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.
COSCO claims further 16% of Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 29, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has sent an official letter to the Greek government requesting a further...
Turkey to boost railway investments, directly connecting industrial zones to port cities
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 28, 2020 – Infrastructure and Transport Minister, Adil Karaismailoğlu, has said that the government plans...
Beirut port see revenue down over 40% in first ten months
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 27, 2020 – In the first 10 months of 2020, Beirut port handled 373,737 containers, a decrease of 42.2% on the same...
The strike continues as Bilbao port loses business
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – There have been nearly 50 days of strikes at Bilbao port and neither side is giving ground as they seek...
Spanish ambassador visits Libya’s National Oil Corporation
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) November 19, 2020 – Eng. Mustafa Sanalla, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Libya’s National Oil Corporation...
Beirut port hires German company to dispose of 49 containers of flammable chemicals
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – The local authorities have contract Bremen-based Combi Lift to remove flammable and highly reactive...
Ningbo Containerized Freight index rises significantly in November
From January to October, the Container throughput of Chinese ports remains same Compared with the same month last year, and the Ningbo Containerized Freight...
Basque government asks central government to end port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2020 – The Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, president of the Basque government, has formally asked the Prime...
Valenciaport sets a new historical record: 508,177 containers in October
This month, the half million containers managed were exceeded for the second time (in August, 503,482 TEUs were reached) – November 16, 2020 It is the...
Turkmenbashi seeks to restart ferry connections with Makhachkala and expand transit corridors
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – Dagestan is considering a proposal to resume a ferry service between the Caspian Sea ports...
Global Ports Holding announces Taranto port agreement
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, is pleased to announce that Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
Greek prime minister praises COSCO investment in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – The investment of the Chinese COSCO Shipping in the largest Greek port is a mutually beneficial...
Anaklia Development Consortium welcomes visit to Georgia by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) today issued the following statement in advance of the 17-18 November visit to Georgia by U.S. Secretary of State Mike...
Aggressive Balkan expansion of Thessaloniki Port starts with an intermodal dry port in Sofia
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 13, 2020 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has started a hinterland expansion with its first intermodal...
Description of the Turkey-Azerbaijan direct road link gained from the Nagorno-Karabakh war
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 11, 2020 – The agreed direct link between Turkey and Azerbaijan, secured in the ceasefire deal between Azerbaijan and...
Azerbaijan and Turkey gain a direct road link from the Nagorno-Karabakh war
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 10, 2020 – Lost in the small print of the ceasefire deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, that ended six weeks of...
MSC expands door-to-door distribution network ‘Trieste Express’ with new service
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 10, 2020 – MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced that it has added a vessel to the Trieste...