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…
Iran to start meat, livestock imports through Turkey’s Trabzon port
Trabzon, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 28, 2018 – Iran plans to start imports of livestock and meat from Turkey's Trabzon port, managing director of Iran's Maku…
Five countries sign convention on Caspian legal status
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) August 12, 2018 - The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan have signed a new convention on the legal status…
Tarragona port hosts conference of Iran’s petrochemical industry
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – Tarragona port (Port de Tarragona) hosted the 'Petrochemical Day', the first edition of a workshop on the petrochemical…
Asturias region seeks to boost exports to Iran via Avilés, Gijón ports
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – The regional government of the Spanish region of Asturias has signed two cooperation agreements with four Iranian business…
Event – Argus Caspian-Black Sea Transport Corridor – 2017, Batumi, September 14-15, 2017
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) September 15, 2017 - The Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi is hosting the international conference "Argus Caspian-Black Sea Transport Corridor -2017"…
Rail Cargo Austria to launch intermodal service to Iran, via Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) September 6, 2017 - Austria's Rail Cargo Group, together with the Turkish shipping company U.N. Ro-Ro İşletmeleri A.Ş, Turkish Railways (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti…
Iranian delegation visits the port of Bari
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 25, 2017 - Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdPMAM - Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority) has met with a delegation…
Ukraine and Iran discuss port cooperation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 - Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has met with a delegation from Ukraine and promoted the planned Mumbai-Bandar Abbas-Ukraine route…
Georgia, Iran & Azerbaijan to launch south-west transport corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 - The heads of Georgian, Iranian and Azerbaijani railways have discussed launching a new South-West Transport Corridor, where Georgia…
The Port of Barcelona promotes trade with Iran
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 29, 2017 - Following the lifting of international sanctions against Iran, the IRISL Group (Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines), which has previously…
Amirabad port continues development
Amirabad, Iran (PortSEurope) May 2, 2017 - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has visited the Caspian Sea port and special economic zone of Amirabad to launch a…
Ukrainian government presents route of test freight train to Iran
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 23, 2017 – The route of the test train from Ukraine to Iran will pass through Baku, Azerbaijan, to the port…
Iran offers exchange of cargo with Odessa port
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 21, 2017 – Iran has offered Ukraine to organise the exchange of goods between the Iranian ports and Odessa with the…
Iran plans Amirabad port development on Caspian Sea within one year
Amirabad, Iran (PortSEurope) March 13, 2017 - Iran plans to open the largest port in the Caspian Sea within a year and for it to…