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the EU commission proposes a first normative detailed list for the harbour field and the potenziamento of 319 ports
the objective is to allow with the ports to develop to services and infrastructures and to guarantee a greater autonomy financial institution to the Harbour Authorities
May 23, 2013

Today the EU commission has proposed an initiative in order to modernize the 319 main marine ports of the EU, of which 83 included in the central net (Core Networks) and 236 in the total net (comprehensive Networks) of the transeuropea net of transport TRIES so as defined from the Commission, harbour ports of call that altogether enliven 96% of the goods and 93% of the passengers who journey altogether through all ports of the EU. The proposal indicates lines guides and shows legislative modifications with the objective to allow with these ports to upgrade services and infrastructures supplying they also greater autonomy financial institution.

It will be be a matter of the first normative European detailed list dedicated to the harbour field. According to Brussels, the proposed new legislative, that it will have to be approved of from the European Parliament and the Member States before being adopted the ordinary procedure second, could allow a saving for the European economy until 10 billion euros within 2030 and would contribute to develop to new marine connections short beam generating an increment between 4% and 8% of this modality of transport.

"The marine ports - it has emphasized Siim Kallas, vice president of the EU commission and commissioner for Mobility and the transports - are vital points of access, that they connect our corridors of transport to the remainder of the world. We possess already some of best harbour infrastructures of the world. It is necessary to conserve them, but we find ourselves in front of strong difficulties in terms of congestion, increase of the traffic and investments". The EU commission in fact has evidenced that 74% of the goods arrive or leave from Europe for sea, but of these fifth journeys currently for single three ports: Rotterdam, Amburgo and Antwerp. This imbalance - it has found the Commission - involves a congestion, with additional costs for shippers, operators of transport let alone for the consumers. "We must equip other ports - Kallas has explained - of infrastructures of the same qualitative level: the proposals today will lead the harbour services of Europe in XXI the century, will contribute to attract investments and to create job here where it is more necessary".

The EU commission has proposed in the first place procedures more transparent and opened in order to designate the suppliers of harbour services. According to Brussels, the normative new will prevent eventual tariff abuses by operators who enjoy sole rights. The proposal among other things previews the institution of an advisory committee of the harbour users. The Commission has specified that "the relative proposal to the ports applies the general principle of the free supply of services, without some discrimination, and will align the harbour field to the other ways of transport and the operation of the home market" and has specified that the details will be developed to local level, so that the harbour communities can make use of a better coordination and than a healthier atmosphere for the enterprises.

Sul forehead of the improvement of the connections between the ports and the outback, the proposal previews that the financings of the EU in the picture of the "Mechanism in order to connect Europe" are oriented mainly on the characterized harbour projects in the relative plans to the corridors TRY to priority financing and on the connections between ports and railroads, navigable ways and roads. An active role of the Harbour Authorities will be encouraged also, for example supplying information on the traffic flows.

Moreover the proposal widens the faculty of the ports levy tax for the use of infrastructures, guaranteeing also greater autonomy on the allocation of the resources, and on how strengthens the transparency of fixation of such taxes and on the use of the financings publics. "The Harbour Authorities in fact - it has explained the Commission - are in the better position in order to characterize the requirements of the users and to define taxations. Moreover, a greater transparency will allow to distribute public funds without undue distortions of competition and will contribute to attract private investor. The ports will be also in a position to reducing the taxes for the more efficient ships under the environmental profile". "Supplying to the Harbour Authorities greater autonomy in order to establish and to collect taxes for I use it of infrastructures - it has observed the Commission - they will have put up possibility to guarantee the good operation of the port". Brussels has clarified that "the greater autonomy of management of the ports will be compensated by the control by an independent authority that policemen on the competition loyal and the coordination of the harbour developments and on a national level European".

The Commission has announced moreover that the next month will create a "Committee of social dialogue for the ports" in order to afford to the workers and the employers to discuss and to decide on relative issues to the harbour working activity. The Commission will supply technical support and administrative to the work of the committee and of it will estimate the progresses in 2016.

The new proposed legislative on the ports is part integrating of a proposed wider action plan from the EU commission that previews eight initiatives that the Commission would have to put into effect in the next few years in order to support the competitiveness of the ports: the first action previews "to use the future structures of corridor of the new guidelines for the development of the net TRIES to the aim to characterize the priority investments in the within of the program "European Connecting Facility" in order to connect the ports to the railroad, the navigable ways and the roads and in order to stimulate the ports to supply information on the traffic flows that allow a better organization of the intermodal logistics.

