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Turkmenbashi port handled 585,500 tonnes of cargo in Q1 24

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 12, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, international cargo traffic through Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea...

Rhône Energies set to acquire the Esso Fos-sur-Mer Refinery

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 12, 2024 – Rhône Energies has entered into exclusive negotiations with Exxon Mobil’s ESSO SAF to acquire...

Portugal: Seaports cargo report – January 2024

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – Portugal’s seaports got off to a positive start in 2024, handling 7.4 million tonnes of cargo in...

Fire at Saipol warehouse in Port of Sète

Sète, France (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – Yesterday, a fire broke out in the biodiesel production unit at the Saipol factory in the Port of Sète....

Infrastructure funds complete minor shareholding in PSA Ita

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – FMV Industrial Infrastructure Fund I SCSp and TD Greystone Infrastructure Fund (Global Master) SCSp have...

Police make third largest cocaine haul in Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – Turkish police have seized the third-largest haul of cocaine in the country’s history amidst...

IMB report underscores Somali shipping piracy

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has published a report, “Piracy and Armed Robbery...

Port of Gioia Tauro is a possible site for LNG regasification terminal

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has been suggested as a potential site for a regasification terminal. The...

Greece, Cyprus ferry link starts in May

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – For the third year in a row, the ferry service between Cyprus and Greece will start on May 29 and operate...

Port of Aktau sees cargo up +14% in first quarter

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, Aktau port handled 1.1 million tons of transshipment cargo, up +14%...

APM Terminals Gijón handles largest container ship ever

Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – APM Terminals Gijón has recently handled the largest container ship ever to call at the port. The MSC...

Puertos del Estado attends Seatrade Cruise Global

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – The state agency Puertos del Estado (PdE) is attending Seatrade Cruise Global, the largest cruise fair in...

Port of Messina opens cruise ship season

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – The Port of Messina has officially opened its cruise ship season, with considerable business...

DFDS to buy international transport network of Ekol Logistics

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS has agreed to buy the international transport network of...

Barcelona seeks more sustainable, newer & smaller cruise ships

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona seeks more sustainable, newer & smaller cruise ships. This is how it sees the...

Piraeus Perama Ship Repair Zone receives two cranes

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) received two state-of-the-art double-level luffing jib shipbuilding...

Cocaine seized in the port of Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – 25.6 kg of the “basic ingredient of cocaine” concealed in the metal structure of a container with...

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