Genoa, Livorno, Palermo ports to see investment
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 - The Italian government has issued a DPCM and appointed extraordinary commissioners to accelerate the planning and implementation of…
Port of Huelva to adapt energy networks to improve response to demand in its service area
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) January 24, 2021 - The Huelva Port Authority has awarded the company Idom Consulting Engineering Architecture the contract to produce a study of electricity…
HHLA acquires majority share of automation specialist iSAM AG
For the continuation of its growth- and innovation-focused strategy, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is acquiring a majority share in iSAM AG - January…
Algeciras port reports reduced cargo traffic in 2020
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 - Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA - Port Authority of Algeciras) has published cargobtraffic numbers for…
Global Ports Investments reports increased container throughput in 2020
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) January 20, 2021 - Global Ports Investments PLC has today announced its operational results for Q4 and the full year 2020. The…
COSCO Shipping Ports Limited – Overseas terminals see quarterly increase in 2020
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 - COSCO Shipping Ports Limited' overseas terminals reported a Q4 2020 increase in container throughout of 7.45 million…
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discuss developing Lapis Lazuli transport corridor
On January 16, 2021, a trilateral online meeting of the heads of the interdepartmental group of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan established to expand the capabilities…
CMA CGM to make regular use of Lebanon’s Tripoli port
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 - The Port Authority of Tripoli has reported that CMA CGM, the French shipping line, will use the port…
Two meetings scheduled to negotiate end to Bilbao port stevedore strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2021 - The negotiation of the stowage of the port of Bilbao begins in a week with two scheduled meetings, the first in Bilbao and the…
Ashdod Port announces winning start-ups in first ever collaboration program in Israeli ports
Ashdod, Israel, (PortSEurope) January 7, 2021 - Ashdod Port Company has selected the winners of a tender for cyber defense systems and additional components to…
Edison LNG plant site in Brindisi port not fixed
Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 - The Edison project to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in the port area continues to be…
Mario Sommariva is new president of AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 - Mario Sommariva, has been appointed the new President of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP…
Puertos del Estado reports November 2020 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 - Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port authority. The…
UIG pays $1.13 million for grain cargo damaged in Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 - Ukrainian Insurance Group (UIG) has paid out insurance compensation of $1.33 million for a cargo of grain damaged…
Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18…
Castellon port begins with drafting of construction project for intermodal station
Castellon, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2020 - Autoridad Portuaria de Castelló (APC - Port Authority of Castellon) will initiate the procedures for the drafting of…
Work on deepening the seabed at the Brajdica container terminal starts
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 21, 2020 - Dredging works costing €97.7 million have started to deepen the seabed of the Brajdica container terminal, Rijeka port,…
World trade volume rallies in third quarter after COVID-19 shock
Global merchandise trade volumes bounced back in the third quarter of 2020 from a deep second quarter slump brought on by the COVID-19 crisis according…
CMA CGM Group boosts capacity between Asia and Europe
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2020 - French shipping CMA CGM Group is reinforcing its presence through improved port coverage and vessel deployment on its…
Constanta port ambitious €500 million expansion project
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) December 20, 2020 – Romania’s largest Black Sea port of Constanta will start a 500-million-euro enlargement project – it’s most ambitious investment…