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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.
Georgian government claims Anaklia deep sea port project will go ahead
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 3, 2022 – The Anaklia deep sea port project in western Georgia will go head and there is renewed investor interest,...
Port of Sète to be home base for hydrogen-powered dredger
Sète, France (PortSEurope) April 4, 2022 – The Occitanie Region of southern France is to invest in a hydrogen-powered dredger. The vessel will be used...
Port of Sète to move 40,000 containers to UK by train annually
Sète, France (PortSEurope) April 4, 2022 – The Mediterranean port of Sète-Frontignan will send 40,000 containers, out of a total of 100,000, from Turkey,...
Russian missiles strikes fuel storage facilities near the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 3, 2022 – Russian missiles strikes have destroyed fuel storage facilities near the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa....
Ukraine is looking at Romania’s Constanta port as a way to export farming products such as grain.
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) April 1, 2022 – The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine is looking at Romania’s Constanta port as a...
Port of Livorno has signed an agreement with the Tarros group for the development of Terminal del Golfo
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) April 1, 2022 – The Port of Livorno has signed an agreement with the Tarros group for the development of Terminal del...
Cargo ships queue to enter Israeli ports
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) April 1, 2022 – The number of cargo ships queuing to enter Israeli ports is growing as ports cannot handle the volume. The...
Invitalia works on development of Port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) March 29, 2022 – Invitalia, the development agency, will work with the Port Authority of Trieste to support development...
Thessaloniki Port Authority reports overall increase in revenue for all business sectors in 2021
News Release – Thessaloniki Port Authority – March 28, 2022 2021 results posted an overall increase in revenue in all business sectors of the Port,...
Spanish ports increase cargo handling in first two months of 2022
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – Spanish ports increased cargo handling in first two months of 2022 to 90.66 million tons (mt), up 9.2% on...
Contract signed for Darsena Europa development at Port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – A consortium comprising Società Italiana Dragaggi, Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime, Sales and...
Italian ports look to benefit from government strategy to reduce gas imports from Russia
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – The Italian government is exploring two extra liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification facilities. This is...
VW to build new battery cell plant in Sagunto port, near Valencia
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – The German automotive group Volkswagen AG (VW) has announced it will build a new battery cell plant in the...
Port of Constanta has new geopolitical and commercial importance
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – The crisis in Ukraine has raised the profile of the Port on Constanta, giving it new geopolitical and...
Rome considers two FSRU gas facilities
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 22, 2022 – The Italian government is considering installing two floating storage regasification units (FSRU) to increase...
€1 billion project for a new intermodal terminal in Varna discussed
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) March 20, 2022 – An idea for a €1 billion project for the construction of a new intermodal terminal in Bulgaria’s largest...
Gioia Tauro is Italy’s top transshipment port in 2021
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) March 18, 2022 – The southern port of Gioia Tauro was Italy’s top transshipment port in 2021. The port handled...