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.
More controversy about Durres-Porto Romano ports’ swap
Durres, Albania (Ports Europe) January 22, 2024 – The former candidate of the opposition (PD party) for mayor of Durres and former MP, Igli Cara, accused...
Concessions for Bulgaria’s largest ports delayed 20 years
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 22, 2024 – A report by Bulgaria’s Audit Chamber reveals that a law adopted 20 years ago obliged the state to...
Parties meet to discuss safe navigation in the Strait of Messina
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The establishment meeting of the technical table for the safety of navigation in the Strait of...
Algeria bans cargo transshipped via ports in Morocco
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The Algerian government has announced it has banned goods entering the country which have transshipped...
Finally, a mine-clearing agreement for the Black Sea by three NATO members
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 12, 2024 – NATO members and Black Sea littoral states Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria have signed an agreement for a...
Turkish Navy announces expansion plans
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – Last week, a meeting of the Turkish Defense Industry Executive Committee announced an expansion plan for...
EU to lift air, maritime internal border controls with Bulgaria, Romania
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 8, 2024 – At the end of last year, the European Council announced that from March 31, 2024, the EU will lift air...
Government to approve northern expansion of the Port of València
València, Spain (Ports Europe) December 14, 2023 – The Government will give its approval to the tender for the works of the northern expansion of the...
Azov Sea as a Russian lake
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 11, 2023 – A bill has been submitted to the lower house of Russia’s State Duma (parliament) to consolidate the...
Estonian ambassador to Spain visits Port of Valencia
València, Spain (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – Andres Rundu, Estonian ambassador to Spain and Andorra, together with Marlen Rein, in charge of...
Italy says it is leaving China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – Government sources are reporting that Italy has informed China that it is leaving the Belt and Road...
Russia also ousted from IMO Council
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – On December 1, Russia was excluded from the United Nations (UN) International Maritime Organization...
Russia’s sanctions-busting trade routes stumble
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – The two “secret weapons” against Western sanctions affecting Russian cargo transportation – the...
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation plans network of strategic ports
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – The draft concept for the creation and operation of a “Partnership Network” of major...
U.S. Customs Service will send a consultant to the Port of Constanta
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Next year, the U.S. Customs Service will send a consultant to the Port of Constanta, Romania. The...
River ports in Russia for sale – 1 euro cent
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 27, 2023 – A law simplifying the privatisation of dilapidated and abandoned Russian river ports has been signed by...
French government specifies details for two floating wind farms
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 27, 2023 – The French government has specified the location of two floating wind projects in the Mediterranean of...