Government
News about the involvement of government in port activities. Includes government laws applicable to ports, state-owned ports including European Union issues with national government implications. Also includes inter-government meetings, agreements and visits of government officials.
Azerbaijan to increase transport facilities for regional trade corridors
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – The number of logistics centres and customs warehouses will be increased along two regional trade...
Spanish government approves coastal areas for wind power development
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has approved the...
CMA CGM Group to deploy €200 million to tackle decarbonisation
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – The CMA CGM Group, Bpifrance and the Secretary of State for the Sea have announced that Bpifrance...
Anaklia port saga (2): Construction in 2023 with or without foreign investor
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) February 23, 2023 – Construction of the Georgia’s long-delayed and controversial Anaklia deep port on the Black Sea will...
Russian naval base in Port Sudan on the Red Sea
Port Sudan, Sudan (Ports Europe) February 13, 2023 – Sudan is to allow Russia to set up a naval base with the presence of up to 300 Russian troops, and...
Russia’s Global Ports “summoned back home”
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) February 12, 2023 – Shareholders of Global Ports Investments, at an extraordinary general meeting on March 2, are...
Kazakhstan will build large trade and logistics hubs with five neighbours
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – By 2026, Kazakhstan will build five border trade centers with neighbouring countries, the Ministry...
U.S. diplomats visits Alexandroupolis Port Authority
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) February 7, 2023 – A number of U.S. diplomats visited Alexandroupolis Port Authority on January 31, 2023. They...
Netherlands ambassador visits Port of València
València, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2023 – The ambassador of the Netherlands in Spain, Roel Nieuwenhuis, has visited the Port of València to...
Chelyabinsk Region delegation visits Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – A delegation from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Chelyabinsk Region of the Russian...
Ambassadors of the EU visited the Alexandroupolis Port Authority
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) January 21, 2023 – Ambassadors of the E.U. visited the Alexandroupolis Port Authority on January 21,...
Georgian prime minister meets DP World chairman
Davos, Switzerland (Ports Europe) January 20, 2023 – Yesterday, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, the...
Bulgarian Consul General visits Port of Volos
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) January 19, 2023 – Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Thessaloniki, Anton Markov, visited the Port Authority of...
Bulgaria very slowly realising deficiencies of its port infrastructure
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 10, 2023 – In the background of the war in Ukraine, it became clear that Bulgaria’s Black Sea port...
Anaklia port saga: Georgia’s government confirms investment of $300 million
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – Georgian government plans to allocate $300 million for the first phase of construction of the Black Sea...
Iran orders ship to operate from Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Solyanka
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) January 5, 2023 – The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has ordered a new cargo vessel from Russia to operate...
Two Kazakh ships to transit Volga-Don canal between Caspian, Azov Seas in 2023
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – The Russian government will allow in two Kazakhstan’s ships to operate (transit) from the Caspian...