The second action previews that the EU commission, collaborating with the Member States, strengthens "the alignment of the projects in matter of transports financed from the structural Bottoms and of cohesion in the within of the net IT TRY, giving priority to the relative projects to the access to the port and the connections with the outback". Moreover, "the same approach face to guarantee the coherence of the investments will be applied to other sources of financing of the EU, as the loans available through BEAUTIFUL and the other instruments of loans of the EU".

The third measure previews a verification of the corrected application of the future directive on the concessions and the contracts publics in the harbour field. For the contracts that do not re-enter in such directives - it has specified the Commission - it will be necessary "to verify that the principles of parity of sanctioned from the treaty and interpreted treatment and transparency from the Law court are applied correctly in the harbour field".

The fourth action previews "to promote the administrative simplification in the ports, being realized the efforts undertaken with the following initiatives: "blue belt" that it simplifies the customs procedures in the ports; performance harmonized and coherent of the only national doors; initiative "And-maritime" (I use of electronic information in order to reduce the administrative burdens and to carry out entrepreneurial activities); initiative "e-Freight" that it intends to facilitate the long exchange of information the multimodali logistic chains and that important multimodali platforms will contribute to improve the efficiency of the ports which".

The fifth action previews "to clarify the application of the norms of the EU in matter of aids of State in the harbour field". The Commission has remembered of being currently engaged to update own norms in matter of aids of Been about to all the economic fields and has specified that it will clarify the concept of aid within the end of 2013 regarding the financing of infrastructures, in particular to light of the evolution of the jurisprudence of the Law court.

The sixth action is time to do so as that "the adaptation to the changes is discussed, where opportune, with the social parts in the within of the European social dialogue". "The social parts of the EU - Brussels has remembered - already have agreed internal regulations and a program of opened common job and attend the formal institution of the committee on June 19, 2013. The Commission will offer a support to the job of the committee and of it will estimate the progresses in 2016".

The seventh measure previews "to promote the innovation, to monitor the performances let alone to examine and to discuss the requirements in matter about human resources, comprised the health and safety, and the challenges in the within of the formation and the qualification in the ports of the EU". In particular, "in the within of the Seventh program picture of research & development for transport, within the end of the 2013 Commission it will start two projects at the level of the EU that will examine such issues".

At last the eighth action previews “to support a more coherent application of the rights for uses it of infrastructures differentiated according to the environmental performances”. To such fine the Commission will propose principles of rate making environmental and promuoverà the exchange of good praxis within 2015.

European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has expressed satisfaction for the proposal of regulations of the EU commission on the access at the market of the harbour services and on the transparency financial institution so as for the new communication of the Commission on harbour politics and has evidenced that “both the initiatives value the important role that the ports carry out for the European economy”.

The association of the European ports however has expressed worry for “the possible implications that the regulations proposal can have on the autonomy of the Harbour Authorities”: “we appreciate the fact - the general secretary of ESPO, Patrick Verhoeven has emphasized - than the Commission intends to recognize the central role of the Harbour Authorities and we support the dispositions of the regulations that aim to create a greater transparency financial institution. Meanwhile we are worried for the competences that the regulations attribute to other authorities and for the impact that some of the proposed procedures can have on the freedom of commerce of the ports and on their ability to invest”.

Finding that the proposal of regulations advanced from the Commission at the market excludes the services of handling of goods and passengers from the norms on the access, ESPO has specified that “to such care more a not legislative total approach would be balanced and proportional, that covers all the harbour services”.

ESPO will face the specific topics of the proposed new of the EU commission in the course of the shareholders' meeting of the association that will hold next 29 May to Vahrn, with confronts with the interested parts, to which it will follow in the weeks next a detailed analysis of the proposed new: “then - it has announced Verhoeven - we will formulate a series of concrete recommendations for the future debate near the Parliament and the Council”.

The marine ports are beyond 1.200 commercial operate along about 70.000 kilometers of coasts of the European Union. In 2011 through these harbour ports of call they are journeyed about 3,7 billion tons of goods. In the 22 marine States of the EU, currently 2,200 harbour operators appoint to a job about 110.000 harbour workers. Altogether the ports generate 1,5 million direct places of work and this number salt to three million if the induced one is estimated also. The EU commission has remembered that within the 2030 an increase of 50% of the goods enlivened in the ports of the EU is previewed.



