Top News
The key news from Ports Europe covering business and geopolitical issues. Some of these articles appear in the email newsletter published every Wednesday. This will include any new Analysis articles.
Syria’s navy in Al-Bayda and Latakia ports destroyed
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) December 11, 2024 – Israel attacked Syrian naval bases in the country ports of Al-Bayda (Elbeida) and Latakia during the...
Musical chairs for Russia’s Tartus naval base in Syria
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad regime collapsed, Russia is negotiating with the Islamist Hayat Tahrir...
Concerns about China and Russia Arctic presence
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – China is working with Russia to increase its presence in the Arctic and could pose a threat...
India’s Adani to invest $2 billion in terminals and ports in Europe
New Delhi, India (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – The Adani group, an Indian multinational conglomerate, plans to invest $2 billion in acquiring...
1.5 million tonnes Chinese grain terminal in Makhachkala by 2028
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – Russia is producing an excessive amount of cheap grain. Iran needs to import huge quantities of grain....
Venezia Terminal Passeggeri extends concession by 10 years
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – The Northern Adriatic Sea Port System Authority and Venezia Terminal Passeggeri Spa (VTP) have signed a...
Portugal: Mainland seaports cargo report – September 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – In January-September 2024, the mainland’s commercial port system recorded 69.2 million tonnes of...
Spain dismantles drugs cartel in Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Spanish authorities said that they eliminated the largest criminal organisation smuggling and...
Spain plans to expand Naval Station Rota, Cadiz
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The Spanish government plans to redevelop the Rota Naval Base in Cádiz. It will take eight years to...
Yilport receives finance for cranes at Liscont terminal, Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Mitsui E&S Co, Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Yılport Holding have signed a...
Jan De Nul completed dredging in Kazakh Kuryk port
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Belgium’s Jan De Nul has completed, ahead of schedule, the four-month dredging project in the...
Shrinking Caspian – stranded ports, half empty ships
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The Caspian Sea is within weeks of reaching its lowest level on record, an Azerbaijani official said,...
Uniontrasporti presents cost benefit analysis for Messina bridge project
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Just over 9 billion euros in investments versus benefits of almost 11 billion euros with a net result of...
Update: Islamist HTS 100 km from Russia’s navy only Med Sea base
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) December 1, 2024 – After capturing Syria’s largest city of Aleppo, insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)...
Russia might lose its navy’s only Mediterranean port facility in Tartus
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) November 30, 2024 – Russia’s only naval base outside the former Soviet Union in Syria’s Eastern Mediterranean Sea port of...
Iran: Seaports cargo report – October 2024
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) November 26, 2024 – The Iranian Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) has reported Iran’s port cargo statistics for October...
Plagen plans methanol plant near Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – South Korean clean energy company Plagen has signed an initial agreement to develop a green methanol...
French CGT union proposes port strike December 9-10
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The CGT trade union is calling for 48-hour strike at the country’s ports. The call is a response...
Grimaldi ferry terminal in Barcelona port adopts cold ironing
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) system for the Grimaldi ferry terminal on the Sant Bertran quay,...
Tanger Med sees Jan-Sep 2024 turnover up 11%
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 24, 2024 – In the first nine months of 2024, Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has reported turnover of over 3...