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Georgia government seeks renewed feasibility study for Anaklia port
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Natia Turnava, has said that the government needs to...
Thessaloniki Port Authority: Financial results for the period Jan-Sep 2020 and latest developments
Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) has announced an increase in total revenues generated in the first semester continued also for the period...
More than 8 million tons of cargo transported by the Volga Shipping Company along the rivers of Russia in 2020
In the navigation season of 2020, Volga Shipping Company JSC carried 8.2 million tonnes of cargo by inland water ways of Russia – December 15, 2020 In...
Duisport acquires 15% of Interporto di Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – Duisburger Hafen AG (Duisport), an intermodal terminal operator, has purchased a 15% share stake in...
Ukraine to head the Danube Commission
The Representative of Ukraine to the Danube Commission, Ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary Lyubov Nepop, was elected Chair for 2021-2023 – December 14,...
Ukraine and USA discuss transport and investment
Ukraine is interested in developing mutually beneficial cooperation with the United States in the field of transport and investment – December 14, 2020...
Analysis – Russia keeps pushing for development of Caspian Sea ports and Volga-Don Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – The prospects for the development of container services in the Caspian Sea and the creation of a...
Negligible risk of ships evading EU carbon market – study
EU regulators have little to fear from shipping companies evading the bloc’s carbon market if it is applied to long-distance voyages, a new study shows...
Luka Koper publishes business plan and forecasts reduced profit
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – A summary of the business plan for 2021 and estimate of the business performance in 2020 of Luka Koper,...
Kombiverkehr to add blocktrain to Scandinavia-Northern Italy link
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – Kombiverkehr KG, an operator of intermodal rail freight transport in Europe, is to start a new direct...
Iran’s Astara port develops cargo transit role
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – Astara port on Iran’s Caspian Sea coast has developed regular weekly cargo services to nearby...
Seacon awarded Olbia port dredging contract
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 13, 2020 – Seacon Srl has been awarded the contract to design of the dredging plan for the Gulf of...
BPA statement on global container congestion
Following several days of media interest in congestion affecting some UK ports, Richard Ballantyne, Chief Executive of the British Ports Association issued...
British Ports Association: Third quarter 2020 trade figures reflect unprecedented trade volatility
10 December 2020 The UK’s Q3 port freight statistics from the Department for Transport released today provide further evidence that 2020 continues to be...
Port of Barcelona collaborates with Singapore to guarantee the safety of maritime crews against COVID-19
The Port of Barcelona supports the Singapore Shipping Tripartite Alliance Resilience (SG-STAR) Fund, an initiative in which the International Transport Workers...
Piraeus Port Authority awarded three ISO management system certificates
Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has been awarded with three ISO management system certificates by Lloyd’s Register (LR) in a virtual ceremony on 9th...
First container train carrying cargo from Turkey to China arrived in Baku Port on December 10
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 11, 2020 – A train, which will cover a total of 8,693 kilometers, has passed through the Baku Port and headed for...