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Koper port predicts record cruise ship year

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) August 29, 2019 – Koper port is predicting its most successful cruise season this year. It estimates that at year-end,...

Portos de Galicia invests €720,000 in aquaculture in Vilaxoán port

Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) August 29, 2019 – Portos de Galicia has invested almost €720,000 in two new dock lines with 19 berths for aquaculture...

Boluda Towage closes acquisition of Dutch company Kotug Smit Towage

Boluda Towage, a towing division of Boluda Corporación Marítima, successfully closes the acquisitiom of the Dutch company Kotug Smit Towage – July 31,...

CIRCLE participates in the European Project EasyLog

CIRCLE S.p.A. participates in the European Project EasyLog for the development of the automation of 5 Ro-Ro gates and receives a first assignment of € 81,800...

Saras to start bunker service in Cagliari port

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) August 28, 2019 – Saras SpA, a leading European crude oil refiner and also active in the energy sector, has...

Genoa port breaks monthly TEU record on July 2019

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) August 28, 2019 – In July 2091, Gneoa port recorded containerised traffic of 250,000 TEU, the highest monthly volume ever. The...

Tenerife Shipyards wins contract to upgrade Seadrill’s West Bollsta oil platform

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) August 28, 2019 – Tenerife Shipyards, part of the Hidramar Group, has been awarded the...

COSCO Shipping Ports’ overseas terminals see 12.5% rise in July 2019 traffic

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) August 28, 2019 – In July 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw container throughout...

Grimaldi Group adheres to the Sails Charter

The Grimaldi Group has confirmed, once again, its willingness to contribute to the protection and enhancement of the marine environment by adhering to the...

Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan to set up INSTC working group

Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) August 28, 2019 – The transport ministries of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan have agreed to establish a working group in order...

Luka Bar to sell hotel asset

Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) August 27, 2019 – Luka Bar A.D. Bar has announced the sale of the Anchor Hotel for €1.77 million ($1.96 million)....

Dredging of Ukraine’s Kherson port completed

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 27, 2019 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has completed operational dredging at the port...

Iran, Turkmenistan to establish direct shipping link

Ashganat, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) August 28, 2019 – Iran and Turkmenistan have agreed to set up a direct shipping route between the two countries...

Hamburg and Shanghai ports intensify cooperation

In the presence of Shanghai Party Secretary LI Qiang, Hamburg’s First Mayor Dr. Ing. Peter Tschentscher and Shanghai Vice Mayor XU Kunlin today signed a...

Global waste management standards deliver results at APM Terminals

One year ago, APM Terminals implemented global waste management standards across all of its operations. The first tangible results from the company’s head...

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company to test Batumi-Constanta ports container service

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) August 27, 2019 – At a meeting of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor International Association in...

Leixões port moves 9.5 million tons of cargo in first six months of 2019

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 27, 2019 – In the first half of 2019, 9.5 million tons of cargo were handled by Leixões port. Ro-Ro traffic...

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