Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18…
QTerminals and Ukroboronservice to cooperate on Olbia concession
Olbia, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 28, 2020 - Subsidiary of the state-owned company (SOE) Ukrspecexport, SOE Ukroboronservice, and the design company of the Qatari port operator…
BPA welcomes Brexit trade deal but warns there will still be major changes for trade with Europe
Responding to the news that the EU and the UK had reached an outline agreement on a future post Brexit deal the British Ports Association has welcomed the continued…
Albania’s port of Durres gets closer to landlocked Kosovo and North Macedonia
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 27, 2020 – Albania's main Adriatic port of Durrës (Durres) is becoming the sea gate for land-locked Kosovo and North Macedonia…
Ningbo Containerized Freight index soars in November
From January to November, the Container throughput of Chinese ports remains same Compared with the same month last year, and the Ningbo Containerized Freight index…
Work on deepening the seabed at the Brajdica container terminal starts
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 21, 2020 - Dredging works costing €97.7 million have started to deepen the seabed of the Brajdica container terminal, Rijeka port,…
Valenciaport bets in its 2020-2024 Business Plan for the railway, the environment and accessibility
The Plan of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), agreed with Puertos del Estado, represents an investment of more than €552 million in new projects…
Constanta port ambitious €500 million expansion project
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) December 20, 2020 – Romania’s largest Black Sea port of Constanta will start a 500-million-euro enlargement project – it’s most ambitious investment…
Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad container rail service set to resume
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 18, 2020 - Following a meeting at the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the national railways of Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan have…
Increase in exports and imports raises Valenciaport’s traffic by 20.5% in November
More than 7 million tonnes of goods were moved in November, 14% more than in the same month last year - December 17, 2020 With…
Ukraine plans new rail transport corridor with port of Gdansk
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 - The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has signed a letter of intent with the Polish port of Gdansk…
Fincantieri signs for a concession to develop shipbuilding in Palermo port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 - The Trieste-based shipbuiding group Fincantieri SpA has signed an agreement with Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare…
UAE investing €2 billion in the transformation of the port of Durrës
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 - The local Top Channel has reported that the Albanian government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Emaar Group…
Georgia government seeks renewed feasibility study for Anaklia port
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 - Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Natia Turnava, has said that the government needs to update economic feasibility…
Duisport acquires 15% of Interporto di Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 - Duisburger Hafen AG (Duisport), an intermodal terminal operator, has purchased a 15% share stake in Interporto di Trieste, a logistics hub…
Analysis – Russia keeps pushing for development of Caspian Sea ports and Volga-Don Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 - The prospects for the development of container services in the Caspian Sea and the creation of a special…
Iran’s Astara port develops cargo transit role
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 - Astara port on Iran's Caspian Sea coast has developed regular weekly cargo services to nearby countries which will…
First container train carrying cargo from Turkey to China arrived in Baku Port on December 10
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 11, 2020 - A train, which will cover a total of 8,693 kilometers, has passed through the Baku Port and headed…
DP World forecasts increasing Israel-UAE trade
Dubai, UAE (PortSEurope) December 10, 2020 - Speaking at the inaugural UAE-Israel Future Digital Technology Summit, part of this week’s Gitex technology conference in Dubai,…
European Commission supports ten additional sustainable and safe transport infrastructure projects in Europe with €68.6 million
December 7, 2020 The EU is contributing over €68.6 million to ten projects that will contribute towards the goal of making the transport sector more…