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Port of Taranto issues new breakwater contract
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – The Port Authority has awarded the contract for the construction of the new breakwater in the port of...
Port of Heraklion reports improved cruise ship business in 2023
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – In 2023, cruise traffic in the port of Heraklion increased by +50%, with a record 382,981...
Baku port handles 6 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Nov’23
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – Azerbaijan’s largest Caspian Sea port of Baku handled over 6 million tonnes of cargo during the first 11...
Belarus exported 15 million tonnes of cargo through Russian ports in 2023
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 3, 2023 – The total transhipment of Belarusian export cargo through Russian ports by the end of 2023 was about 15...
Sparkle launches GreenMed, a new submarine cable system
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and a global operator, is launching a project to...
Port of Koper reports record for car handling
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Luka Koper achieved an extraordinary feat just before the end of the year by breaking the vehicle...
Reference – Russia’s Arctic and Far East ports projects
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – The past year consolidated the trends formed in 2022 (when Russia was hit by Western sanctions for its...
Kazakhstan plans dredging of Ural-Caspian Canal
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Kazakhstan plans to start dredging of the Ural River-Caspian Sea Canal in 2024 and include the...
Russia’s Makhachkala port blocked by silt
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Since the beginning of December, heavy winds blocked the dry cargo harbour channel of Russia’s port of...
Port of Manfredonia signs infrastructure development contract
Manfredonia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 31, 2023 – On 21 December 21, 2023, an agreement was signed between Sogesid SpA, represented by the CEO Eng....
SCZone with investments of $1.85 billion in last six months
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) December 30, 2023 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) received $1.85 billion worth of investments between July 1 and December...
New unconfirmed report about a sea mine hitting a cargo ship in the Black Sea
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – The Panama-flagged Greek-operated bulk carrier Vyssos was reportedly hit a floating sea mine close to...
Ruscon completes renovation of container and logistics terminal in Moscow
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – Ruscon, a multi-modal transportation operator, has completed the initial phase of renovations of its...
QTerminals Antalya, 26 cruise ships, 33,697 passengers in 2023
Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – QTerminals Antalya, Turkey’s leading commercial cargo and cruise port, welcomed thousands of...
AD Ports to develop Egypt’s Red Sea port of Safaga
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports has a signed a 30-year concession with the Red Sea Ports Authority (RSPA) to...
Ukrainian ports defy war and difficulties in 2023
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 28, 2023 – The total cargo turnover of all Ukrainian ports in 2023 is expected to be 57 million tonnes. This is...
EBRD to help develop major logistics hub in Kazakhstan
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 27, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to help develop Kazakhstan’s major...
Port of Valencia approves next stage for new container terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) December 27, 2023 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has approved the document that...
Naples Municipality and Sogesid SpA sign agreement
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) December 27, 2023 – The Naples Municipality and Sogesid SpA have signed a contract for 13 works in Eastern Naples to improve...
Cargo handling record for Santander in Jan-Nov’23
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) December 26, 2023 – The northern Spanish port of Santander achieved its record cargo handling result in the January-November...