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Maersk expands cold chain options for fresh fruit from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean to Central Russia
Copenhagen, Denmark – January 27, 2021 On the 21st of December 2020, the first refrigerated containers heading from Mersin, Turkey, were dispatched from...
Management changes at the top of Italy’s port system
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – There have been various changes at the top of Italy’s network of state-owned Autorita’ di Sistema...
Mariupol port reports January cargo down 4.5%
Mariupol, (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – In January 2021, cargo processing in the Mariupol seaport amounted to 526,070 tons, down...
Ukrainian seaports report 25% drop in January cargo handled
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – In January 2020, the seaports of Ukraine handled 10,016.26 thousand tons of cargo, which...
Port of Algeciras awards PROAS development contract
Algeciras, February 2021. Port of Algeciras Authority (APBA) has awarded the €1.7 million ($2 million) development contract of its Port Risk Optimized...
Albania takes over chairmanship of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organisation
Press Release – The Official start of the Albanian Chairmanship-in-office of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organisation (January – June...
Turkey: Container handling statistics by ports in 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported container handling statistics at Turkish ports...
Novorossiysk port’s KSK Grain Terminal raises funds for investment
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – KSK Grain Terminal, part of DeloPorts, and Alfa-Bank have signed an agreement for KSK 1.1 billion...
Genoa ports report December 2020 cargo traffic down -5.4%
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – The Ports of Genoa Authority has reported that total traffic at its ports in December reduced for the tenth...
Moroccan port traffic up 5.1% in 2020
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – State-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP), the regulatory body of the Moroccan port system, has...
Canal Shipping Agencies reports reduced profitss
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – In a stock exchange filing, Canal Shipping Agencies has announced first half profits of EGP 97.08 million...
Agreement boosts UAE-Israel trade
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – Last September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of the United Arab...
Albania receives EU investment for railway network
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – Finance from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with a €36.9 million loan...
Greek Foreign Minister meets with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab
Statement by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias following his meetings with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and European Neighborhood and American Affairs...
Turkish Foreign Minister visits Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on 1-2 February 2021 to discuss the Cyprus issue and other...
Adriatic LNG launches public consultations on Open Season
Milan, February 3, 2021 – Adriatic LNG, the company that owns and operates the first LNG regasification terminal in terms of capacity installed in...
Genoa ports hit by global trade slowdown and Covid
In the space of a few months, the spread of Covid-19 and the measures put in place by world governments to slow down the spread of the virus and reduce the...