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DP World considers Kazakhstan ports & logistics investment
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Chairman and CEO of DP World, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has met with Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister H.E....
Wärtsilä completes installation of VTS system in Lisbon, Setúbal ports
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Wärtsilä has successfully completed the installation of its Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) operating system...
Tuscany region provides €5 million to port authority
Florence, Italy (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Tuscany’s regional council has allocated about €5 million ($5.7 million) to the regional port...
ANESCO calls for reduction of port fees in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Spain’s Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of...
Huelva port participates in European Atlantic Corridor working group meeting
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Huelva port participated this week as a new member in the Working Group of Ports and Multimodal...
Marín port triples container traffic in just five years
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – The arrival of shipping company Maersk Line to Marín, in May 2016, has meant a turning point in the activity of...
Sagunto port is Spain’s leader in logistics services
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Sagunto port was named the best-valued port in terms of logistics services, along with Santander and Pasaia in...
P&O Ports bid for Novi Sad port privatisation is not valid
Novi Sad, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – The bid placed by P&O Ports in a tender for the privatisation of Luka Novi Sad, the operator of Novi...
Madeira port see slight increase in 2018 cargo traffic
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Total traffic handled by the ports of Madeira in 2018 was 1.42 million tonnes, up 1% on the...
Marseille port works on blockchain project for freight transport on Mediterranean-Rhône-Saône axis (MeRS)
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – The port of Marseille Fos is participating in a blockchain technology project for the transport of...
U.S.ambassador to Greece Pyatt in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – U.S. ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, has visited Thessaloniki and made a number of comments...
Koper port generates 10 times higher revenue than Croatian competitor Rijeka
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – Koper port last year generated revenues of €226 million ($255 million), which is 7% more than in 2017. Net...
Edison, Andaldo to build €300 million combined-cycle plant at Marghera port, Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – Italian companies Edison SpA and Ansaldo Energia have signed a contract for the construction of a natural...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Occidentale (Genoa) to establish joint venture with China’s CCCC
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority) is...
MSC considers construction of own luxury cruises terminal at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – MSC Cruises is interested in the construction of its own terminal for luxury cruises at Genoa port, the president...
Italian transport minister names extraordinary commissioner of Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – Italy’s transport minister Danilo Toninelli has appointed Pietro Verna as extraordinary commissioner of...
Davila Reefer Terminal plans Marin port facility expansion
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Marín y Ría de Pontevedra (APMRP – Port Authority of Marin) has approved a...