Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) plans to study the possible location in Teruel of a dry port or some type of intermodal installation to handle the traffic that can be generated in this enclave halfway between Valencia and Zaragoza. The modernization of the Valencia-Sagunto-Teruel-Zaragoza line will be a source of traffic… Read more »
Spanish shipping company Baleària plans to invest €60 million ($70.1 million) to convert five ferries from its fleet to the use of natural gas as propulsion fuel. The intervention will be carried out over the next two years on the ships Nápoles, Abel Matutes, Sicilia, Bahama Mama e Martín and Soler. The five units… Read more »
The leaders of Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan have signed a new convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, an issue that has been disputed between the five countries for over 20 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the agreement, “creates conditions for bringing cooperation between the countries to a qualitatively new… Read more »
The effects of the objective orientation of port authorities and the level of service differentiation on the capacity, service price, profits, and welfare among competing or cooperating ports are analyzed in the latest port study of PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom co-authored with Han Cui (University of Antwerp). Theo and Han examined feasible combinations of these… Read more »
Port of Trieste, located along the Adriatic coast, this Italian port handles all types of cargo, has excellent rail links and operates also as a free port. Let’s have a closer look at this interesting port! ESPO: Can you briefly tell us about the Port of Trieste? What are its main characteristics and challenges? Port… Read more »
The provisional programme for this year’s GreenPort Cruise & Congress is now available and it seeks to help operators clean up their operations and save time and money in the process. This year’s event, called ‘Profiting from green initiatives’, is hosted by the Port of Valencia and will include one day of cruise presentations on… Read more »
A new service from CMA CGM, its American President Lines (APL) subsidiary and COSCO Shipping has begun operations linking South Asia with ports in the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The new Indiamed service, which has called at APM Terminals (APMT) Mumbai, expands the transhipment network through the East Mediterranean to/from Middle East destinations and… Read more »
Our world is in transition to a low-carbon economy and transport is not an exception. New technologies and initiatives are affecting the mobility landscape. among all modes of transport, Maritime transport is a backbone of trade and communications within and beyond the single market. Almost one-third of all intra-EU and three-quarters of the internationally traded… Read more »
Sustainable Development In recent years, the sustainability has been at the core of development in all industries. The idea of sustainability stems from the concept of sustainable development which became common language at the World’s first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. Sustainable development has been defined as “development that meets the needs of the present… Read more »
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – Rail Cargo Logistics Goldair, a joint venture between ÖBB (Austrian Railways) and Goldair, has been inaugurated and will operate the first private train service in Greece. The firsts service connects the port of Thessaloniki with the Sindos commercial and industrial zone. An objective of Rail Cargo Logistics Goldair is to develop freight transport, previously… Read more »
