoa port has lost approximately 9% of its cargo traffic since the collapse of the Morandi bridge in…
Italy’s ARPAC to monitor Naples port’s air quality
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP - Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority) has signed a cooperation…
Italy’s Onorato launches Genoa-Naples, Livorno-Naples routes
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Italy's Onorato Group has launched two new Motorway of the Sea (MoS) lines to offer the road freight operators an alternative for…
Italy to invest €922 million in Genoa, Savona ports by 2021
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Italy's government plans to invest €922 million ($1 billion) in the development of Genoa and Savona ports in…
FELB to launch freight rail service linking Italy to China’s Chengdu
Melzo, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Austria-based company Far East Land Bridge (FELB) plans to launch a freight rail service connecting the Melzo hub…
Adriatic ports need to grasp opportunities of trade with Asia
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – The Adriatic ports need to take advantage of the increased trade with Asia to realise their full growth potential, the…
Gibraltar’s Peninsula Petroleum applies to supply fuel to ships at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Gibraltar's Peninsula Petroleum as applied with Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP - Port Authority of Las…
Avilés port’s drone monitoring project remains blocked
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés (APA - Port Authority of Avilés)'s project for the operation of unmanned aircraft to…
MSC takes full control of container depot operator VCD Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has became the sole shareholder of Valencia Container Depot Spain (VCD Spain), which manages…
Luka Koper loses lawsuit against Italy’s Xodo
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Luka Koper has lost a lawsuit against Italian company Costruzioni Generali Xodo Srl, which was hired to execute dredging…
Suez Canal not to lift transit fees in 2019
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority has no intentions to increase the transit fees for 2019, in order to keep its competitiveness,…
French Parliament delegation visits Suez Canal Authority
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority has received a senior delegation from the National Defense Committee and the Armed Forces of…
Sines port introduces new model for road freight handling
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – A new model for delivery and collection of cargo by road will be launched at the beginning of…
Suez Canal not finalising talks with DP World for Ain Sukhna development
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Suez Canal Economic Authority spokesperson Hind Fathi has denied reports about the launch of a joint project with DP World…
Croatia working to attract Chinese cargo traffic to Rijeka port
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Croatia's government is working on attracting Chinese cargo traffic to Rijeka port, infrastructure minister Oleg Butković said. The government plans…
Uljanik to submit business plan to Brussels
Rijeka, (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 - Pula-based Uljanik shipbuilding group is preparing a comprehensive restructuring programme to be sent to the European Union in Brussels.…
Durres Port Authority presents 2019 business plan
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 - Autoriteti Portual Durres (APD - Durres Port Authority) has presented its business plan for 2019 to interested parties, including…