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.
Ports Europe – Reference – The Danube Transnational Programme
November 14, 2017 – Reference – The Danube Transnational Programme The Danube Transnational Programme is a financing instrument of the European...
Lyon increases container handling from Marseille port
Lyon, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Since 1997, Lyon has become the advanced port for Marseille for container traffic. Currently, 50% of...
Serbia to receive over €11 million EU funds for transport development
Brussels, Belgium, October 24, 2017 Zorana Mihajlović, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Dirk Beckers, Director of INEA signed today a grant agreement on...
Bordeaux Port Authority, VNF and EPIDOR sign a charter for development of river tourism
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) October 21, 2017 – Whilst the port of Bordeaux (Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux) has developed a cruise industry, there...
Constanta port holds promotional event in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – More than 180 representatives of the Hungarian business community participated in the 12th edition...
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company updates on Interreg Danube projects progress
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – The Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BIP Co.) has held a meeting to present progress on the...
Bulgaria and Romania set to improve transport links
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2016 – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Mihai Tudose have opened a new...
Trieste port increases intermodal traffic to Budapest
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – “Hungary is becoming Trieste’s first reference market, as for port railway container traffic”,...
Event: European Inland Terminals 12th European Conference & Exhibition – Rouen, November 9-10, 2017
Rouen, France (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – The 12th European Inland Terminals Conference & Exhibition will take place in Rouen, November 9-10,...
Greece to take advantage of strategic position via rail link project with Bulgaria, Tsipras says
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said the project for the launch of a railway corridor linking the...
Bulgaria-Greece port railway connection project needs investment of €5 billion
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s transport minister Ivaylo Moskovski has said the total investment in the railway...
Bulgarian PM says port link project with Greece will boost energy, transport, tourist sectors
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s prime minister Boyko Borisov has said the launch of a railway connection between...
Gibraltar Tourist Board & Port Authority attend Seatrade Convention
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – The Gibraltar Tourist Board and Port Authority are attending the Seatrade Europe Cruise Convention....
New railway connection agreement between Greece and Bulgaria
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection will be signed...
Cádiz port participates in Seatrade Europe to attract river cruise traffic
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Cádiz port participates this week in the most important cruise event in Europe, the ‘Seatrade...
Polesine ports and Venice port system look for synergies
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – At a meeting between Pino Mussolino, Chairman of the Port Authority System of Venice, Secretary...
Suez Canal Authority profit rises 4.66% y/y in July 2017
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said it posted a profit of $447.1 million (€379 million) in July 2017, up...
DP World, Suez Canal Economic Zone set up joint venture
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – UAE-based group DP World has set up a joint venture with Egypt’s General Authority for the Suez...
Ville Forte Ukraine exports LPG from Izmail port for first time
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – Ukrainian company Ville Forte Ukraine has sent the first shipment of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from...
Constanta port increases grain handling
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 13, 2017 – The National Company of Maritime Ports Administration (CNAPM) Constanta SA estimates for 2017 a...