Government
News about the involvement of government in port activities. Includes government laws applicable to ports, state-owned ports including European Union issues with national government implications. Also includes inter-government meetings, agreements and visits of government officials.
Event: Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centrale – ZES opportunities, November 16, 2017, Naples
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) November 10, 2017 – On November 16, 2017, “the ZES – Special Economic Zone: New Opportunities for the...
Liguria regional government insists on autonomy of its ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 10, 2017 – Italy’s Liguria regional government president Edoardo Rixi has called on the central government to...
Venice issues cruise ships restrictions
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – An Italian government committee has ruled that ships weighing 100,000 tonnes or more will no longer be...
Qatar plans direct shipping links with Morocco
Doha, Qatar (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – The government of Qatar has plans to establish direct shipping links between its new Hamad port and ports in...
Chamber of Greek-Chinese Economic Cooperation directors meet in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Members of the board of directors of Chamber of Greek-Chinese Economic Cooperation have held a meeting...
Valencia port president says he does not understand reasons for northern access rejection
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martinez, has...
WGCATCH fisheries meeting in Kavala this week
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – From November 6-10, 2017, the Annual Meeting of the Pan-European WGCATCH, the International Council for...
Portuguese port authority signs agreement with Logink of China
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve (APS – the Ports Authority of Sines and Algarve)...
Messina port to join Sicily’s special economic zone
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Italy’s government plans to include Messina port in the special economic zone (SEZ) that it plans...
Ukraine conference discusses port fees
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – During the first international conference “Money and Ports”, which took place on October...
Liguria regional government wants more autonomy of Genoa, Savona, La Spezia ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Liguria regional government president Giovanni Toti has said he wishes to initiate talks for increasing the...
Croatian president visits Luka Ploče
Ploče, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has visited the Adriatic port of Ploče, where she met the...
Portuguese ports delegation visits China
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, is leading a delegation of 39 Portuguese companies...
Solutions sought for Manfredonia port issues
Manfredonia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – Several steps have been taken to address a number issues of concern to users and operators of...
Tarragona business requests pharmacy inspection service at port
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Tarragona Chamber of Commerce has submitted a request to the Spanish healthcare ministry for a pharmacy...
Italy’s logistics system should be promoted as single platform, transport minister says
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Italy’s logistics system should be promoted as a single system to investors, in order to attract more of...
Carole Delga president to Occitanie region visits Rabat
Rabat, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 21, 2017 – Carole Delga, regional president of the Occitanie, an administrative region of France, has visited...