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Moldova asks Ukraine for railway cargo via Russia-occupied Transnistria

Chisinau, Moldova (Ports Europe) March 18, 2024 – In a surprise move, Moldova Railways (Calea Ferată din Moldova – CFM) has asked Ukrainian...

Georgia Prime Minister says Anaklia tender will be ready in May

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 15, 2024 – According to the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, the tender procedures for the Anaklia...

Lebanese minister presents Beirut reconstruction plan

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe)- March 13, 2024—Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has delivered a speech presenting initial ideas on a reconstruction and...

Romania approves Constanta port expansion

Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) March 12, 2024 – The Romanian Government has approved a key infrastructure project to expand the southern sector of...

ZPMC denies its port cranes are spying tools

Shanghai, China (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – China’s state-owned engineering company and the world’s largest manufacturers of cranes and...

Port of Koper was visited by Ukraine’s ambassador to Slovenia

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – On February 28, Andriy Vasylyovych Taran, Ukraine’s ambassador to Slovenia, visited the port of...

Russian navy builds a new base in Caspian Makhachkala

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Russian navy, exposed and vulnerable in the Black Sea, is building a new base for its ships in the...

Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Sea Trade Port for sale – again

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2024 – The State Property Fund of Ukraine plans to sell/privatise Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Sea Trade Port via an...

Putin: Soviet-style transport and logistics promises

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 29, 2024 – In true Soviet style, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed Russia‘s Federal Assembly, the...

Hamburg mayor supports HHLA-MSC deal

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – In a government statement today, Hamburg’s mayor Peter Tschentscher will campaign in support...

Novorossiysk Sea Trade Port sanctioned by Canada

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 25, 2024 – Russia’s Novorossiysk Sea Trade Port (NSTP) company has been included in the sanctions imposed...

Turkey’s Filyos port to be open to general maritime transport

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 22, 2024 – The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, has said that within two years the...

Ukraine discusses agricultural transit with Romania

News – The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Mykola Solsky, held another online meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural...

Romanian government approves Constanta Port dredging

Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Romanian government has approved an ambitious $229 million dredging project at the Port of...

Strait of Messina bridge – final design approved

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 –  The Board of Directors of the Società Stretto di Messina has approved the update of the...

Rome government approves return to Israeli ports

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – The Inter-Ministerial Committee for Maritime Safety has unanimously resolved to reopen safely commercial...

Romanian government blocks sale of stake in Constanta port

Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Shareholders of Fondul Proprietatea have rejected a proposal made by the Fund’s...

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