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Expansion works start at the Port of Arzew, Algeria
Arzew, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – Expansion works have started at the port of Arzew to construct two berths dedicated to ship repair. Last...
Ports Europe attends the ESPO 2023 in Bremen, Germany, June 1 – 2, 2023
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Ports Europe will be attending the ESPO 2023 in Bremen on June 1 – 2, 2023. At Ports Europe, we...
The China-Central Asia Summit – a new Silk Road?
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – President Xi Jinpin has hosted his first-ever summit with the leaders of five Central Asian nations – the...
Russia’s Vladivostok as a domestic Chinese port
Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The Port of Vladivostok, Russia’s largest in country’s Far East, will be used to transport goods...
Russia and Iran to construct the 162 km INSTC missing railway link
Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – Russia and Iran signed an intergovernmental agreement for the construction of the 162 km Rasht-Astara railway in...
Sanctions: Russia and Iran to jointly buy and build 20 ships for the Caspian Sea
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – Russia and Iran have agreed to establish a joint company that will purchase and/or build ships for the...
North-South Corridor might reopen Agidel port after 30-year hiatus
Agidel, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The feasibility study for the reestablishment of the Agidel cargo river port was awarded to Scientific Approach...
Road to Makhachkala to be financed by bond issue
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The issuing of infrastructure bonds worth some 5 billion rubles (58 million euro) to finance the...
Minerva Bunkering receives license in Egypt
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 19, 2023 – Egypt has awarded the first licence to international companies for bunkering ships in the Egyptian ports...
Fifth attempt to sell small stake in Novorossiysk Shipping Company
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 19, 2023 – The Russian state-owned 0.0127% stake in Novorossiysk Shipping Company (NovoShip, part of the SovComFlot...
China to build infrastructure in ex-Soviet Central Asia
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 19, 2023 – China wants to coordinate development, from building infrastructure to boosting trade, with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...
TransContainer agreed to handle its services at new terminal in SEZ Alabuga
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – AlabugaExim LLC, the operator of a new container terminal in SEZ Alabuga in the Deng Xiaoping Logistics...
Ports of Civitavecchia and Lazio see cargo up +3.2% in Q1 2023
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 19, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, the Ports of Civitavecchia and Lazio handled a total of 3.42 million...
Viterra gives away its Russian business to management
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Viterra Rus, the Russian division of the Netherlands registered grain trader giant Viterra, will continue to...
New Kazakh logistics center in China’s Xian
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev participated in the ceremony for the launch of construction of a...
Bulgaria pushes for a key position in the Middle Corridor
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Bulgaria looks for ways to insert itself into the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...
Port of Venice cargo down -3.6% on annual basis
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Between April 2022 and March 2023, the Port of Venice handled 24,220,555 tons of cargo, down -3.6%...
Port seeks subsidy for Volos – Mytilini coastal shipping line
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – The CEO of the Volos Port Authority, Sokratis Anagnostou, has requested a state subsidy for the Volos –...
Lavrio, the most profitable state port in Greece
Lavrio, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – In 2022, turnover and profits of the Port Authority of Lavrio (ALL SA) exceeded all expectations. This made...
Ports in Chalkis, Kymi and Mytilene come under new Greek authority
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – The government has appointed the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) as the planning authority...