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.
Controversial Russian businessman, close to Putin, to control Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) February 5, 2021 – Russian billionaire of Greek origin and born in Georgia, Ivan Savidis, has acquired the 47% stake...
Agreement boosts UAE-Israel trade
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – Last September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of the United Arab...
Top five Ukrainian ports transshipment volumes for 2020
Yuzhnoye, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – The five biggest Ukrainian seaports handled 91.8% (145.9 million tonnes) of all cargo transshipment in the...
DP World makes progress in Haifa port bid
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) January 29, 2021 – Officials in Israel have approved DP World as a bidder in the tender to operate facilities at Haifa port....
Nador West Med (NWM) Port Complex Construction Project under development
Nador, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 28, 2021 – State-owned Société Nador West Med (SNWM) is developing a industrial port complex, Nador West Med (NWM)...
CMA CGM to operate and manage Pier 55, the Port of Alexandria’s upcoming multi-purpose terminal
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 28, 2021 – The French shipping group CMA CGM has signed an agreement to operate and manage Pier 55, the Port of...
Global Ports Holding completes sale of Port Akdeniz, Port of Adria future under consideration
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), a global independent cruise port operator, has announced that further...
Marseille Fos port reports total cargo traffic in 2020 down over 12%
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – Last year, the southern French port of Marseille Fos recorded 69 million tons of cargo, compared to 79...
Turkish Petroleum’s Filyos Port base in Black Sea to employ 2,000
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – At a result of Turkish Petroleum’s (TPAO) natural gas activities in the Black Sea, the...
Tanger Med reports overall tonnage up 23% in 2020
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has reported that overall tonnage handled in 2020 was 81 million...
Two UAE companies named as investors in controversial Durrës Port project
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – In December 2020, Albania’s Top Channel broadcaster surprised everyone by announcing that the...
CMA CGM reported to be interested in multi-purpose terminal in Alexandria port
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 24, 2021 – The Al-Mal newspaper reported last week that the French shipping group CMA CGM is negotiating the...
Ukraine discusses port investment with Turkish companies
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 22, 2021 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Vladyslav Krykliy, has held a working meeting with...
Taranto port sees increase in Q4 2020 cargo traffic
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – In the fourth quarter of 2020, Taranto port handled 4.11 million tons of cargoes, up +5.0% on the same...
Port of Baku increases cargo traffic by 20% in 2020
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – Baku International Sea Trade Port (Baku Port) registered total cargo of 4.8 million tons in 2020, up...
France’s Recy group sign recycling study contract with Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The Port of Beirut has signed an agreement with the Rey Group of France to prepare a study on recycling...
Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals to be sold to investors
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, January 18t, 2021 – Crestline Investors, Inc., a global institutional private capital investment management firm, and Blue Ocean...