Planning/Strategy
All issues linked to planning and strategies of companies, organisations and governments which own ports. This includes plans to increase traffic and the capacity of ports and generate revenue.
MSC Cruises publishes dock electrification plan
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) June 15, 2023 – MSC Cruises has published a dock electrification plan, which aims to reduce the output of toxic gaseous...
Kazakhstan’s Aktau, Kuryk and Bautino registered in SEZ
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports of Aktau and Kuryk (Quryq) were registered by the government as...
Valenciaport assumes presidency of MEDports committee
València, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Manuel Rodríguez of Valenciaport has been appointed the Chairman of the MEDports Cooperation &...
Port of Bilbao starts dock electrification
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – As part of its commitment to the environment, Bilbao Port Authority will start implementing its dock...
Dock electrification of the Port of Valencia begins
València, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – The first dock electrification project, cold ironing, of the Port of València will be launched this June....
EcoPorts certificate for Turkmenbashi port
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) June 5, 2023 – Tukrkmenistan’s Capsian port of Turkmenbashi was awarded a certificate for EcoPorts’...
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...
North South Corridor might finally push development of Caspian SEZs
Kazan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 25, 2023 – Large-scale construction works will begin in the coming months in the Olya port special economic zone (SEZ) Lotos...
FESCO fights sanctions with new ship repair division
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – The logistics group FESCO has announced plans to create a ship repair division, a direct response to Western...
Net-Zero MAR Alliance is constituted as an association
Last week the Net-Zero MAR Alliance, after almost two years of intense work, celebrated its act of constitution as an association – May 23, 2023 This...
CCTT Maritime Logistics Working Group holds first meeting
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – Today, the Coordinating Council for Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT) hosted the first meeting of the...
Indian ambassador visits the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The Ambassador of India, Shri Dinesh K Patnaik, accompanied by commercial counsellor of the same Embassy,...
Russia’s Vladivostok as a domestic Chinese port
Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The Port of Vladivostok, Russia’s largest in country’s Far East, will be used to transport goods...
North-South Corridor might reopen Agidel port after 30-year hiatus
Agidel, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The feasibility study for the reestablishment of the Agidel cargo river port was awarded to Scientific Approach...
Lavrio, the most profitable state port in Greece
Lavrio, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – In 2022, turnover and profits of the Port Authority of Lavrio (ALL SA) exceeded all expectations. This made...
Russia pushes again for opening long-delayed industrial zones in Egypt
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Moscow is desperately trying to create two long-delayed Russian industrial zones (RIZ) with a...
Russian fertilisers in limbo
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 1, 2023 – The production and export of Russian fertilisers is in limbo following the Western sanctions against the country....