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.
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...
Kakhovka HPP disaster not threatening navigation in Danube region, ports of Odessa
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 14, 2023 – In the morning of June 6, Russia allegedly blew up a major dam in the Russian-occupied part of southern...
Aktau declares a state of emergency – critically low level of Caspian
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – The city officials in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau declared a state of emergency over the...
Makhachkala’s – the key node in North-South Corridor
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala is increasing its cargo and ferry traffic and becoming a major...
North-South Corridor is the most relevant and in demand – FESCO
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Echoing the Kremlin line, Russian logistics giant FESCO transport group claims that the International...
DG MOVE, Danube Commission meet to discuss climate resilience
On 6 June 2023, the European Commission (DG MOVE) and the Danube Commission (DC) in cooperation with other stakeholders, organized the online METEET workshop...
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...
Black Sea cement plant planned for Kanal Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change has approved the building of a new cement...
Ukraine reduces starting price for Belgorod-Dniestrovsky sea port auction
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – The State Property Fund has halved the opening price at the latest privatization auction for the...
Iran adds ships to Caspian Sea fleet
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Fifteen commercial ships have been added to Iran’s Caspian Sea fleet, reports the Ports and Maritime...
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...
Russian Railways will invest 13.9 million euro in a dry port in Astrakhan
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Russian Railways (RZD) will invest about 1.2 billion rubles (13.9 million euro) until 2025 in 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...
7,200 km problems for Russia’s North-South corridor
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – The 7,200-km long International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is sold by Moscow’s propaganda to...
Russian industrial zone in Suez Canal lost its management company
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – The Management Company of the Russian Industrial Zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) in Egypt is to be...
InformAll BG: Flexitank containers to be used by Ukraine’s vegetable oil producers
Odesa, Ukraine (InformAll/Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – Ukrainian InformAll BG, a cargo analytical and consulting bureau based in Odessa, suggests a way to...
EU and government grants for DP World terminal in Constanta
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – The DP World Black Sea port in Constanta, Romania has received a 31.3 million euro grant from the European...
North South Corridor might finally push development of Caspian SEZs
Kazan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 25, 2023 – Large-scale construction works will begin in the coming months in the Olya port special economic zone (SEZ) Lotos...
Pivdenny port excluded from Black Sea grain deal
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – Last week, Russia agreed to extend the Black Sea grain deal by a further two months. However, the deal does...
Sanctions: Russia and Iran to jointly buy and build 20 ships for the Caspian Sea
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – Russia and Iran have agreed to establish a joint company that will purchase and/or build ships for the...