Port Operations
Portugal as a country that can play a “decisive role” in European energy security
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – The President of Portugal this Monday presented Portugal as a country that can play a “decisive...
Port of Palermo inaugurates new cruise terminal
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – The Port of Palermo has inaugurated a new cruise terminal which is part of a wider development of the...
Synergy and Asercomex increase frequency of rail service between Burgos and the port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – The intermodal operator Synergy and freight forwarder Asercomex have increased the frequency of the rail...
Russia plans dredging of the Volga-Don Canal
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) May 3, 2022 – Russia is planning for a €1 billion dredging, locks modernisation and other improvements project to...
Green electricity significantly reduces CO2 emissions at Metrans
The conversion to green electricity that has begun has led to a significant reduction in CO 2 emissions at HHLA’s rail subsidiary Metrans, one of...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports – Overseas terminals – Throughput – Q1 2022
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) May 2, 2022 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (CSP), a leading global ports operator, has announced first quarter container...
Grimaldi adds Ro-Ro vessel to Venice-Bari-Patras route
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2022 – The Grimaldi Group will add a Ro-Ro vessel to the Venice-Bari-Patras route, bringing the total to three such...
Port of Algeciras sees cargo traffic up +7.55% in January-March 2022
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2022 – In the first quarter of 2022, the Port of Algeciras saw total cargo traffic increase from 25 million tons...
European consortium MadoquaPower2X announces industrial-scale power to green hydrogen and ammonia project in Sines, Portugal
Total investment of €1 billion in 500MW green hydrogen and 500ktpa ammonia production, reducing CO2 emissions by up to 600,000 ton per annum and creating...
Azertelecom and Sparkle to cooperate on the digital Silk Way project
Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy, and AzerTelecom, a leading wholesale telecommunications operator of Azerbaijan, signed a...
Greek company plans Thessaloniki FSRU
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) April 17, 2022 – The company Elpedison has applied for a license from the Energy Regulatory Authority (RAE) to...
Ruscon starts Novorossiysk-Nakhodka container service
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) April 15, 2022 – Ruscon, a container transportation company, has started a Novorossiysk-Nakhodka container service....
Turkey: Cargo handling statistics at Turkish ports, January-March 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) April 13, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported total cargo statistics for Turkish seaports for...
Ships under the flag of Ukraine are to be given priority in Romanian ports and are exempt from paying port services
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) April 13, 2022 – Ships under the flag of Ukraine are to be given priority in Romanian ports and are exempt from paying...
Ukrainian port of Olvia hit by missiles; fighting continues in Mariupol despite Russian claim for full control of the port
Olvia, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 12, 2022 – The Ukrainian Black Sea port of Olvia, near Mykolaiv, was hit by missiles on April 10, a second bombardment...
Spanish ports’ traffic in fruit and vegetables remains stable in 2021
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 5, 2022 – Spain’s state-owned ports handled 12.11 million tons of fruits, vegetables and legumes in 2021, an...
Novorossiysk’s KSK terminal broke several records in March
In March 2022, the KSK grain terminal, part of DeloPorts, the stevedoring asset of Delo Group, broke several records related to the transshipment of grain...