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Second Ukrainian drone attack in a month against Kaspiysk port
Kaspiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 30, 2024 – Ukraine hit, for the second time in November, Russian navy ships on November 30 in their Caspian Sea...
1,575 kg of cocaine seized in Dutch Vlissingen port
Vlissingen, Netherlands (Ports Europe) November 30, 2024 – 1,575 kg of cocaine, valued at 118 million euros was seized in the Dutch port of Vlissingen on...
Russia might lose its navy’s only Mediterranean port facility in Tartus
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) November 30, 2024 – Russia’s only naval base outside the former Soviet Union in Syria’s Eastern Mediterranean Sea port of...
Ports want an EU strategy and funding
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 30, 2024 – Europe’s ports want the overall plea for strengthening Europe’s competitiveness to be translated...
Is a Chinese ship part of Russia’s “hybrid warfare” damaging undersea cables?
Stockholm, Sweden (Ports Europe) November 30, 2024 – Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is suspected of severing two critical underwater internet cables in the...
Cargo theft in Italy increased 400% in two years
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) November 30, 2024 – There is an increasing threat to the Italian supply chain by organised crime and its sophisticated theft...
Stellantis plans huge solar plant in Port of Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – International car maker Stellantis wants to convert its concession at the Bouzas Ro-Ro terminal into a...
Update: French CGT union to strike at ports Dec 9-10 and Jan’25
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – France’s National Federation of Ports and Dockers (CGT) announced a 48-hour strike starting December 9 and...
Port of Antwerp receives first electric tugboat
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has taken receipt of six energy-efficient tugboats. The delivery includes...
Endesa receives OPS equipment for cruise ships in Cadiz port
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – Energy company Endesa has started receiving equipment for the installation of OPS (onshore power supply,...
Euroports orders Konecranes equipment for Ghent terminal
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – Euroports Group has ordered a Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald ESP.7B Mobile Harbor Crane for its bulk...
Port of Bilbao to proceed with cold ironing
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – The central government has authorised the Port Authority of Bilbao to tender for 55.4 million euros...
Below target 53 mln tonnes of oil shipped via CPC terminal, Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – In January-October 2024, oil shipments at the sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC,...
Court supports asphalt bitumen terminal in Alicante port
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – In 2022, the Port Authority of Alicante awarded a concession to Ditecpesa SA for an asphalt bitumen...
MSC Group completes acquisition of minority stake in HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE, a subsidiary of the MSC Group, yesterday announced the...
Second cocaine seizure in Malta Freeport in November
Birżebbuġa, Malta (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – 100 kg of cocaine were seized by police in the Mediterranean Sea port of Malta Freeport on November...
Tanger Med handles more traffic during 2024 Marhaba season
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – During the 2024 Marhaba season, the Tanger Med port complex handled 1.73 million passengers and...
Russia’s Astrakhan and Olya ports handled 5 mln tonnes in Jan-Oct’24
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – Cargo transhipment through Russia’s Caspian Sea ports of Astrakhan and Olya in January-October was...
North-South corridor capacity to double to 20 mln tonnes
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – The capacity of the Kremlin-promoted International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a key...
Limassol port to benefit from Cyprus’ offshore gas deposits development
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) November 28, 2024 – Cyprus’ main Mediterranean Sea port of Limassol will be the big winner if U.S. oil major ExxonMobil...