Inland Ports & Waterways
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.
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...
Turkey increases passage fee for Bosphorus and Dardanelles
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Turkey has again increased the passage fee for the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits. Since October 2022, the...
Ukraine will help Moldova rebuild 400 km railway connection to Reni Port
Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine will help its poor neighbour Moldova to rebuild a 400 km-long section of the railway line from...
Abu Dhabi Ports is looking at Bulgaria
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 17, 2023 – Bulgarian ports are an excellent alternative for the growing land cargo traffic from Asia to Europe,...
US Ambassador Bridget Brink visits Danube ports of Reni, Izmail in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 5, 2023 – U.S. Ambassador Bridget A. Brink visited the Danube river ports of Reni and Izmail on April 26, 2023. The...
Bulgarian dream: Black Sea-Danube River canal
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 2, 2023 – A 50-year-old, overambitious project to connect Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea port of Varna and Ruse, the...
Inland Ports meet in Vienna to talk about TEN-T & Danube development
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) May 1, 2023 – Last week, members of the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) met in Vienna for their annual general...
Serbia plans better use of rivers
Belgrade, Serbia (PortSEurope) April 26, 2023 – The Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesić, said that it is very important...
EBRD to help develop Ukraine’s Danube ports of Izmail, Reni and Ust-Dunaysk
Kiyv, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 24, 2023 – The development of Ukraine’s Danube Port Cluster – Izmail, Reni and Ust-Dunaysk – with...
EBU: Trucks continues to rule Europe’s freight
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) April 24, 2023 – The European Barge Union (EBU) endorses the European Court of Auditors (ECA)’s report on intermodal...
Ukraine’s Orlivka ferry complex to become river-sea port
Orlivka, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 24, 2023 – The Ukrainian Orlivka (Orlovka) ferry complex on the Danube River ferry crossing with Romania’s Isakcha is...
Ruscon joins Volgograd container terminal investment project
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) April 20, 2023 – Multimodal transport operator Ruscon and Regional Industrial Parks Management Company have signed a letter...
Caspian Sea water level is below the safe line
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) April 14, 2023 – The Caspian Sea water level around the Russian port of Makhachkala is below safety levels, which can cause...
Ukraine to build one more berth on Danube River
Stara Nekrasivka, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – A new berth for transshipment and storage of grain, general and bulk cargo will be built on the...
Russia’s North-South corridor is struggling and is overrated
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is sold by Moscow’s propaganda to the local audience...
Sanctions force the largest ever dredging of Volga-Caspian Sea Canal
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia’s state agency RosMorPort will start on April 1 an unprecedented, massive dredging of the...
EU, Danube Commission officials visit the inland port of Izmail
Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – Last week, representatives of the European Union and the Danube Commission visited the inland port of...