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.
Italian government to launch special economic zone at Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The Italian government plans to set up a special economic zone at Gioia Tauro port, due to its crucial...
Basque Country insists on receiving ownership of Bilbao, Pasaia ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The government of the Basque Country plans to keep requesting the transfer of the ownership of Bilbao and...
Conferenza Nazionale delle Autorità di Sistema Portuale meets in Rome
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – The first Conferenza Nazionale delle Autorità di Sistema Portuale, the national body of port...
Puertos del Estado says Seville port does not need 16 metres draft
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president Jose Llorca has said that Seville port...
Puertos del Estado president says docking labour contract should meet rules
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president Jose Llorca Ortega has warned trade...
Basque government not to privatise ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – The Basque Government has no plans to privatise the ports under its management, an official of the...
Ukrainian Prime Minister: Logistics infrastructure to be overhauled
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Last August, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said that the country’s logistics infrastructure...
Cypriot Minister cites ports as examples of international investment opportunities
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Cypriot Minister of Transport Marios Demetriades has opened the 2nd Cyprus International Investors...
Croatian government cuts stake in Luka Rijeka to 25%
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Croatia’s government saw its stake in the capital of Luka Rijeka d.d., the operator of Rijeka port,...
Copelouzos group interested in Alexandroupolis port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF/TAIPED) has been attending the Thessaloniki...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado to propose reduction of wharfage dues
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado will propose a reduction the wharfage dues by 10% in...
Puertos del Estado sets price of Delphi purchase at €3 million
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The purchase of land in the former Delphi factory in Puerto Real will have to be €3 million ($3.59...
Greek prime minister says government has real interest in developing Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The interest of the Greek government in the development of Thessaloniki port and northern Greece, in...
What China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” means for the Western Balkans
Brussels, Belgium, September 11, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has commissioned an independent report on the...
Administration to support Seville port logistics development
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (Port Authority of Seville – APS), Manuel...
Greek government invests €2.481 million in overhaul of Patras port
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Greece’s government has given the green light to two projects for the overhaul of Patras port’s...
Abruzzo to have special economic zone (ZES)
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Minister for the South of Italy Claudio De Vincenti has announced that the Abruzzo and Molise regions...