Luka Koper receives lawsuit from Slovenian Railways
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) August 19, 2017 - Luka Koper, d.d., the operator of Koper port, has received a lawsuit from SŽ – Tovorni promet d.o.o. (Slovenian…
Croatia starts preliminary work on LNG facility
Krk, Croatia (PortSEurope) August 18, 217 - Croatia has started preliminary underwater works in the northern Adriatic, the first concrete step in building a long-delayed…
Durrës sees increased trade in July 2017
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) August 18, 2017 - Over 327,000 tons of goods for export and import have been processed at Durrës port during July 2017. Exports by vessel…
BPA welcome Government customs aspirations but want reassurances on borders post Brexit
London, United Kingdom, 15 August 2017 Commenting on the publication of the Government’s Brexit negotiating position paper on customs, the British Ports Association’s Chief Executive,…
Lebanon’s Tripoli port looks to benefit from any Syria rebuild
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 18, 2017 - The port of Tripoli on the Lebanese Mediterranean coast is taking active steps to develop its potential with…
Haifa port adds railway connection
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) August 18, 2017 - Haifa Port Authority and Israel Railways have cooperated to construct a railway connection to the the eastern part…
Gijón port to book second best annual cruise traffic in 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) August 18, 2017 – Gijón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón) expects to conclude 2017 with the second best record in its history in terms…
Adif tenders railroad ties supply contract for Valencia-Sagunto line
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) August 18, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Adif has tendered a supply and transportation contract to provide the necessary railroad ties…
COSCO starts operating MAF1 line
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) August 18, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines launched on August 17 its new service MAF1 between the main ports of the Mediterranean…
Genoa’s freight forwarders association warns against slow inspection at port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) August 18, 2017 – Genoa's freight forwarders association Spediporto has said the Italian government needs to simplify the inspection procedures of perishable…
Galicia regional government ensures safety of Ribadeo port access road
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) August 18, 2017 – Galicia regional government's sea council, through Portos de Galicia, invested €200,000 ($234,768) in reinforcing the safety of the access…
Italy, Russia, Turkey are main trade parters of Durrës port for H1 2017
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) August 18, 2017 – Italy, Russia and Turkey are the three main countries with ports with which Durrës exchanges cargo. In the…
Valencia port expands area dedicated to car industry
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) August 17, 2017 – Valencia port has reached one million square metres servicing the automobile industry, of which 412,000 square metres are…
Tenerife port to call tender for road construction at Granadilla harbour
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) August 17, 2017 – Spanish Official State Gazette (BOE) published the resolution of Santa Cruz de Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa…
Spain’s Capella Atlántico applies for construction of factory at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) August 17, 2017 – Spanish company Capella Atlántico S.L. has presented to Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas)…
Vigo port aims to include four more ports to MoS with Nantes
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) August 17, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said that the extension…
Croatian state invites bids for 11.75% stake in Luka Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) August 17, 2017 – Croatian state agency Restructuring and Sale Centre (CERP) has invited bids for the sale of a 11.75% stake in…
Portuguese ports need to broaden their digital culture
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 17, 2017 – It is not about having more or less container cranes, or the size of the dock to be ten or…
The role of Venice port for the development of the city – port authority president
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) August 17, 2017 – Venice has an extraordinary opportunity to reflect on its maritime and port city identity this year. In 2017, Venice…
Enlarge Portugal – opinion of the Portuguese Minister of the Sea
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 17, 2017 – August is traditionally a month of vacation for most of the Portuguese. However, in 2017, it will also…