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PJSC TransContainer reorientates trade eastwards

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has successfully reorientates trade eastwards in response to Western sanctions closing...

EUROGATE Container Terminal Limassol reports TEU fall in Q1 2023

Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – EUROGATE Container Terminal Limassol has reported TEU traffic of 81,982 TEU in the first quarter of 2023,...

Kazakh grain terminal in Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – The construction of a grain terminal for Kazakhstan is to start soon in the Azerbaijani Caspian Sea port of...

Sanctions force Russia to buy foreign-made cargo ships

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – Forced by Western sanctions and the inability of local shipyards to construct new vessels fast enough, Russian...

Contship Italia sees TEU traffic down over -16% in Q1 2023

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – In the first three months of 2023, Contship Italia’s terminals handled 358,402 containers (TEU), down...

Russian ports export record grain volumes – expect much more

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 30 – Grain exports via Russian ports is expected to reach 60 million tonnes in the 2023-2024 season and might continue to...

World Bank publishes “The Container Port Performance Index 2022

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – The World Bank has published “The Container Port Performance Index 2022: A Comparable Assessment of...

KFOR delegation visits the Port of Durrës

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 13, 2023 – A delegation of KFOR has visited the Port of Durrës. The delegation was headed by Colonel Berthold...

Passenger traffic with Italy at Port of Durrës increases

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – Passenger traffic between the Port of Durrës and Italy has maintained an upward trend during the first...

New berth in Odesos port in Varna

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – Bulgaria’s Black Sea Port Odesos PBM in Varna has started the construction of a new berth. It will be 220...

Port of Durrës to increase port equipment

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – The Port of Durrës will increase port equipment to improve container management and ease congestion at...

Alyat port capacity to increase to 25 million tonnes

Alyat, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Alyat, originally designed for transshipment of 15 million tonnes of...

Russian ports experience coal backlog

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 28, 2023 – The European Union’s ban on Russian coal imports and reduced demand from Turkey, has led to a huge...

Direct shipping line Karachi-St. Petersburg

Karachi, Pakistan (Ports Europe) May 28, 2023 – The first direct shipping line between Russia and Pakistan had its first container ship arrive at the...

Belarus seeks new port in Murmansk, Russia

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 27, 2023 – Local press reports say that options have been discussed for building a Belarusian port in Murmansk. The...

CMA CGM wants to acquire the media platform La Tribune

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – The CMA CGM Group is committed to acquiring 100% of the share capital of HIMA Group, which owns La...

Port of Sines is part of ADMIRAL project

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – The Administration of the Ports of Sines and the Algarve (APS) is part of a European project (ADMIRAL) that...

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