The list of the 319 ports (for nation) object of the proposed new of the EU commission



State


Porto


BELGIUM (4 ports)
Antwerp
Gent
Ostenda
Zeebrugge


BULGARIA (2)
Burgas
Vahrn


CYPRUS (2)
Larnaka
Lemesos


DENMARK (22)
Aalborg
Aarhus
Branden
København
Ebeltoft
Esbjerg
Fredericia
Frederikshavn
Fur
Gedser
Hanstholm
Helsingor
Hirtshals
Kalundborg
Nordby
Odense
Rodby
Ronne
Sjælland Odde Ferry
Port
Spodsbjerg
Tars (Nakskov)
Vejle


ESTONIA (10)
Heltermaa
Kuivastu
Parnu
Paldiski South
Harbor
Rohuküla
Sillamae
Tallinn
(Old City Harbour) (Muuga Harbour)
(Paljassaare
Harbour)
Virtsu


GERMANY (16)
Amburgo
Bremen
Bremerhaven
Brake
Brunsbuettel
Cuxhaven
Emden
Kiel
Lubecca
Nordenham
Puttgarden
Rostock
Sassnitz
Stade-Bützfleth
Wilhemshaven
Wismar


GREECE (25)
Athens (Piraeus)
Chalkida
Chania (Souda)
Chios
Elefsina
Igoumenitsa
Iraklion
Kalamata
Katakolo
Kavala
Kerkyra
Kyllini
Lavrio (Sounio)
Mykonos
Mytilini
Naxos
Paros
Patrasso
Rafina
Rodos
Salonicco
Santorini
Skiathos
Syros
Volos


FINLAND (17)
Eckero
Hamina-Kotka
Hanko
Helsinki
Kaskinen
Kemi
Kilpilahti (Skoldvik)
Kokkola
Maarianhamina
Oulu
Pietarsaari
Pores
Rauma
Rautaruukki/Raahe
Turku-Naantali


FRANCE (26)
Ajaccio
Fortification
Bayonne
Bordeaux
Boulogne
Brest
Caen
Calais
Cayennes
Cherbourg-Octeville
Dieppe
Dunkerque
Fort de France
Guadeloupe
La Rochelle
The Havre
Lorient
Marseilles
Nantes Saint-Nazaire
Nice
Port Réunion
Roscoff
Rouen
Silks
Saint-Malo
Toulon


IRELAND (5)
Cork
Dublino
Limerick
Shannon-Foynes
Rosslare
Europort
Waterford


ITALY (39)
Ancona (To. Falconara)
Augusta
Bari
Brindisi
Cagliari
Porto Foxi
Carloforte
Chioggia
Civitavecchia
Gaeta
It freezes
Genoa
Gioia Tauro
Golfo Aranci
La Maddalena
La Spezia
Livorno
Marina di Carrara
Messina
Milazzo
Monfalcone
Naples
Olbia
Palau
Palermo
Piombino
Port Raises
Porto Torres
Portoferraio
Portovesme
Ravenna
Reggio Calabria
Rome
Salerno
Fiumicino
Savona - I go
Syracuse
Taranto
Trapani
Trieste
Venice, Padua


LATVIA (3)
Liepaja
Riga
Ventspils


LITHUANIA (1)


Klaipeda


MALTA (4)
Cirkewwa
Marsaxlokk
Mgarr
TV assistant


HOLLAND (14)
Amsterdam
Beverwijk
Delfzijl/Eemshaven
Den Helder
Dordrecht
Eemshaven
Groningen
Harlingen
Moerdijk
Rotterdam - Den Haag
Terneuzen, Vlissingen
Velsen/IJmuiden
Vlaardingen


POLAND (5)
Gdánsk, Gdynia
Police
Szczecin,
?winouj?cie


PORTUGAL (13)
Aveiro
Caniçal
Funchal
Horta
Lajes das Flores
Lisbon
Ponta Delgada
Portimao
Leixões
Oporto
Santo port
Praia from Vitoria-Gasteiz
Setubal
Sines


UNITED KINGDOM (43)
Aberdeen
Belfast
Bristol
Cairnryan
Cardiff
Cromarty Firth
To have/Folkestone
Edinburgh Forth
Felixstowe/Harwich
Fishguard
Glasgow
Clyde
Glensanda
Goole
Grimsby/Immingham
Heysham
Holyhead
Hull
Ipswich
Larne
Leeds, Sheffield
Liverpool
London, London Gateway, Londonderry
Manchester
Medway
Milford Haven
Newport
Orkney
Plymouth
Poole
Port Salford
Port Talbot
Ramsgate
River Hull Bartonupon-Humber
Southampton, Portsmouth
Stornoway
Stranraer
Sullom Voe
Teesport
Tyne
Ullapool
Warrenpoint


