Top News
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.
Tanger Med Zones is developing a new commercial zone located between Tetouan and M’diq at Cabo Negro
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – Tanger Med Zones, a subsidiary of the Tanger Med Group, has started developing a new commercial...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd reports October 2021 container terminal throughput
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd has published container throughput statistics for its terminals in October...
Euroports Ibérica increases coal trade with Italy
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 19, 2021 – Euroports Ibérica, coal and petroleum coke handler, has reported that traffic has increased nearly...
Rosmorport and Novaya Pristan sign agreement on the infrastructure expansion of the port of Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 18, 2021 – State-owned Rosmorport has signed a cooperation agreement with the LLC Novaya Pristan for the...
Bulgaria’s BMF Port Burgas is to be sold
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 17, 2021 – The concession for Burgas East-2 and Burgas West Black Sea ports, controlled by controversial Bulgarian...
Port of Taranto sees Q3 2021 cargo traffic up over 30%
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2021 – In the third quarter of 2021, the Port of Taranto reported total cargo handling of 5.15 million tons, up...
HIG and Rhenus expected to further bid for Noatum
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2021 – U.S. investment fund HIG and German logistics operator Rhenus are set to submit bids to acquire Noatum...
The conversion of a straddle carrier from diesel to natural gas at the Port of Barcelona will help reduce emissions
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona, APM Terminals Barcelona, Applus IDIADA, HAM and Naturgy have concluded a pilot...
CMA CGM reopens its headquarters in the port of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 11, 2021 – The French shipping and logistics company CMA CGM has announced the official reopening of its...
Global Ports Holding Plc awarded preferred bidder status to operate cruise port concessions for Las Palmas Cruise Ports
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 11, 2021 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), a global, independent cruise port operator, has announced that it has...
Ranking: Turkish container ports – January-October 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 10, 2021 – In the first 10 months of 2021, Turkey had five ports which handled over 1 million TEU, with Ambarlı...
Izmail on the Danube – another Ukrainian river port that handles Black Sea cargo is expanding
Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 10, 2021 – Izmail sea port plans to build two transshipment complexes with a total cargo capacity of 300,000...
When will the Marseille-Fos port properly utilize the Rhone river connection to Lyon?
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 9, 2021 – It looks like after decades of neglect, the idea to utilize the Rhone river connection between Lyon, the...
Turkey: Total cargo handling by ports January-October 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 8, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in October 2021 its ports handled 44.3...
Port of Taranto promotes northern rail cargo connection
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2021 – At a webinar entitled “Taranto San Cataldo Container Terminal: New Gateway to Italy and Central...
Rijeka Gateway container terminal concession agreement signed
APM Terminals and ENNA formalize the project for the design, construction and operation of the new container terminal in Rijeka with the signature of the...
Cargotec’s Kalmar and Konecranes’ Port Solutions – the new global leader in material handling solutions
Helsinki, Finland (PortSEurope) November 7, 2021 – By mid-2022, Konecranes and Cargotec will merge to create “a global leader in sustainable material...