Aktor Concessions declared preferred investor for Alimos marina
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 - Aktor Concessions SA has been nominated as the preferred bidder for the contract to operate the marina of…
Yilport Leixões increases TEU handling in Q1 2019
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 - In January this year, Yilport Leixões (TCL) handled 55,677 TEU, a year-on-year growth of 21.5%. Accoding to the…
Royal Caribbean presents its first ship for Asia in Málaga
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 – Royal Caribbean has chosen Málaga to present its first cruise designed for the Asian market and which is…
Italian deputy transport minister discusses Cagliari port crisis
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 – Italy's deputy transport minister Edoardo Rixi has held a meeting with the management of Cagliari port to discuss the crisis of…
Genoa port not threatened by Chinese investment
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 – Genoa and Savona ports are not threatened by a potentially dominant position of China in the Italian ports…
Italy’s DBA Group to install Port Community System (PCS) in Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 – DBA Group SpA, the network infrastructure telematics specialist, has signed an agreement with Rijeka port authority to install…
Portugal to invest €6.1 billion in its ports by 2023
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 – Portugal's government has presented a Stability Program that foresees investments of more than €8.6 billion ($9.7 billion) in…
Motril port specialising in luxury cruise niche to attract more tourist spending
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 – Motril port, far from wanting to attract the big cruise ships that visit large city ports, has specialised…
Onorato and ARS Altmann to relaunch auto logistics hub at Piombino port
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 - The Onorato Group is to build a 300,000 m² terminal for storing cars on the north dock of…
Boluda family establishes subsidiary for mergers and acquisitions
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 16, 2019 – The Boluda family is preparing to purchase new companies under the umbrella of Grupo Boluda Corporación. With this…
Potential Chinese investments in Rijeka, Trieste may threaten Slovenia’s Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) April 16, 2019 – Koper port may lose its leading role in the northern Adriatic and become a port of regional importance…
Spain’s government to approve participation in Valencia port logistics project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 16, 2019 – Spain's central government plans to approve its participation in the construction of the Intermodal and Logistics Platform of…
COSCO’s European container terminals see improved performance in Q1 2019
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 - In the first three months of 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw container…
EU helps Georgian ports manage container vessels
On 10-12 April, eight Port State Control (PSC) inspectors from the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia participated in a three-day tutoring project on PSC container…
Prime Minister Šarec and Chinese Premier on possibilities for expanding relations between the two countries
News Release - Prime Minister Šarec and Chinese Premier on possibilities for expanding relations between the two countries - April 11, 2019 Slovenian Prime Minister…
Georgia proposes advancing relations with Romania to strategic level
News Release - Prime Minister Proposes Advancing Relations with Romania to Strategic Level - 15 April 2019 Georgia proposes to advance relations with Romania to…
Georgia’s government ready to meet Anaklia port investors
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 16, 2019 - Georgia's Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, Maia Tskitishvili, has said that the government is ready to meet…
COSCO hotel proposal for Piraeus port hotels approved
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 16, 2019 - The Greek Culture Ministry’s Central Council for Modern Monuments has approved a proposal submitted by China’s COSCO Shipping…
Trade unions call off strike at Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 16, 2019 – Spanish trade unions CCOO, UGT and CIG have called off the 24-hour port strike scheduled for April 17,…
Natural Mining Resources activities at Gijón port exceed forecasts
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) April 16, 2019 – Swiss group Natural Mining Resources is stockpiling Russian coal in Gijón port to mix with mine tailings material…