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The activities of inland commercial ports & waterways, including rivers and canals. Includes inland port development and waterway cargo traffic numbers. For example, the Danube river which passes through or touches the borders of 10 countries: Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Ukraine and Moldova.

Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company joins river discussions

Bratislava, Slovakia (PortSEurope) October 4, 2023 – The Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (DSC) has participated in the “Conference of Directors...

Danube Orlivka ferry complex attacked

Orlivka, Ukraine (PortSEurope) September 25, 2023 – Operations of the Ukrainian Danube River Orlivka (Орлівка) ferry complex have been temporarily...

Bulgaria, Romania call for second Ruse-Giurgiu, Danube bridge

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) September 22, 2023 – The European Commission (EC) has received a proposal from the Bulgarian and Romanian governments for...

New vertical quay to increase Novi Sad cargo capacity by 0.5 million tonnes

Novi Sad, Serbia (PortSEurope) September 19, 2023 – DP World has opened a new vertical quay wall in Serbia’s Danube River port of Novi Sad that cost 8...

Russia to be expelled from the Danube Commission

Budapest, Hungary (PortSEurope) September 7, 2023 – For weeks now Russia has been attacking Ukrainian Danube River ports of Izmail, Reni and Kylia with...

Freight transport by barge between North Sea Port and hinterland increases to 60%

In North Sea Port, the transportation of goods to the hinterland by inland waterway continues to increase. Over five years, it rose from 54% to an impressive...

Russia again attacks Ukrainian Danube ports exporting grain

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 16, 2023 – Ukraine’s air force on Wednesday said a large group of Russian army drones entered the mouth of the Danube...

Orlivka attracts Ukrainian grain after bombing of Izmail and Reni

Orlivka, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 7, 2023 – The Orlivka ferry complex is attracting Ukrainian grain after the bombing of Izmail and Reni. Hundreds of...

Three grain ships brake through Russian Black Sea blockade

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 1, 2023 – In a show of defiance and with complete disregard for Russian threats, three merchant ships have broken...

Ukraine to export grain via Croatian ports

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 1, 2023 – Ukraine and Croatia have agreed to investigate using Croatia’s Danube river ports to export grain from...

Desperate Russia to resurrect commercial navigation on Seversky Donets

Ust-Donetsk, Russia (PortSEurope) June 29, 2023 – Lacking transport infrastructure in the south of the country, Russia is pushing for the use of yet more of...

Discrepancies in financing Russia’s inland waterways

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – The deficit of funds in Russia’s budget for the maintenance of inland waterways (IWW) and navigational...

Huge floating crane transferred from Odessa to Izmail

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Forced to reorientate cargo flow from the blocked by Russia Black Sea ports to the Danube River ports, the...

Russia begs Iran for Volga River dredging help

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Russia, unable to complete the critically important dredging of the Volga-Caspian Sea...

A new large port on the Volga River

Balakovo, Russia (PortSEurope) June 25, 2023 – Volga River’s largest cargo port since the collapse of the Soviet Union will be built in Balakovo on the...

Ukrainian Danube ports develop fast and beat cargo records

Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – The Ukrainian Danube River port of Reni was visited by the representative of the Directorate General for Mobility...

33% less ships visit Bulgaria’s Danube ports in Jan-Apr’23

Ruse, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 9, 2023 – Bulgaria’s Danube River ports handled 33% fewer ships in the first four months of 2023 compared to the same...

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