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- 27th April 2019
SAL Heavy Lift is forming a new entity to represent the firm in the Spanish market with its business partner Grupo Davila (Davila Group). Qualified naval architect Carlos Claramunt Lebrón will lead the operation from Madrid using his 15 years of commercial and technical experience in the maritime industry. Eduardo Davila, President of Davila Group,
READ MORECyprus and Portugal have underlined their wish to further enhance their cooperation in maritime transport during an official visit by Deputy Minister of Shipping Natasa Pilides, in Lisbon. Pilides had separate meetings with Portuguese Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorin and the European Maritime Safety Agency`s Executive Director Maja Markovčić Kostelac. During the meeting
READ MOREBilbao Exhibition Centre has opened its doors today for the launch of World Maritime Week 2019. The show runs from February 12 to 14 hosting four separate maritime events under one banner – Sinaval, Eurofishing, FuturePort and Marine Energy Week. More than 35 shipowners and shipyards are due to attend the three-day celebration, which welcomes
READ MORESpain’s Noatum Port Holdings is expected to handle 3.7 million TEUs this year, up by over 12 pc from 2017, according to CEO Sun Kai. Chinese logistics giant COSCO Shipping acquired 51pc of Noatum Port Holdings in a reported $228 million deal in November. From January to July, containers handled by the company reached 2.08
READ MOREBBC World News presenter and anchor, Lucy Hockings, will be joining the Seatrade Cruise Med Conference, which takes place this September in Lisbon, Portugal. The anchorwoman, who has interviewed global opinion leaders and influencers and covered some of the major news events of the past decade, will put her skills into action as moderator for
READ MOREThe ports of Tarifa and Algeciras, linking Spain to Morocco’s Tanger-Med have set new traffic records. Numbers released by the Port Authority of Algeciras show that 11,000 vehicles and 45,000 passengers entered the Tanger-Med port through the two Spanish ports. In Spain, the Crossing the Strait Operation, was kicked off on the 15th of June to
READ MOREPortugal is seeking to expand its deep-water port of Sines to handle greater liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments from the United States and elsewhere to offset Europe’s shrinking domestic output. Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who spoke at a conference on Portugal-US ties, said the port of Sines, which already has an LNG terminal, could be expanded into
READ MORESix foreign warships including a Portuguese Navy vessel exhibited their prowess in international maritime policing during a joint multinational navies manoeuvre in the Bight of Benin. The Exercise which also involved 12 Nigerian Navy combat vessels was concluded with a debrief staged to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the Nigerian Navy. The manoeuvre was also designed to promote regional cooperation, beyond
READ MOREThe Port of Algeciras in Spain is the second main port of entry in Europe for Peruvian perishable products, second only to Rotterdam. Peruvian fruit and vegetable exports to Europe are growing at a rate of 20pc per year. The route Puerto de Callao to Algeciras connects the two countries in just 20 days and is complemented by another
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