Latakia
Latakia or Lattakia is the principal port city of Syria and capital city of the Latakia Governorate located on the Mediterranean coast.
Hapag-Lloyd to stop providing services that connect the Port of Latakia in Syria with Piraeus and Damietta
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) April 6, 2022 – Hapag-Lloyd has announced it will stop providing services connecting the Port of Latakia in Syria with the...
Container terminal in Syria’s port of Latakia, controlled by Iran, hit by an Israeli missile strike
Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – The container storage area of Syria’s Eastern Mediterranean Sea port of Latakia was hit by an Israeli...
Analysis – In a snub to Russia, Iran and Syria sign maritime cooperation agreement
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Defying pressure from Moscow, Russia’s dependant Syria has signed an agreement on maritime cooperation...
Analysis – Russia’s ambitious plans for Syria’s port of Tartus
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) December 22, 2019 – Russia has announced that it is going to invest $500 million over four years in the Syrian Mediterranean...
Analysis – Iranian ambitions for the Syria’s Mediterranean coast
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) November 18, 2019 – Iran has bolstered its military and economic presence along Syria’s Mediterranean coast, according to...
Analysis – Iran wants to take over Iraqi and Syrian cargo flow with Latakia port & railway line
Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) July 16, 2019 – Iran, Syria and Iraq are discussing the construction of a railway line connecting the Iran’s Imam Khomeini...
Syria’s Parliament approves contract on Tartus port investments
Tartus, Syria (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – Syria’s parliament reports that it approved a bill to ratify a contract with Russian company STG...
Russia takes over Syrian port of Tartus
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Russia is expected to sign by the end of April a 49-year lease contract for the Syrian Mediterranean port...
Analysis – Iran to lease Syrian container port of Latakia
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – From October 2019, Iran is to lease the Latakia container terminal of Latakia port, gaining a highly...
Syria announces Russian port service
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – The Syrian Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade has announced the launch of the regular shipping line...
Lebanon’s Tripoli port looks to benefit from any Syria rebuild
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – The port of Tripoli on the Lebanese Mediterranean coast is taking active steps to develop its potential...