İZAYDAŞ to complete Safiport waste facility in August
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 6, 2020 - İZAYDAŞ, a waste disposal company, has said that a new sea waste reception facility project in Safi Derince…
Turkish Minister visits Istanbul shipyard to review construction of new naval vessel
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 6, 2020 - Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank has visited the Tuzla Sedef Shipyard to review progress on the construction…
Puertos del Estado reports May 2020 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2020 - Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports September 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port authority. The…
EBRD to lend up to €100 million to Turkish State Railways (TCDD)
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 5, 2020 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to allocate a €100 sovereign loan to Turkey for…
EU ministers comment of Covid-19 challenges for Danube transport
Danube Ministers of Transport conclusions on effective waterway rehabilitation & maintenance anticipating COVID-19 challenges - June 29, 2020 Danube navigation is strongly impacted by the…
EBRD and EIB to support Cyprus Floating Storage and Regasification Unit
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) July 3, 2020 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to hire an independent consultant (TESC) to provide technical,…
Amirabad Port has 52% of traffic among the northern ports of Iran
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) July 3, 2020 - In the first quarter of 2020, 844,869 tons of goods handled in Amirabad port, a 52% share of…
Porto de Aveiro issues maintenance dredging contract for €1.7 million
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 3, 2020 - Porto de Aveiro (APA S.A.) has issueed a €1.76 contract for dredging of the port. The project is expected to…
Leixões port launches new connection to Belgium
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 3, 2020 - Operated by CLdN and Yilport Leixões, the new service will provide access to new routes with origin and…
Beato’s Multipurpose Terminal (TMB) reinforces operational capacity
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 3, 2020 - TMB (Terminal Multiusos do Beato) has purchased on a rental basis a Liebherr LHM 280, with a capacity…
Figueira da Foz Port grows 17.3% in Jan-May 2020
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 3, 2020 - In the period January-May 2020, the port of Figueira da Foz handled total cargo of 875,741…
Kavala port inches towards privatisation
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) July 1, 2020 - Aris Xenofos, President of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned assets, has…
Hungary invests in Trieste port as export guarantee
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 30, 2020 - Hungary's state-owned Adria Port zrt has purchased 302,000 m² of land at Trieste port to develop a facility so…
U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue Energy Working Group
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 30, 2020 - The U.S. Department of State has published the following joint statement was released by the Governments of the…
Trieste to develop old Servola plant into new port area
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 29, 2020 - In an agreement worth over €300 million ($337 million), the Arvedi group, Icop-Plt (Trieste Logistics Platform), Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del…
Zonguldak-Filyos Valley project comes under environmental pressure
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 28, 2020 – In a statement last week celebrating "World Seafarers Day", Transport and Infrastructure Minister, Adil Karaismailoğlu, made a statement regarding…
EBRD supports first concession project in Ukraine – Kherson seaport
Kherson, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 28, 2020 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) have provided…
Huelva port and Junta de Andalucía developing Port Technological Innovation Node
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2020 - The Port of Huelva and the Andalusian Government, through the Territorial Delegation of Employment, Training, Autonomous Work, Economy,…
Zeki Muammer Merev retires as HopaPort chairman
Trabzon, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 25, 2020 – Zeki Muammer Merev, who served as HopaPort Chairman for approximately 15 months, has completed his term and retired from…
Greek regional port privatisation progressing slowly
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) June 24, 2020 - President of the Port Authority of Alexandroupolis, Konstantinos Hadjimichael, has met with the Minister of Development and Investment,…