Russia’s ambitious plans for Syria’s port of Tartus
Tartus, Syria (PortSEurope) December 22, 2019 – Russia has announced that it is going to invest $500 million over four years in the Syrian Mediterranean…
Azerbaijan, Iran to build Rasht-Astara railway line
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 11, 2019 - Azerbaijan and Iran have agreed to build a railway between Rasht (Iran) and Astara which will be part…
Russian and Iranian ports discuss cooperation
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 8, 2019 - The head of Gilan Ports and Maritime Administration, Iran, Hamidreza Abaei, has met with the management of Astrakhan…
Iranian ambitions for the Syria’s Mediterranean coast
Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) November 18, 2019 - Iran has bolstered its military and economic presence along Syria’s Mediterranean coast, according to Syrian opposition sources. Companies…
Ukraine and Iran ministers look to transport cooperation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 5, 2019 - On November 1, 2019, Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Kricliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran, Moradi…
U.S. Secretary Pompeo and Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias renew defence agreement
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) October 5, 2019 - During a two–day visit to Greece, which ended Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Greek Foreign…
Maritime authorities from Black & Caspian Sea region discuss future priorities and cooperation
EU Neighbours East - September 26, 2019 On 18 September, representatives of maritime authorities from Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine joined their…
Iran plans Caspian Sea Ro-Ro terminal operations and trade with Russia
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) September 18, 2019 - The Caspian Sea port city of Anzali is set to be the location of new Ro-Ro terminal operations…
Brothers in … sanctions: Russia, Iran, Syria
Sevastopol, Crimea (PortSEurope) September 6, 2019 – Russia, via occupied Crimea, has offered U.S. sanctions-hit Iran use of its Black Sea ports to transport crude…
Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan to set up INSTC working group
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) August 28, 2019 - The transport ministries of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan have agreed to establish a working group in order to…
Iran, Turkmenistan to establish direct shipping link
Ashganat, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) August 28, 2019 - Iran and Turkmenistan have agreed to set up a direct shipping route between the two countries across the…
Iran and Azerbaijan discuss International North-South Transport Corridor
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) August 13, 2019 - Azerbaijani Economy Minister and Co-chairman of the Azerbaijan-Iran State Commission for Economic, Commercial and Humanitarian Cooperation, Shahin Mustafayev,…
Iran wants to take over Iraqi and Syrian cargo flow with Latakia port & railway line
Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) July 16, 2019 – Iran, Syria and Iraq are discussing the construction of a railway line connecting the Iran’s Imam Khomeini Port…
Iran’s Chabahar port sends delegation to A Coruña port
Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2019 - A delegation of representatives of the Iranian port of Chabahar has visited the facilities of the Lonja de…
Russia takes over Syrian port of Tartus
Tartus, Syria (PortSEurope) April 24, 2019 - Russia is expected to sign by the end of April a 49-year lease contract for the Syrian Mediterranean…
Bulgaria and Iran discuss transport development
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 23, 2019 - Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami has visited Sofia, meeting Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, and…
Uzbekistan joins China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway corridor
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) April 7, 2019 - Uzbekistan has joined the China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway corridor, part of the North-South international transport corridor and the first logistics…
International North-South Transport Corridor set to expand capacity
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) March 7, 2019 - At a meeting of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) coordination council in Tehran, it was announced that…
Turkish ports handle 4.2 million tonnes of transhipments from Iran, Russia
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) February 25, 2019 – Turkish ports handled 4.192 million tonnes of transhipments from Iran and Russia in January. The transhipment from Iran and Russia…
EU-supported training on implementation of Maritime Labour Convention in Black and Caspian Sea regions
Press Release - EU Neighbours East - February 4, 2018 On January 30-31, 2019, 16 representatives of maritime authorities from countries in the Black and…