Day: 19 November 2017
French Smart port members meet in Marseille to adopt projects
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The members of the SMART PORT Steering Committee have adopted the first set of projects to take...
Port of Heraklion opens new cruise terminal
Heraklion, Greece (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The Port of Heraklion has celebrated the official opening of the upgraded cruise terminal. In...
IFC, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry to launch PPPs in ports development
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – IFC, part of the World Bank Group, and Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure signed a Memorandum of...
World Bank team presents initial findings on improving freight transit of the Caucasus Transit Corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The World Bank team has presented the initial findings of its study on improving freight transit and...
Batumi and Poti ports join Lapis Lazuli transit corridor
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – Georgia is to join the Lapis Lazuli Corridor, a transport route connecting Europe and Asia by road,...
Russia approves strategy for the development of sea ports in the Caspian Sea
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The main goal of the Strategy is to consolidate the economic and geopolitical presence of Russia in the...
Leixões port sees Jan-Oct 2017 freight traffic increase
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – In the first 10 months of 2017, the Port of Leixões reported a handled freight volume...
CMA CGM CEO Rodolphe Saadé visits Morocco
Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – Director General of the French shipper CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé, has visited Agadir in Morocco to meet...