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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.

Port of Aviles to draft dredging project

Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – The Port of Aviles is drafting a project to expand the San Juan breakwater. This would prevent a large...

Puertos del Estados supports “cold ironing”, electrification

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – Representatives of state port authorities have met in the Port of Barcelona to share experiences and...

Ports of Gioia Tauro and Tanger Med talk cooperation

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – The honorary consul of the Kingdom of Morocco for the Calabria Region, Domenico Naccari, has met...

Tunisian Ministry of Transport plans seaport strategy for 2024

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Last month, the Minister of Transport, Rabie Majidi, held discussions with the General Directorate of...

BIMCO to global standard contract for offshore wind turbines

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – BIMCO, the shipping organisation, has set up a subcommittee to work on a global standard contract...

European-bound cruise ships avoid Red Sea

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – The cruise ship season is ending in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, and Europe-bound cruise...

$31 billion investment for Kazakhstan rail, sea, air & road transport

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – A pool of investment projects worth more than $31 billion in the fields of railway, sea, aviation...

Port Authority of Pasaia plan vehicle handling improvements

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – The Port Authority of Pasaia (APP) has proposed the improvement and investment projects in the short and...

Turkmenistan to join International Maritime Organization convention

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The government has stated its intention to join the Convention on Facilitation of...

Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd alliance could boost Rijeka, Croatia

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – Earlier this month, the two shipping companies Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced a new operational...

Kazakhstan ports set for European management

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The government will approve the management of its seaports, Aktau and Kuryk, by European companies....

Balearia presents business plan – more routes & terminals

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – The shipping company Balearia has presented details of its business plan which includes more routes and...

Egypt cancels listing of port companies

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – The Egyptian government will abandon the temporary listing of the Port Said Container and Cargo...

Maersk diverts ME2 service around Cape of Good Hope, ports change

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Maersk has announced that its ME2 service will no longer transit the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Its...

More controversy about Durres-Porto Romano ports’ swap

Durres, Albania (Ports Europe) January 22, 2024 – The former candidate of the opposition (PD party) for mayor of Durres and former MP, Igli Cara, accused...

Concessions for Bulgaria’s largest ports delayed 20 years

Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 22, 2024 – A report by Bulgaria’s Audit Chamber reveals that a law adopted 20 years ago obliged the state to...

ESPO welcomes European Parliament’s support for the strategic role of Europe’s ports

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The European Parliament adopted on January 17 the Berendsen report, an own-initiative report on...

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