Valencia port authority to open BIP at Sagunto port in stages
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to open in the Border Inspection Post (BIP) at Sagunto…
Costa Crociere has no plans to move headquarters away from Genoa
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Italy's Costa Crociere S.p.A. has no plans to move its headquarters away from Genoa, CEO Michael Thamm said.…
EU EUROfish project to invest in Mediterranean aquaculture
Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 - A new €7 million ($7.85 million) EU-funded research project titled PerformFISH was launched in Volos, Greece, to develop consumer…
Luka Koper proposes lower dividend
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 - The management of port operator Luka Koper d.d. has proposed dividends of 96 cents gross per share, down…
Egypt and Greece agree to launch cruise services
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 - Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism has been taking steps to revive the local tourism industry which has failed to…
Two new signatories to the Malta MedFish4Ever Declaration
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 - On 16 and 31 May respectively the Ambassadors to the European Union of the People's Democratic Republic of…
Spain’s Docks Logistics launches container storage complex in Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Spanish company Docks Logistics Spain, S.A. said it has launched a complex for the storage of containers at…
Spanish trade unions to stage strikes at ports on June 5, 7, 9
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Spanish trade union of dockworkers Cetm (Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar) said it plans to carry out…
Italian GNV to intensify links Sète-Morocco from June 1
Sète, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci s.p.a. (GNV) will intensify the links between French Mediterranean port of Sète…
Anesco, trade unions to meet on June 1 in effort to resolve port sector labour problems
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Trade unions of the stevedoring sector and leaders of the association of dockworkers association Anesco (Asociación Nacional de Empresas…
Bilbao port handles record-high number of cruise passengers for a single day
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Bilbao port has received three cruises in its facilities in Getxo on May 31, with a total of…
Motril port starts preparations for OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Motril port is preparing for Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017 (OPE 2017), an initiative for the facilitation of…
BP, Aegean, Cepsa to keep location of facilities at Las Palmas port after 2027
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to approve a plan for the encouragement…
Tarragona port attends 25th edition of cereal industry meeting
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The president of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona), Josep Andreu, attended the 25th edition of cereal…
Valencia port hosts start-up meeting on SAURON project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Valencia port is hosting the start-up meeting of SAURON (Scalable Multidimensional Situation Awareness Solution for protecting European ports),…
Spain’s Boluda profit rises 35% in 2016
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Spanish shipping group Boluda Corporación Marítima closed fiscal 2016 with a significant improvement in its financial results.…
Valencia port to improve service for OPE 2017 passengers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has committed to improve the service for passengers at Operación Paso…
Palermo port cargo traffic rises 5.9% y/y in Q1 2017
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – In the first quarter of this year, the traffic from Palermo port grew by 5.9% on the year…
Spanish government to subsidise transport of cargo between Canaries, mainland Spain
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The agreement signed by the Spanish government with centre-left Canarian nationalist political party Nueva Canarias - which clears…
IDC to change attitude towards EC over labour conflict at Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Representatives of the International Dockworkers Council (IDC), led by General Coordinator Jordi Aragunde and European Zone Coordinator Anthony…