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DP World & Evyap Group merge to create new trade hub, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – DP World and Evyap Group have merged port assets in the Sea of Marmara to create a new international...
Port of Barcelona inaugurates its first cold ironing system
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has inaugurated its first Onshore Power Supply (OPS-cold ironing) system at the...
German seaport operators submit new offer to union
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) July 13, 2024 – In the wage dispute over dock workers’ pay, Zentralverband der deutschen Seehafenbetriebe...
EBRD announces load to DP World Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a senior loan of up to 50...
Two Libya-bound military drones seized in Port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) July 2, 2024 – In an incredible event in the Port of Gioia Tauro, the parts of two Chinese-made military drones...
Italy: Total cargo by port 2023 – ranking
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 30, 2024 – Industry association Assoporti has published seaport cargo figures for 2023. In 2023, the ports handled 473...
Update: To build or not to build – overseas Russian ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 25, 2024 – In a schizophrenic third change of position in as many months, Russia, isolated from the Western transport...
Georgia minister comments on Poti, Anaklia ports
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – Speaking after a government session, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of...
Arkhangelsk port as China’s cargo transport hub
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2024 – Hard pressed by sanctions and isolated from the West, Russia is handing over its logistics “crown...
Can the U.S. build a deepwater port in Libya’s Susah?
Susah, Libya (Ports Europe) June 3, 2024 – U.S. investment in Libya’s long-delayed Mediterranean Sea deepwater commercial port of Susah, one of the deepest...
Georgia’s Anaklia port given to China
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – A consortium of majority state-owned China Communication and Construction Company (CCCC) Ltd., one of the...
Controversial Borkum ship arrives in Port Marghera, Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The controversial Borkum ship left Koper port and has arrived in Port Marghera, Venice. Allegedly, the ship...
The road to the Caspian Sea – Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – After years of delays, the project for the construction of an access road to Russia’s Caspian Sea port of...
Russia beefs up military presence in Libya, Africa
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – An investigation by the independent Russian website Verstka, the U.S. government funded Radio Free Europe/Radio...
Yachting cocaine route Bulgaria-Greece busted
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Over 10 tonnes of cocaine were transported per year by yachts between Bulgaria’s Black Sea marinas in...
Asyaport is top TEU transit port in Turkey in Q1 24
Tekdirag, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – In January-March 2024, Asyaport handled 545,509 TEU containers, compared with 361,404 TEU in the same...
World Bank executive visits Georgia, protests in Tbilisi
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2024 – Eugene Rhuggenaath, the Executive Director of the World Bank EDS 19, has visited Georgia to discuss...
Update: €1 bln marina near €1.5 bln “Putin’s Palace”
Gelendzhik, Russia (Ports Europe) April 30, 2024 – They built him a 1.5 billion euro palace. Now, they are building a 1.03 billion euro marina nearby so they...
After Nador, Morocco plans further LNG regasification plants
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – Last month, Morocco announced plans to develop the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure...
Nueva Pescanova ranks high in index, enmity to octopus farming
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2024 – The Nueva Pescanova Group has been ranked as the first fishing company in the world and second overall in the...