RUMANIA (5)
Braila
Constan?a
Gala?i
Sulina
Tulcea


SPAIN (38)
To Coruña
Algeciras (Bahía de Algeciras)
Alicante
Almería
Arrecife
Avilés
Barcelona
Bilbao
Cádiz (Bahía de Cádiz)
Carboneras
Cartagena
Castellón
Ceuta
El Hierro (the Estaca)
Ferrol
Gijón
Huelva
Ibiza
Eivissa
The Savina
Las Palmas
Los Cristianos
Mahón (Menorca)
Málaga
Melilla
Motril
Palma de Mallorca
Pasajes
Puerto Rosario
Sagunto
Saint Cibrao
Saint Sebastián de the Gomera
Saint Cruz de La Palma
Santander
Sevilla
Tarragona
Tenerife - Saint Cruz
Valencia
Vigo


SLOVENIA (1)


Koper


SWEDEN (24)
Gavle
Göteborg
Grisslehamn
Halmstad
Helsingborg
Kapellskär
Karlshamn
Karlskrona
Luleå
Malmö
Norrkoping
Oskarshamn
Oxelosund
Stenungsund
Nynäshamn Stockholm
Stromstad
Sundsvall
Trelleborg
Umea
Varberg
Västeras
Visby
Ystad
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Fincantieri delivers the new Star Princess cruise ship to Princess Cruises
Monfalcone
It has a gross tonnage of 177,800 tons and a capacity of 4,300 passengers.
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
Filt Cgil calls on port administrators and businesses to join the action against the Palestinian massacre.
Rome
This burden – the union highlighted – cannot be placed solely on the shoulders of dock workers.
The agreement between the Italian Merchant Marine Academy Foundation and the NATO Center in La Spezia has been renewed.
Genoa
The collaboration signed in 2023 has been confirmed
Fischer & Rechsteiner and Gimax International acquire BCUBE's Freight Forwarding business.
Genoa
The completion of the transaction is expected in the next few days
Fermerci outlines a dramatic scenario for the European rail freight transport sector
Rome
Rizzi: There is a real risk of a shift towards exclusively road transport.
Eni completes the sale of a 30% stake in the Baleine project in Ivory Coast to Vitol.
San Donato Milanese
The field was discovered in 2021 and production started in 2023
Sogedim opens a new branch in Modena
Mesero
Initially, the activity will be dedicated exclusively to UK export traffic and will then extend to other European markets.
The new PCTC Grande Svezia has joined the Grimaldi Group's fleet.
Naples
It has a maximum capacity of 9,000 ceu
The Cagliari City Council approves its opinion on the Sardinian Ports Development Plan.
Cagliari
Green light unanimously
The railway sector contributes 1.4% of the European Union's GDP.
Brussels
Study commissioned by CER
In the port of Naples, the Coast Guard has detained the bulk carrier Tanais Dream.
Naples
Serious irregularities found on board
Agreement to accelerate the implementation of robotics in Fincantieri's production processes
Trieste
It was signed with the Friulian Idea Prototipi
Sergio Liardo is the new general commander of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard
Rome
He takes over from Admiral Nicola Carlone
DBA to supply new Terminal Operating System for Georgia's Batumi Port
Villorba
The project includes all phases of development, testing and operational testing
Attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden
Portsmouth
The captain reported hearing an impact in the water and an explosion
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Danilo Ricci has been appointed managing director of Tarros Line.
La Spezia
He has held various positions in Italy and abroad within the group
Permanent discussion table between Confindustria Nautica and Federagenti
Genoa
This is provided for in an agreement signed today in Genoa
In the first half of 2025, cruise traffic in Italian ports grew by +6%
Venice
The twelfth edition of Italian Cruise Day will be held in Catania on October 24th.
SAL Heavy Lift buys two semi-submersible vessels from Pan Ocean
Hamburg
They were built in 2008 and 2012
30% of Sangritana Cargo will be acquired by the Marche-based company Transadriatico
The Eagle
The sale will be completed in the next few days
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
Forum on economic and logistical integration between Ligurian ports, the Northwest manufacturing area, and Switzerland
DEME orders new cable-laying vessel from Singapore-based PaxOcean
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It will be built in the Chinese shipyard of Zhoushan
Assoporti will meet at RemTech EXPO 2025 to discuss the green transition in Italian ports.
Ferrara
The Smart Ports Award was awarded to three Port System Authorities
The first shipment of Syrian oil in 14 years arrives at the port of Trieste.
London
Part of the cargo - S&P Global Commodity Insights reports - was unloaded at the Sardinian terminal of Sarroch
In August, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +20.3%
Taranto
The ferry "Drea" was also rejected by the Apulian port, where however it is temporarily stopped
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August.
Los Angeles
Volumes expected to decline in the remainder of 2025
Meeting between the port authorities of Jacksonville and Livorno
Livorno
