Oil/Petroleum
Port activities linked to oil and petroleum. Includes imports, exports and storage.
Greece extends naval drills to deter Russian oil transfers
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – Greece is again extending naval drills in the Bay of Laconia. The drills’ primary purpose is to deter...
Kazakhstan increases rail exports of fuel oil via Georgian ports
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 25, 2024 – In January-May 2024, Kazakhstan increased rail exports of fuel oil through Georgian ports to 413,200 tons...
KazMunayGas ships oil to Makhachkala
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 19, 2024 – State energy company KazMunayGas (KMG) has reported that two of its tankers transported 406,977 tons of...
Oil terminal in Aktau returned to the state
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 4, 2024 – An oil terminal worth $66 million with an area of 134 hectares (1.34 sq km), Kazakhstan’s Caspian...
Russian oil ship-to-ship operations seek new ports in the Mediterranean Sea
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 26, 2024 – Earlier this month, Greece started issuing NAVTEX notices which inform all shipping to stay away from...
Commodity traders investing in Spanish port terminals
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2024 – Global commodity and trading companies have been investing in port terminals in Spain. Many traders are...
Constanta port-based JT Grup plans IPO
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) April 24, 2024 – Romanian independent fuel distributor JT Grup Oil has announced plans for an initial public offering...
Rhône Energies set to acquire the Esso Fos-sur-Mer Refinery
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 12, 2024 – Rhône Energies has entered into exclusive negotiations with Exxon Mobil’s ESSO SAF to acquire...
Valaris chooses the Port of Las Palmas as a strategic hub
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – The Port Authority of Las Palmas has renewed its agreement with the oil drilling company...
Repsol and Bunge sign renewable fuel deal for port locations
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – Energy company Repsol will acquire 40% of three industrial facilities that are part of Bunge Iberica, one...
JT Grup Oil completes first stage of project in Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 27, 2024 – JT Grup Oil S.A., an operator in the fuel distribution market, has announced the completion of the...
KazTransOil General Director visits Port of Aktau
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 20, 2024 – KazTransOil JSC General Director, Talgat Kurmanbaev, has visited the main oil pumping station Aktau of...
Exolum wins contract to manage bulk liquid terminal in Gijón
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2024 – Exolum has won the tender to manage the bulk liquid storage terminal at the La Osa pier in the Port of...
Company submits new terminal request to Port of Vilagarcía
Vilagarcía, Spain (PortS Europe) March 5, 2024 – Betunes Gallegos SLU has submitted a request to the Port Authority of Vilagarcía to occupy an area of...
Turkey’s Dörtyol terminal ends oil imports from Russia
Iskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Dörtyol terminal, operated by Global Terminal Services (GTS), has ended imports of Russian crude...
€10 billion for a petrochemical complex and shipbuilding plant in Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – South Korean companies Nexstar Engineering and KSTN are considering the construction of a new...
Oil terminal, Euronova Energies discuss new bitumen terminal
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Romanian port operator Oil Terminal and Euronova Energies are set to build a bitumen terminal in...
KazTransOil exported 287,000 tons of oil via the port of Aktau
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – In January 2024, KazTransOil exported 287,000 tons of oil via the Caspian Sea port of Aktau. This is...
Sanctions force Russia to swap oil shipments from pipeline to ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – Russia’s giant state-controlled pipeline transport company TransNeft will increase the capacity of the...
UAE cracks down on Russian dark oil fleet
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Ports Europe) January 14, 2024 – Under pressure from the United States and Europe, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has...