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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.
Maersk to end Russian container operations by end-April
Copenhagen, Denmark (PortSEurope) March 16, 2022 – Denmark’s A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S has said that it expects to complete all container...
Ravenna port’s new cruise terminal set to receive ships next month
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) March 16, 2022 – Ravenna port will start welcoming cruises ships next month. The concessionaire, Ravenna Civitas Cruise...
Piraeus Port Authority reports improved financial results for 2021
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) March 14, 2022 – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) reported annual turnover of €154.2 million ($169.2 million), compared to...
Port of Constanta becomes new grain and metal export door to the world for Ukraine
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) March 14, 2022 – Following the closure of all Ukrainian ports in the Black and the Azov seas after the Russian invasion in...
International sanctions against Russia leads Kazakhstan to seek port alternatives
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 13, 2022 – International sanctions against Russia has forced Kazakhstan to seek alternative routes to export, import...
A.P. Moller-Maersk plans to sell stake in Russian port operator Global Ports Investments
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) March 11, 2022 – It has been reported that Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk plans to divest its 30.75% stake in...
CMA CGM signs the Beirut container terminal management contract
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 11, 2022 – Yesterday, the French carrier and logistics company CMA CGM officially signed the management contract for...
EU steps to massively reduce Russian energy imports will have implications for its ports
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 9, 2022 – Yesterday, the European Commission proposed an outline of a plan to make Europe...
Port Authority of Ferrol approves Alcoa concession development
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2022 – The Port Authority of Ferrol-San Cibrao has approved the non-substantial modification of the C-434...
Port of Hamburg ends handling of Russian containers
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 7, 2022 – On March 1, 2021, container terminal operators HHLA and Eurogate announced that all container handling to...
Poti increased its cargo handling capacity just in time to take over cargo destined to Russian and Ukrainian ports
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 6, 2022 – The Georgian-American transport company PACE Group, the country’s largest, opened on January 29 a new...
Kazakhstan’s cargo is a collateral damage of sanctions against Russia; Caspian ports are a solution to the problem
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 5, 2022 – After the introduction of comprehensive sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, and in the...
Argentine capital holding company invests in Port of Cádiz
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2022 – PTP Group, an Argentine capital holding company, will invest €16.5 million ($18.17 million) in the...
Port of Genoa approves the expansion of the Savona Auto Terminal
Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2022 – The port authority has approved the extension of an additional 26,421 m² of the area under concession...
Russia’s Global Ports reports up 2.8% y-o-y to 1.57 million TEU
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 3, 2022 – Global Ports Investments PLC has published its consolidated financial statements for the year ended...
Containers delayed in Gioia Tauro by Ukraine crisis
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2022 – The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to the temporary closure of all Ukrainian Azov and Black Sea...
Russian invasion in Ukraine has only just begun – what is the future for the Ukraine’s ports and transport infrastructure after the war?
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 28 – Five days after the start of Russian invasion in Ukraine, it seems that the Azov Sea will most likely become a...