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Cepsa completes advanced biofuels shipping trial

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 7, 2022 – Cepsa has completed the first advanced biofuels (2G) trial in Spain of in one of the ships used by the...

Lavrio Port Authority approved for seaplane flights

Lavrio, Greece (Ports Europe) October 4, 2022 – Lavrio Port Authority has been approved for seaplane flights by the relevant authorities. It plans...

Port of Barcelona introduces new radar for control of maritime traffic

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona has put into service a new radar system for the surveillance and control of...

Baleària launches the first electric ferry in Spain for passengers and cargo

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2022 – Baleària has launched the first electric ferry in Spain for cargo and passengers with zero...

Turkey’s Black Sea Ünye Port starts handling Ro-Ro

Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 28, 2022 – Recent improvements in capacity mean that Turkey’s Black Sea Ünye Port can start handling Ro-Ro...

Port of La Spezia to digitize exceptional transport permits

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 28, 2022 – Port of La Spezia will digitize exceptional transport permits on tablets and smartphones from...

Russia’s RUSCON expands into Middle East & North Africa

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2022 – Russia’s transport company RUSCON expands into Middle East & North Africa with a multimodal...

Ukrainian Danube Shipping launches inland waterway container transport

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 16, 2022 – Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company has started a service for inland waterway container transport. Since...

HHLA offers new rail connections between Slovakia and Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 6, 2022 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG’s (HHLA) subsidiary Metrans is offering new rail connections...

Port of Constanta receives intermodal fertiliser from Uzbekistan

Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) September 5, 2022 – The Port of Constanta has received intermodal fertiliser from Uzbekistan via a co-ordinated...

COSCO links Bosnia with the Chinese Silk Road

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – COSCO Shipping is to link Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with the Chinese Silk Road with a...

New China, Russia container service through the port of Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 31, 2022 – A new China-Russia container service through the port of Novorossiysk will start next month. In...

New Lidl shipping line calls at Port of Koper

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 26, 2022 – Tailwind Shipping Lines, the new container line set up by the parent of German supermarket giant...

Hupac increases Germany-Italy intermodal links

Zurich, Switzerland (PortSEurope) August 25, 2022 – Hupac is to increase the rail freight links between Germany and Italy. From September 5, the Duisburg...

Azerbaijan, Georgia discuss launch of container block train between ports

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 24, 2022 – Azerbaijan and Georgia discuss launch of container block train between ports of Baku in Azerbaijan and...

Ukraine, Moldova have restored railway connection

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 22, 2022 – Ukraine and Moldova have restored the railway connection between Berezyne (Ukraine) – Basarabyaska...

Khazar Sea Shipping Lines starts regular services to Russian ports in Caspian Sea

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) August 18, 2022 – Khazar Sea Shipping Lines has started regular services to the Russian ports of Astrakhan and Makhachkala in...

Thessaloniki Port Authority expands intermodal operations to Niš, Serbia

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) August 18, 2022 – Thessaloniki Port Authority is expanding intermodal operations to Niš, Serbia, with a new regular...

RUSCON has launched a multimodal container service from Japan to Kazakhstan

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 18, 2022 – RUSCON has launched a multimodal container service from Japan to Kazakhstan. It operates between the port...

Armenia to launch Poti-Kavkaz twice weekly train-ferry link by end-August

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) August 15, 2022 – Landlocked Armenia plans to launch the long delayed twice weekly train-ferry service from the Georgia’s port...

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