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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.
Constanta port ambitious €500 million expansion project
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) December 20, 2020 – Romania’s largest Black Sea port of Constanta will start a 500-million-euro enlargement project –...
Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad container rail service set to resume
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 18, 2020 – Following a meeting at the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the national railways of Turkey,...
Increase in exports and imports raises Valenciaport’s traffic by 20.5% in November
More than 7 million tonnes of goods were moved in November, 14% more than in the same month last year – December 17, 2020 With just a few weeks to go...
Ukraine plans new rail transport corridor with port of Gdansk
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has signed a letter of intent with the Polish port of Gdansk...
Fincantieri signs for a concession to develop shipbuilding in Palermo port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – The Trieste-based shipbuiding group Fincantieri SpA has signed an agreement with Autorita’ di...
UAE investing €2 billion in the transformation of the port of Durrës
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – The local Top Channel has reported that the Albanian government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
Georgia government seeks renewed feasibility study for Anaklia port
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Natia Turnava, has said that the government needs to...
Analysis – Russia keeps pushing for development of Caspian Sea ports and Volga-Don Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – The prospects for the development of container services in the Caspian Sea and the creation of a...
Iran’s Astara port develops cargo transit role
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – Astara port on Iran’s Caspian Sea coast has developed regular weekly cargo services to nearby...
First container train carrying cargo from Turkey to China arrived in Baku Port on December 10
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 11, 2020 – A train, which will cover a total of 8,693 kilometers, has passed through the Baku Port and headed for...
DP World forecasts increasing Israel-UAE trade
Dubai, UAE (PortSEurope) December 10, 2020 – Speaking at the inaugural UAE-Israel Future Digital Technology Summit, part of this week’s Gitex...
European Commission supports ten additional sustainable and safe transport infrastructure projects in Europe with €68.6 million
December 7, 2020 The EU is contributing over €68.6 million to ten projects that will contribute towards the goal of making the transport sector more...
Taxation on ports, De Micheli: “Discussion underway with the EU for a solution that does not penalize the system”
“The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has initiated a discussion with the European Commission on the issue of taxation of ports, a constructive...
Turkey is expanding its drilling operations in the Black Sea
Filyos, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 7, 2020 – Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Fatih Donmez, has said that the drilling ship Kanuni has docked at...
Caspian Container Lines tests Iran-Russia service
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 – Iran and Russia agreed to launch a container shipping line in the Caspian Sea by September to expand...
Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and...
Ports included in range of Turkey-Qatar agreements
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – Turkey and Qatar have signed 10 new deals at a joint meeting held at the presidential complex in...