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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.

Event: “Transport Logistics of the Caspian Region 2023”, Astrakhan

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – An international forum “Transport Logistics of the Caspian Region 2023”, which will be held...

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping certified vessels banned in Bulgarian ports

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 5, 2023 – From April 8, 2023, access to Bulgarian sea and river ports is prohibited for all vessels, regardless of...

Analysis: Black Sea Container market overview 2022

Odessa, Ukraine (Informall/PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – The Black Sea region has witnessed a considerable decline in its container market volumes, with...

In sanctions-hit Russia: Comms, cranes, dredging, containers come from China

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – Western sanctions are slowly but surely turning Russia into China’s vassal state (and a raw-materials...

New LNG complex to be built in Sviyazhsk, Tatarstan, Russia

Sviyazhsk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and bunkering complex will be built on the territory of the...

New universal transshipment complex in Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A universal transshipment complex will be built in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, the...

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...

Multimodal terminal planned for inland port of Reni, Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – A multimodal terminal planned for inland port of Reni, Ukraine, to be built and operated by Development...

Tender issued for railway development of Port of Constanta

Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – The National Railway Company CFR SA has issued a tender for the “Modernization of the railway...

New pier in Don River in 2023 after poor cargo handling results

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – A new pier for mineral and construction cargo with a capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year will...

Russia’s FESCO delivers chemical plant equipment to Tuzla, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 14, 2023 – The FESCO Transport Group has organized and delivered large-capacity equipment for a chemical plant from...

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...

Update – Ukrainian Bilhorod-Dniester Sea Trade Port sold at auction for $5.9 million

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – Bilhorod-Dniester Sea Trade Port has sold at auction for $5.9 million, Alexander Slavsky, head of the...

Ukraine – European Commission – Romania: the development of shipping on the Danube

Ukraine – European Commission – Romania: the development of shipping on the Danube – a joint task to improve the export capacities of the Danube ports...

Russia issues tender for dredging of Volga-Caspian Shipping Canal

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 10, 2023 – Russia’s state agency Rosmorport has issued a tender for maintenance dredging on...

Kernel buys river terminal in Reni port, Ukraine

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 9, 2023 – Last month, agricultural concern Kernel acquired a grain terminal in the Reni inland port. The terminal has...

Sanctions force Russia to allow foreign ships in Volga-Don Shipping Canal

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) March 8, 2023 – Western sanctions are forcing Russia to redirect its trade and cargo from the north-west to the south-east of...

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