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The Basque Government has approved several financial aid programmes for goods transport with a view to favouring the concentration of companies, combined goods transport, association forming and adopting environmental management and quality systems. The total assigned amounts to 910,000 euros.

The School of Maritime Administration of the Basque Country inaugurated its academic year for 2012-2013 with a homage to Mr Javier San José Amézaga for devoting his professional life to the port-maritime sector and also for his links with the School itself.

The cruise vessel will make seven overnight calls this season.

As from 13 September, MacAndrews will offer a direct service without transhipments

The Portugalete Iron Dock, considered to be a fine example of iron architecture due to its uniqueness and exceptional beauty, will be 125 years old

CMA-CGM have reinforced their presence in Bilbao with the launching of a container feeder service linking Bilbao, Gijon and Le Havre.

The Bilbao Port Authority Board of Directors has approved the concession of an 8,710 square-metre surface area on the third alignment of the Reina Victoria Dock at Santurtzi to the Bonded Warehouse Consortium for the building of a new warehouse.

The European Commission has announced a new programme of financial aids for multimodal transport, with a 64.6 million-euro budget. Final date for applications is 19 October.

Since the end of April, MacAndrews has operated a new weekly rail service for shippers that links Castellón, on the Mediterranean coast, with the Port of Bilbao. So on Tuesdays, an average of 35 containers loaded with tiles from the ceramics factories in the province leave the Port of Castellón by rail for the Port of Bilbao where they will be exported to the United Kingdom.

The Port of Bilbao Border Inspection Post inspected 7,400 food containers in 2011, of which 55% were of animal origin and 45% vegetable.