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Slovenia

Slovenia is a republic in southeastern Europe: member of the European Union; it has just 47km of coastline on the Northern Adriatic Sea which is the location of Koper port, the country’s only seaport; the port is managed by state-owned Luka Koper d.d.

Hungary opens consulate in port of Koper

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) July 4, 2021 – Reflecting the importance of Slovenia’s Koper port to Hungary, an Hungarian consulate has been opened...

CMA CGM launches weekly service from Turkey to Koper

A new maritime bridge between Turkey and Adriatic – 30.06.2021 As from 7th July 2021 CMA CGM is starting a new short-sea service, connecting three...

Port of Koper: Extended quayside allows more containers to be handled

The container quayside at the southern end of Pier I in the Port of Koper has been extended by 100 metres. Today, in the presence of Minister of Infrastructure...

The Baltic-Adriatic land bridge commences operations

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) June 14, 2021 – Following the cooperation of international rail companies, the Baltic-Adriatic land bridge has commences...

Minister Vrtovec meets European transport ministers on the priorities of Slovenia’s presidency of the EU Council

Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec attended a meeting of European transport ministers in Luxembourg, where he presented the priorities of the Slovenian...

Luka Koper sees total cargo down 6% in Q1 2021

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2021 – Luka Koper, the operator of Koper port, has reported total cargo down 6% in Q1 2021. The March monthly...

Luka Koper issues non-audited report for January–March 2021

Luka Koper d.d. has published its non-audited report on the performance of Luka Koper d.d. and Luka Koper Group in January – March 2021 The first quarter...

Austria and Slovenia discuss transport and infrastructure

Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec has met in Vienna with Austrian Minister of Transport Leonore Gewessler. The ministers reviewed bilateral...

Three new investments in the Port of Koper

Today, on 25th May 2021 we inaugurated three new investments in the Port of Koper. The first is a smaller one, namely a petrol station for the supply of...

Port of Koper sees cargo traffic down nearly 6% in Jan-Mar 2021

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2021 – In the first quarter 2021, total cargo handled by the port was 4.88 million tons, compared to 5.18 million...

Egypt set to start seasonal exports of grapes via Port of Koper

Today, the first shipment of 20 containers with Egyptian grapes sailed from Damietta towards Koper. Good symbolic kick-off for an expectedly very promising...

French minister visits Koper port

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 12, 2021 – As part of an official visit to Slovenia, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, French Minister of Transport, has visited...

Slovenia sees role for port of Koper in EU military mobility

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 7, 2021 – Defence Minister Matej Tonin has attended a meeting of EU defence ministers which discussed military...

Minister at the symbolic start of the main construction works for construction of the second track, Divaca-Koper

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – Today, Minister of Infrastructure, Jernej Vrtovec, attended a ceremonial event at the signing of the...

Strabag loses appeal against Divača-Koper railway contract

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2021 – Strabag’s complaint against the award of the contract for the largest railway project in Slovenia,...

Slovenia to discuss Hungarian investment in expansion of Divaca-Koper railway line

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2021 – The governments of Slovenia and Hungary are set to discuss the latter investing in Slovenian state-run...

Camco Technologies awarded Rail OCR at Port of Koper

Camco Technologies is partnering with Port of Koper for the automated registration of its increasing container and rail wagon traffic. Supported by the...

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