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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.
Analysis – Georgia helped Russia sink Anaklia Deep Sea Port project – can Poti replace it?
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) January 3, 2021 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port project did not have a chance fighting for its survival against Georgia’s political...
Black Sea countries: regional cooperation on blue economy will help “build back better” after COVID-19 pandemic
News Release – European Commission – 21/12/2020 At their 11 December ministerial meeting, in the presence of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius,...
Iran’s Anzali and Astara ports report increased cargo traffic
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 – Gilan Province’s Ports and Maritime Department has reported that 1.033 million TEUs of goods have been...
Royal Caribbean Group interested in Ravenna port cruise concession
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 – Royal Caribbean Group has indicated an interest in the concession of the passenger assistance service...
UIG pays $1.13 million for grain cargo damaged in Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 – Ukrainian Insurance Group (UIG) has paid out insurance compensation of $1.33 million for a cargo of...
Tanger Alliance receives first vessel
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – Tanger Alliance has received its first vessel in container terminal three (TC3). Tanger Alliance, a...
Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18 metres...
BPA welcomes Brexit trade deal but warns there will still be major changes for trade with Europe
Responding to the news that the EU and the UK had reached an outline agreement on a future post Brexit deal the British Ports Association has welcomed the...
Albania’s port of Durres gets closer to landlocked Kosovo and North Macedonia
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 27, 2020 – Albania’s main Adriatic port of Durrës (Durres) is becoming the sea gate for land-locked Kosovo and...
Ningbo Containerized Freight index soars in November
From January to November, the Container throughput of Chinese ports remains same Compared with the same month last year, and the Ningbo Containerized Freight...
Work on deepening the seabed at the Brajdica container terminal starts
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 21, 2020 – Dredging works costing €97.7 million have started to deepen the seabed of the Brajdica container...
Valenciaport bets in its 2020-2024 Business Plan for the railway, the environment and accessibility
The Plan of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), agreed with Puertos del Estado, represents an investment of more than €552 million in new projects to which...
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...
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)...