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Azerbaijani Railways improves North-South transport corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 25, 2020 – Azerbaijani Railways has started reconstruction of the Guzdek-Garadagh railway that will help the...

Working visit of the GUAM secretary-general to the Kherson region

A group of the ambassadors accredited in Ukraine paid a working visit to the Kherson region at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Ukraine...

Turkmenistan and Romania seek to boost ties

On August 19, 2020, an on-line meeting took place in the Ministry of Finance and Economy, Turkmenistan, between Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan...

Motorways of the Sea: Government protocol to enhance the competitiveness of Italian ports

An important framework protocol for the relaunch of the Italian national port system was signed yesterday by the Director-General of the Customs and Monopoly...

DEPA: Participation of Bulgartransgaz in the Alexandroupolis FSRU

The Greek company Gastrade signed an agreement for the acquisition of 20% of its share capital by the Bulgarian company Bulgartransgaz (BTG), operator of the...

Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silos

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 24, 2020 – Local sources have reported that Kuwait is to rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo that was...

duisport to invest in the port of Trieste

Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) is ready to invest in the hinterland of the North Italian seaport together with the Port Authority of Trieste and the regional...

Joint Statement of the United States and the European Union on a Tariff Agreement

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and European Union Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan today announced an agreement on a package of tariff...

Copasir report indicates Chinese interest in Taranto port

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) August 24, 2020 – The President of Copasir, Raffaele Volpi, has said that a summary document, from the country’s...

Cargo turnover of NCSP Group in January-June 2020 sees nearly 10% fall

Normalized [1] cargo turnover of NCSP Group (LSE: NCSP, MOEX: NMTP) amounted to 62.7 million tons (-9.4%) – August 24, 2020 Liquid cargo Transshipment...

Greek foreign affairs minister statement after EU and U.S. talks

Statements by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendia, following the end of the Extraordinary EU Foreign Affairs Council and his meetings with the US...

Greek foreign minister statement after Cyprus visit

Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendia, after the end of his meeting with his Cypriot counterpart, N. Christodoulidis – August 18, 2020...

Hapag-Lloyd delivers good half-year result, but uncertainties due to COVID-19 pandemic remain

Volumes significantly down in Q2, significant reduction in bunker cost // Measures of the Performance Safeguarding Program (PSP) already having an impact //...

CMA CGM Group launches “A Humanitarian Ship for Lebanon” campaign to ship emergency humanitarian aid

An international relief initiative to send medical equipment and essential goods and products – August 21, 2020 One of the CMA CGM Group’s ro-ro...

Ningbo Containerized Freight index rises in August

From January to July, the Container throughput of Chinese ports decreased slightly and the Ningbo Containerized Freight index (NCFI) rises in August –...

“Civitavecchia Blue Agreement” will be renewed

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – The voluntary agreement signed two years ago by the shipping companies serving the “Motorways...

Passenger traffic in Croatia in second quarter of 2020

Croatia (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – In Croatian ports, 2,988 passengers embarked or disembarked, in the second quarter of 2020, down 68% compared to...

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