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Tunis is the capital city of Tunisia, a Mediterranean Sea country in Northern Africa. Its ports are called Bizerte-Menzel Bourguiba and Tunis-Goulette-Radès.

Greek foreign minister visits Tunisia

Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Prime Minister Elyès Fakhfakh welcomed on Monday Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias. The...

Cargo at Tunisian commercial ports steady in first 9 months, 2022

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) October 10, 2022 – In the first nine months of 2022, Tunisian commercial Ports recorded the transit of 21.3 million tons of...

Tunisia: Total cargo traffic – January-July 2021

Tunis, Tunsia (Ports Europe) August 21, 2021 – L’Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (OMMP) has published the total cargo traffic figures for...

Tunisia: Total cargo handled in 2019/2020 by seaport

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) August 21, 2021 – L’Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (OMMP) has reported total cargo handled in 2019/2020 by...

Tunisia: Total seaport cargo traffic down slightly in 2020

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) August 21, 2021 – In the year 2020, total cargo handled by the seaports of Tunisia was 26.73 million tonnes, down slightly...

New quay at port of Civitavecchia set to attract new business

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 7, 2021 – The new quay 30 at Civitavecchia port will enable the port to handle larger vessels in the Ro-Ro and...

Joint statement by French Prime Minister and the head of the Tunisian government

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – French Prime Minister Jean Castex was in Tunis on June 2 and 3, 2021, for the third Franco-Tunisian High...

Minister of Transport and Logistics visits port dock of Goulette-Radès

Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 -The Minister of Transport and Logistics, Moez Chakchouk, has visited the facilities and docks of the La...

Tunisian ports see cargo down nearly 25% in Q3 2020

Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – In the third quarter of 2020, Tunisian ports handled 5.14 million tons of cargoes, a reduction of -23.0%...

Huawei in talks to help Tunisian ports

Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – Earlier this month, the Minister of Transport and Logistics, Moez Chakchouk, held talks with the Chinese...

Tunisian ports strike costs over €250,000

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – The strike observed by employees of Société tunisienne d’aconage et de manutention (STAM –...

Government holds working discussion regarding Rades port

News – A working session on the efficiency of the Rades port activities was held on Tuesday in Tunis – April 7, 2020 The meeting, chaired by...

Global Investment Holdings FY 2019 Financials Results: Great Success despite a Tough Year…

Global Investment Holdings announces Consolidated Net Revenues of 1,441.0mn TL and an Operating EBITDA of 563.3mn TL in 2019, which indicate a robust 28% and...

Six multinationals interested in building Enfidha deepwater port in Tunisia

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2020 – In January 2017, l’Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (OMMP) declared that Tunisia would...

Global Ports Holding subsidiary in Tunisian acquisition

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 6, 2020 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), one of the world’s largest independent cruise port operators, has...

Tunisia’s Rades port set for investment

Rades, Tunisia (Ports Europe) November 22, 2019 – The Mediterranean port of Rades, also known as La Goulette and 9 km south-east of the capital Tunis,...

Marseille Fos works on shore electrification of ships of CTN

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – Renaud Muselier, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in France, was part of a joint...

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