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Italy to end Tirrenia’s monopoly on ferry links to Sardinia
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – Italy plans to put an end of the monopoly of ferry company Tirrenia for servicing lines to the island of...
Tirrenia dismisses monopoly accusations by government
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia does not have a monopoly on the links to Sardinia, as four other companies...
Italy to co-finance electrification, LNG use at ports
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – Italy’s government plans to co-finance the electrification and the use...
Balearic Islands port authority gets eight offers for Molinar port reconstruction
Molinar, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – The Balearic Islands port authority has received eight offers in a tender for the reconstruction of Molinar...
APM Terminals Gijón to invest €800,000 in crane overhaul
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – APM Terminals Gijón, operator of the container terminal at Gijón port, plans to invest €800,000...
Saipem 3000 crane-ship executes offshore load-lifting test at Almería port
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – The Saipem 3000 crane-ship, which has been in Almería port for maintenance works since December, has...
Leixões port to receive €379 million of investment by 2030
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – Leixões port expects to receive a €379 million ($432 million) investment by 2030 to become a...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) introduces safety training
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
CMA CGM renews Ocean Alliance cooperation until 2027
Marseille, France – January 17, 2019 The CMA CGM Group, a leading global shipping group, has announced that Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) president discusses launch of Adriatic special economic zone
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Caronte & Tourist to introduce two new ships in services to Lampedusa, Pantelleria
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist plans to introduce two new ships for services to the islands of...
Libya’s Al Waha cuts oil output as bad weather causes port closures
Al Sidra, Libya (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – Oil company Al Waha, a subsidiary of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC), reduced its crude oil...
Livorno port records stable deseasonalisation trend
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – More than half of the ferries arrived in the port of Livorno in 2018 came from Sardinia: 40% from Olbia and...
Spain’s SLP records 4% rise in cargo traffic at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – Servicios Logísticos Portuarios, S.A. (SLP), a stevedoring company based in the port of Bilbao, closed 2018...
Boluda Tankers incorporates oil tanker for bunkering services at Ceuta port
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – The oil tanker “Petrobay”, owned by Boluda Tankers, arrived at the port of Ceuta to operate as a...
Tarragona port’s president meets local Dow representatives
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona)’s president Josep Maria...
Associated British Ports invests £250 million since the EU referendum in 2016
London, United Kingdom, January 14, 2019 – Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading ports operator, recently announced an additional investment...