Archives
Sergio Prete appointed head of AdSP del Mar Ionio (Taranto)
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport and Transport, Paola De Micheli, has appointed Prof. Sergio...
Yilport to buy RTG cranes for Gemport facility in Turkey
Bursa, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – Yılport Holding has announced that it has purchased Tire Laser Cranes (RTG) to be used in its Gemport...
Valencia: FVET joins CEV Executive Committee
The Valencian Federation of Transport and Logistics Employers (FVET – Federación Valenciana de Empresarios del Transporte y la Logística) has joined...
Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals to be sold to investors
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, January 18t, 2021 – Crestline Investors, Inc., a global institutional private capital investment management firm, and Blue Ocean...
Russia predicts high cargo volumes for Northern Sea Route
The transformation of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) into a year-round route will increase the volume of cargo transportation to 700 million tons per...
Capacity of Russian seaports set to increase by 50 million tons in 2021
The production capacity of Russian seaports in 2021 is planned to be increased by 50 million tons due to the commissioning of facilities under construction and...
Port of Elefsina Users Council meets to plan future
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The prospects for development, modernization and improvement of the services provided at the Port of...
New AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale president meets with Civitavecchia port commander
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14, 2021 – The first working meeting between the new President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
COSCO Shipping Ports Limited reports container traffic slightly down in 2020
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported global container traffic of 101.8 million...
Venice LNG obtains the Authorization Decree for the construction and operation of LNG storage terminal in Porto Marghera
An investment of over 100 million euros co-financed by the European Union for the storage of low-emission fuel for automotive and maritime transport Gian Luigi...
Albania’s port of Durres is attracting attention and investments
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) January 17, 2021 – In December 2020, Albania’s Top Channel broadcaster surprised everyone by announcing that the Albanian...
Amazon Web Services opens office in Greece
Expansion follows launch of Amazon CloudFront location in Athens and signed Memorandum of Understanding with Ministry of Digital Governance in 2020 to build a...
Dynamism of the Asian market and the rise in fuel prices increase freight rates in Valenciaport
Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) grows by 4.19% in December The Index reaches a record high of 1,423.2 points, up 42.33% from the start of the...
Ukraine, Moldova willing to join Three Seas Initiative
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2021 – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu have held...
Gas storage facility at port: Feasibility study and EIA procedure is needed
Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) January 15, 2021 – Environmental organisations have requested the execution of a feasibility study and an environmental...
IAPH to take ESI to the next level with support of Green Award Foundation
IAPH has signed an agreement with the Rotterdam-based Green Award Foundation to administer and expand the formula-based Environmental Ship Index (ESI), which...
Ushering in a new era of innovation in Greece – AWS office launches in Athens
When speaking about Greece, people normally start by talking about its scientists and philosophers from antiquity. But during my visits to Athens last year, I...