Among the objectives, to start one or more direct services between the two ports
Italian State Railways and ENAC sign an agreement for the use of drones in infrastructure monitoring.
Rome
They will also be used to fly over sections of the railway and road network that would otherwise be difficult to monitor.
A.SPE.DO, the port of La Spezia is essential to ensuring employment, development, and a future for the local economy.
La Spezia
Landolfi: We cannot afford to underestimate its value.
The MIT meets with the heads of the Italian AdSPs
Rome
Meeting on the government's strategic vision for the sector and port reform
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean Co. to build seven 15,880 TEU container ships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Over 40 expressions of interest have been received for the development of the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk.
Kiev
Today the first meeting of the tender commission
The first commercial ship is expected at the public dock in Largo Trattaroli in Ravenna.
Ravenna
The car carrier "AICC Huanghu" is coming soon
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach decreased by 1.3% last month.
Long Beach
Empty containers are increasing. Full containers are decreasing.
Assiterminal's Terminal Road Show is starting
Genoa
Cognolato: We want to strengthen our ties with local communities and territories.
Assoporti, the Italian ports' cruise offerings presented at the Seatrade Europe fair.
Hamburg
Giampieri: We are leaders in the Mediterranean area and in Europe
Commander Claudio Tomei, USCLAC president from 2012 to 2024, has passed away.
Viareggio
His strong commitment to improving the working conditions of Italian seafarers
In the first quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports grew by +1.4%
Piraeus
Passengers down by -1.1%
HD Hyundai Samho Orders Four New Container Ships
Seoul
Order worth approximately 468 million dollars
Trieste: Fraudulent bankruptcy in the shipbuilding sector
Trieste
Investigation into a company based in Palermo
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by 7.4% in August.
Hong Kong
In the first eight months of 2025 the decline was -3.8%
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
Container traffic at the port of Singapore continued to decline in August
Singapore
Total volume of goods increased by +1.1%
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Meyer Turku begins construction of Royal Caribbean's fourth "Icon"-class cruise ship
Miami/Turku
It will be delivered in 2027
More than one in ten maritime shipments has shortages
Washington
This is what a report by the World Shipping Council has revealed, highlighting the safety risks
Last July, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +3.8%
Ravenna
In the first seven months of 2025, growth was +5.4%
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -3.2%.
Brussels
Landings down 1.3% and embarkations down 5.4%
Product tanker High Fidelity rescues 38 migrants on a drifting dinghy
Rome
Intervention in the south of the island of Crete
GES and RINA sign agreement to develop a prototype of a new hydrogen battery
Rovereto/Genoa
PSA's second phase of container terminal at Mumbai Port inaugurated
Singapore
Annual traffic capacity will increase to 4.8 million TEUs
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
Russia's infrastructure development plan aims to build 17 marine terminals by 2036
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Fincantieri and PGZ sign an agreement to support the modernization of the Polish Navy
Trieste
The third LSS section for Chantiers de l'Atlantique was launched in Castellammare di Stabia.
In the US, funding for wind energy development projects in ports is being cut.
Washington
Resources worth $679 million will be reallocated for port infrastructure upgrades
From January 1st, Kombiverkehr will operate the PKV intermodal terminal in the port of Duisburg.
Frankfurt am Main
It has a traffic capacity of approximately 200 thousand intermodal units per year.
Wallenius Marine and ABB form Overseas joint venture
Stockholm
The aim is to accelerate the launch of the platform of the same name for improving fleet performance.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the Region to agree on the appointment of Bagalà as president of the Sardinian Port Authority.
Rome
He is currently the extraordinary commissioner of the same body
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
CMPort's port terminals handled record container traffic in the second quarter
Hong Kong
In the first six months of 2025 the total was 78.8 million TEUs (+4.3%)
Confitarma approves the decree on advanced training for tanker seafarers.
Rome
Applause to the General Command of the Port Authority Corps
Quarterly freight traffic in Moroccan ports increases
Tangier/Casablanca
In Tanger Med the growth was +17%
The board of directors of the Genoa-based Ente Bacini has been renewed.
Genoa
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