Oil/Petroleum
Port activities linked to oil and petroleum. Includes imports, exports and storage.
Kanuni drilling ship arrives at Haydarpaşa port, Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – The Turkish sea drilling ship, Kanuni, has arrived at Istanbul’s Haydarpaşa port on its way to...
Filyos port plays role in Black Sea gas exploration
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Turkey Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has been operating Black Sea gas exploration activities from a...
Completion of repairs to the oil wharf in Rades port, Tunisia
Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) October 9, 2020 – Repair of the oil wharf located on the south bank of the port of Radès has just been completed for a sum...
BERGÉ is promoting its “offshore” business with the Canary Islands as a global hub for the repair of oil rigs
BERGÉ, a leading logistics operator, has boosted its “offshore” business activities with several projects already in the pipeline as a shipping agent and...
Libyan ports prepare for oil exports
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) September 27, 2020 – Local sources have reported that works have restarted at the Libyan ports of Zueitina, Brega and Hreiqa...
Libya’s ports try to restart limited oil exports
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) September 11, 2020 – Tankers started arriving at the eastern Libyan port of Brega last month to take on oil – a...
EU and Libya discuss effects of illegal blockades
Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Eng. Mustafa Sanalla and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy...
Turkey looks to build Cypriot port base
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 27, 2020 – The increased and controversial activities of Turkish ships in the Eastern Mediterranean has led the...
Dynamic Fuels to become official distributor of ENOC’s marine lubricants in Spain
Dubai’s ENOC Group has announced a partnership with Dynamic Fuels to become the official distributor of ENOC’s marine lubricants in Spain – August...
Libyan oil company resumes exports after months of blockade
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) July 10, 2020 – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) reports that it has lifted force majeure and restarted oil...
Turkey’s Hopaport receives first tanker carrying petroleum products
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 23, 2020 – Following completion of the work at the HopaPort oil-petroleum Terminal, the port has received its first...
Libya’s Zawiya port set to restart oil exports
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 9, 2020 – The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced that production from the Sharara field has restarted...
Russia’s network of specialised oil ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Russia is one of the countries with the largest number of specialised oil and petroleum products ports in the...
MBM Port seeks controversial cargo expansion at Porto Romano, Durrës
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – In 2015, the Albanian government signed a 35-year concessionary contract for the construction and operation...
Horizon Tangier Terminals maintains production
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – Horizon Tangier Terminals Ltd (HTL) has reported that its Tanger Med hydrocarbon terminal remains...
Cartagena port considers developing offshore industry
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Port Authority of Cartagena (APC – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) has hosted an event...
Tarragona port and ChemMed join in annual EPCA meeting and Argus conference in Berlin
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 14, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) and ChemMed...
Cepsa and ExxonMobil renew agreement in Iberian market
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 7, 2019 – Cepsa, a Spanish multinational oil and gas company, has renewed its agreement with ExxonMobil for the...
Brothers in … sanctions: Russia, Iran, Syria
Sevastopol, Crimea (PortSEurope) September 6, 2019 – Russia, via occupied Crimea, has offered U.S. sanctions-hit Iran use of its Black Sea ports to transport...
Tenerife Shipyards wins contract to upgrade Seadrill’s West Bollsta oil platform
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) August 28, 2019 – Tenerife Shipyards, part of the Hidramar Group, has been awarded the...