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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.
Honda Italia favours Trieste port and railway
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2023 – Honda Italia delivers its auto components from the Far East to Trieste port and onwards by rail to...
Authority approves Hapag-Lloyd acquisition of 49% of Spinelli
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) January 11, 2023 – Italy’s competition and market authority (AGCM) has authorized the acquisition of 49% of...
NUTEP Container Terminal, KSK Grain Terminal set cargo records in 2022
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 10, 2023 – Deloports subsidiaries NUTEP Container Terminal and KSK Grain Terminal both set cargo records in...
Bulgaria very slowly realising deficiencies of its port infrastructure
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 10, 2023 – In the background of the war in Ukraine, it became clear that Bulgaria’s Black Sea port...
ADC statement: Three years since Georgia’s government killed Anaklia port project
Anaklia, Georgia January 10, 2023 – The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) issued the following statement on the occasion of the third anniversary of...
Piraeus port welcomes first cruise ship in new season, high expectations
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 10, 2023 – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has welcomed the Viking Sky, the first cruise ship to arrive at the port...
MSC’s Terminal Investment acquires Terminal Darsena Toscana, Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 10, 2023 – MSC’s Terminal Investment (TiL) division will acquire Terminal Darsena Toscana (TDT) in Livorno...
Anaklia port saga: Georgia’s government confirms investment of $300 million
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – Georgian government plans to allocate $300 million for the first phase of construction of the Black Sea...
Port of Trieste publishes the calls for tenders for dock electrification
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 4, 2023 – The Port of Trieste has published calls for tenders for the design and electrification of the docks at...
New Venice, Far East container service starts
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 3, 2023 – Italian Rif Line is a container service operating between Venice and the Far East. The MV Rijnborg, a...
Tunisian port of Rades proceeds with a development project
Radès, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – Work to improve the operations of the Tunisian port of Rades began with a meeting in December 2022 of all...
First hydrogen test for the refuelling station in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 2, 2023 – In January, the first hydrogen loading tests will be carried out at the Port of Valencia’s Hydrogen...
Croatia joins the EU Schengen area – ports to benefit
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) January 2, 2023 – Croatia joins the EU Schengen area and with the removal of border checks, the region’s ports will...
Ukraine exports 16 million tonnes of grain via its Black Sea ports
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – Ukraine grain export continues, already reaching 16 million tonnes with 605 ships being loaded in the...
Two Kazakh ships to transit Volga-Don canal between Caspian, Azov Seas in 2023
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – The Russian government will allow in two Kazakhstan’s ships to operate (transit) from the Caspian...
Uzbekistan to open container terminals and storage facilities in Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – Landlocked Uzbekistan is looking for opportunities to open container terminals and storage facilities at...
Greek port of Volos plans FSRU by 2025
Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) December 28, 2022 – Greece’s Mediterranean Gas has received non-binding interest from domestic and foreign companies which...
AD Ports Group, Kazmortransflot sign offshore services agreement in Caspian Sea
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 28, 2022 – AD Ports Group and KMTF (Kazmortransflot) have signed a contract to set up a joint venture to provide...