Spain: Puertos del Estado – April 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports April 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port authority. Port Traffic…
Santander port paralysed on June 9
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – The third day of scheduled stoppages organised by the stevedoring trade unions in all Spanish ports has again…
Serbia, China, Hungary start talks on transport corridor to Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Serbia, China and Hungary have agreed to start talks as soon as possible on the modernization of the…
Georgia, Iran & Azerbaijan to launch south-west transport corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 - The heads of Georgian, Iranian and Azerbaijani railways have discussed launching a new South-West Transport Corridor, where Georgia…
Castellón port handles armoured vehicles of Spanish army
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Castellón hosted on June 7 the operation of shipment of vehicles and diverse military equipment of the Spanish…
Tarragona port president confident of standard-gauge rail connection project
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The president of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona), Josep Andreu, is confident that the Spanish government will…
Spanish dockworker trade unions, employers to resume talks on June 13
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Trade unions of stevedores and dockworker employers association Anesco (Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras y Consignatarias de Buques) will…
Turkey’s Ekol Logistics to commence operations in three Spanish cities
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Turkish company Ekol Logistik A.S. plans to commence operating in Seville, Irun and Girona, as part of an ambitious expansion…
MacAndrews considers regular service connecting Ferrol port to northern Europe
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – MacAndrews & Company Limited is considering launching a regular service that connects Spain's Ferrol port to harbours in…
Andalusia government official calls for better rail links to regional ports
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Gaspar Llanes, Secretary General of Economy of Andalusian regional government, stressed yesterday that "Spain will strengthen its economy…
Kazakhstan, China presidents launch train container service to Turkey, Central Asia
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have officially launched a new train container service from…
Consortium completes dredging at Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The consortium of Consorzio Stabile Grandi Lavori S.C.R.L., Ottomano Ing. Carmine & C. S.A.S. and Favellato Claudio S.p.a.…
EU: Joint Statement on the occasion of World Oceans Day
Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2017 On the occasion of the World Oceans Day (8 June), Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign…
USPA and World Bank to update Ports Development Strategy
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 - Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) jointly with the World Bank experts will update the Ports Development Strategy 2038. The…
Dockworkers strike causes diversion of ships from Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The second day of the strike called by stevedores against the reform of the sector begins to affect cargo…
Qatar crisis to cause problems in international shipping – Spediporto
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The breakup of diplomatic relations with Qatar, accused by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain,…
Harbour strikes affect Canary Islands ports
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 - Ports in the Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) have been affected by the strikes by stevedores, who are striking…
Trieste port cargo traffic falls 0.6% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Trieste port handled 19.1 million tonnes of cargo in the first four months of 2017, down 0.6% on…
Spanish port strike may cause supply problems to Citroën plant in Galicia
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The second of the six days of strike announced by the stowage trade unions in Spain has also…
Koper mayor says port negotiates launch of LNG regasification plant
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification plants are again modern. The one of Trieste failed, but that of…