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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.
Strait of Messina bridge, Services Conference begins
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – The preliminary services conference begins today at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport in Rome, a...
Putin: Caspian port of Olya is increasingly important for Russia
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – The port of Olya is becoming increasingly important for Russia, the country’s President Vladimir Putin,...
Trieste Marine Terminal see February decline in TEU traffic
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2024 – The Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) handled 56,459 containers (TEU) in March 2024. This compares with...
Complaint about HHLA-MSC deal sent to European Commission
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 15, 2024 – The plan for MSC to buy a 49.9% stake in Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) remains controversial....
Beirut: Cargo report – January 2024
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 15, 2024 – The Port of Beirut has published cargo traffic numbers for January 2024. In January 2024, total cargo...
Portugal: Seaports cargo report – January 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – Portugal’s seaports got off to a positive start in 2024, handling 7.4 million tonnes of cargo in...
Port of Gioia Tauro is a possible site for LNG regasification terminal
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has been suggested as a potential site for a regasification terminal. The...
New container terminal in Port of Trieste inches forwards
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – On April 3, 2024, the Conference of States and Regions ratified the draft decree of the Ministry of...
Kalmar supplies cranes to Med Europe Terminal, Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – Kalmar has signed an agreement with Med Europe Terminal for the delivery of six Kalmar hybrid straddle...
Port of Naples receives new dry dock
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – A new large floating dry dock capable of accommodating vessels up to 230 metres in length and with a lifting...
Port of Valencia receives four bids for new container terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has received four bids for the tender to construct the new container...
New Europol report on criminal networks active in the EU
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – Europol has presented its first report on the most threatening criminal networks active in the EU. The...
MSC holds talks with Port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe)- April 5, 2024 – MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company owner Gianluigi Aponte and President Andrea Agostinelli,...
Strait of Messina Bridge – land expropriation notices published
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2024 – The notice for the expropriation of land and property for the project to build a bridge over the...
Moldova imports LNG from USA via Greek supplier
Chisinau, Moldova (Ports Europe) April 4, 2024 – Molova has started testing the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US via Greece. In the...
MSC receives license for ZAL business in Port of Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe)- April 2, 2024—The City Council of Valencia has granted MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company a licence to construct an...
Ussuri Capital will build a low-carbon steel plant near Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – Ussuri Capital will build a low-carbon steel plant in Romania, an investment of almost €1 billion....