Planning/Strategy
All issues linked to planning and strategies of companies, organisations and governments which own ports. This includes plans to increase traffic and the capacity of ports and generate revenue.
Sciacca & Termini Imerese join AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) December 12, 2024 – The management of the ports of Sciacca, in the Agrigento area, and Termini Imerese, in the...
New logistic hubs along Kazakhstan’s borders
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 12, 2024 – Full-fledged transport and logistics hubs are to be created in Central Asia and the Caspian region...
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti signs MoU with Ports of Lazio
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 10, 2024 – Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Autorita’...
Egypt may privatise seaport companies
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) December 5, 2024 – Local media sources are reporting that the Egyptian government is considering selling equity stakes in...
CMA CGM signs Saudi memorandum of understanding
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Ports Europe) December 5, 2024 – French shipper CMA CGM has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Saudi Arabia for port and...
Trade unions challenge government over Eni plans for Versalis
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) December 4, 2024 – The trade unions met with Minister Adolfo Urso (Business and Made in Italy) on the reorganization plan...
Barcelona certifies carbon footprint of the entire Port Community
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has become the first port in the Mediterranean to use ISO 14064 to calculate the...
Work starts to expand Karasu Port, Turkey
Karasu, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The government has announced that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) has started on a plan to...
Port of Syracuse official joins AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Orientale
Siracuse, Italy (Ports Europe) November 28, 2024 – Porto Grande di Siracusa has officially become part of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di...
Marin port plans environmental report for commercial port extension
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – The Port Authority has hired a consultant to analyse the environmental impact of the proposed...
Dredging planned for Porto Nogaro
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – The Friuli-Venezia Giulia region will allocate 5.8 million euros for dredging work at the commercial...
Port of Piombino plans further works
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – The management committee of the Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP...
A Bridge of Africa – Italian ports look south
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – La Spezia hosted “A Bridge to Africa“, a two-day event to promote trade between Italy and...
Port of Trapani forecasts increased cruise passengers
Trapani, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – In 2025, the port of Trapani is expected to welcome approximately 25,000 passengers from 58...
Maersk Europe Market Update – November 2024
Maersk – Ocean and Key Ports Update – November 15, 2024 In the wake of the Golden Week national holiday period in China, demand out of Asia...
BIMCO launches a Ship Recycling Alliance
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) November 14, 2024 – BIMCO has launched a Ship Recycling Alliance to support safe and environmentally sound recycling...
China joins the Middle Corridor Multimodal JV via CRTC
Xi’an, China (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – China, via its state-owned China Railway Container Transport Corporation (CRTC), is to join the...
Mega state holding to control Azerbaijan transport
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 10, 2024—To establish even greater control over businesses in the country, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev...
Melzo and Milano Smistamento hubs will join the Genoa ZLS
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – The Melzo and Milano Smistamento hubs will be included in the Simplified Logistics Zone (ZLS) of the port...
First ships in Georgia’s Anaklia port by 2029 – minister
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – There are “no obstacles” to the implementation of Georgia’s Anaklia Black Sea deep-water port...