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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.
Kernel buys grain terminal in Port Pivdennyi, Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2023 – Agricultural merchant Kernel has purchased a grain terminal in the Port of Pivdennyi, Odessa region....
TengizChevrOil to export more oil via Georgia’s Batumi port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s TengizChevrOil (TCO) plans to boost its crude oil exports via Georgia’s Black...
Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...
Second Caspian feeder line Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan starts with Uzbek cargo
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – More than 100 (40-foot) containers were transshipped through Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea port...
Makhachkala port: cargo handled up 38% in 2023
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) January 25, 2023 – Some 450,000 tonnes of general cargo were handled by Makhachkala port since the start of the year,...
Port Authority of Valencia awards a contract for a second solar plant
València, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2023 – The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has awarded a contract for the construction and maintenance of...
Navantia to invest €43 million in the Puerto Real (Cádiz) shipyard
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2023 – Spanish shipbuilder Navantia will invest €43 million in the Puerto Real (Cádiz) shipyard. It will...
North-South Corridor – anti-sanctions solution or a pipe dream?
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 23, 2023 – The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is critical to Moscow’s plans to redirect its...
Russia’s Caspian Sea ports’ cargo statistics for 2022 is confusing
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2023 – Cargo turnover of the Russian Caspian Sea-Volga river ports of Astrakhan and Olya for 2022 was 3...
Georgian prime minister meets DP World chairman
Davos, Switzerland (Ports Europe) January 20, 2023 – Yesterday, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, the...
Port of Constanta reports higher cargo traffic in 2022, a record year
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) January 20, 2023 – The Port of Constanta reports higher cargo traffic in 2022, the highest numbers on record. In 2022,...
AD Ports signs maritime agreements with Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports has signed two agreements in Kazakhstan. Firstly, a strategic partnership...
Kazakhstan wants more of its oil to bypass Russia
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) January 18, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s state owned oil company KazMunayGas (KMG) and Abu Dhabi Ports Group (AD Ports, UAE) will...
Port of Olya, the new pet project of President Putin
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – Aside from waging a war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin personally took over the projects that...
HAROPA PORT: Still on a positive trajectory, France’s leading port continues to grow and invest
Press release – Still on a positive trajectory – France’s leading port continues to grow and invest – Le Havre (France) 16 January 2023 In...
PSA International sees slight fall in container traffic in 2022
Singapore (Ports Europe) January 16, 2023 – PSA International Pte Ltd handled 90.9 million containers (TEU) in 2022. This is a slight fall of -0.7%...
Koper Port publishes improved preliminary results for 2022
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 12, 2023 – Koper Port has published preliminary and unaudited results for 2022, showing an improved performance in...