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.
US Ambassador to Greece confirms Washington interest in Alexandroupolis port
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2020 – US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt told the online Thessaloniki Summit last Thursday that the U.S....
Ceneri Tunnel turns Genoa into a fast rail gateway to Europe
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 3, 2020 – The inauguration of the Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT), part of the new Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA),...
Libya says ports now open for oil exports
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) November 1, 2020 – The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has declared the ending of blockades of the entire Libyan fields and...
Analysis – Could DP World and Maersk prevent China from taking over all Haifa Bay ports?
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) November 2, 2020 – At the end of October, Israel Shipyards Industries together with Dubai-based DP World submitted a...
Israel Shipyards, DP World jointly bid in Haifa Port privatisation
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) October 30, 2020 – Dubai’s DP World and Israel Shipyards Industries have jointly submitted a bid to take over Haifa...
Contship Italia Group releases new business plan targets 2021-2024
Contship Italia Group, the Italian container terminal and intermodal branch of Eurokai, today unveils a raft of new initiatives aimed at enhancing its national...
Tanger Med and Hamburg port authorities to sign cooperation agreement
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – Hamburg Port Authority and Tanger Med Port Authority have signed a letter of intent to agree a...
JP Morgan considers sale of 49% of CSP (Spain)
València, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2020 – Reports in Spain suggest that funds JP Morgan Asset Management and Stichting Pensionenfonds ABP are...
Anaklia Development Consortium accuses government of favouring Poti port
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 28, 2020 – The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) has issued a news announcement entitled, “Government...
Analysis – France expected to beat China in the race for the Port of Beirut – Hezbollah is the main obstacle
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – Two months after the deadly explosions that destroyed most of Beirut port, Lebanon’s largest, it is...
Málaga port sees positive signs
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – After months of lower traffic trends, the port of Málaga is seeing increasing numbers of containers...
YILPORT issues press release denying COSCO link in Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – YILPORT, the Turkish port operator, has issued a press release stating that it and/ot its affiliate San...
APM Terminals Poti and Poti New Terminals Corporation sign agreement for joint development of a new bulk cargo facility
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 26, 2020 – APM Terminals Poti (APMT) and Poti New Terminals Corporation (PNTC) have signed an agreement for the joint...
Turkish and UAE companies interested in Haifa port
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) October 25, 2020 – Reports from Bloomberg and local source suggest that Turkish and UAE companies may be interesting in...
Bulgarian government pays to hand over business of its biggest Black Sea port to a controversial local politician
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 25, 2020 – Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea port of Varna will have its two main access canals dredged to a depth of up...
Five groups interested in Kavala port privatisation
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) October 24, 2020 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...
Global Ports Holding signs sale and purchase agreement for Port Akdeniz
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, is pleased to announce that following a period of exclusive...
La Spezia port to handle first LNG bunkering operation
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2020 – In the coming weeks, La Spezia port will carry out its first liquified natural gas (LNG) bunker...
Prime Minister Mitsotakis visits Alexandroupolis port
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the port of Alexandroupolis where he made the...
Ukraine and Turkey are ready to deepen strategic partnership
The dialogue between Ukraine and Turkey is developing dynamically, the countries are ready to deepen the strategic partnership and develop cooperation in all...