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UAE eases the transport embargo against Qatar
Doha, Qatar (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Shipping of goods between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar is possible again after Abu Dhabi...
DP World acquires the holding company of P&O Ferries and P&O Ferrymasters
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Dubai-owned DP World PLC has announced the acquisition of the holding company of P&O...
Grupo Moldtrans starts a shipping service linking Mexico with Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Moldtrans Group has launched a maritime transport service between Spain and Mexico in collaboration...
Bergé plans automation of Bilbao port facility
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Bergé, the Spanish multimodal logistics operator, plans to automate its terminal in the port of...
Andalusian ports move about 1 million cruise passengers in 2018
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Andalusia has become one of the main strategic points for cruise tourism in Spain. Last year, a total...
Cádiz port maintains 4 million tons in 2018 despite reduced MSC cargo
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) has reported it...
Grimaldi joins H2PORTS project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Grimaldi Group and its sister company Valencia Terminal Europa (VTE) have joined the European project...
Livorno port reports record traffic in 2018
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Andalusia government names president of Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – The Andalusia regional government has appointed Rafael Carmona as president of Autoridad Portuaria de...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Occidentale (Genoa) joins IPCSA
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority) has...
Andalusia government names presidents of local ports
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Andalusia’s regional government has approved the appointment of the former mayor of Cádiz, Teófila...
MCT promises €120 million investment in Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) has suspended the redundancy schemes and announced investments of...
Avilés port to launch tender for reconstruction of railway lines
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Avilés port has approved a tender for the modification of the layout of the railway lines on the left bank...
Santander port may establish railway operator
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS – Port Authority of Santander) may establish a...
Grimaldi, Samskip, Rail Cargo Group to launch Venice-Duisburg freight rail service
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – A consortium of Italy’s Grimaldi, Dutch-based Samskip and Austria’s Rail Cargo...
EU investing €3.8 million in Croatia’s Crikvenica port
Crikvenica, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Croatia’s Crikvenica has been included in the European Union’s projects for improvement of...
Cruise business starts return to Odessa port
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – The Greek company Aegean Experience Maritime Co Ltd and the German Phoenix Reisen company will both...