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Analysis – After Syria’s Tartus port, Russia eyes Libya’s Mediterranean port of Tobruk
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – The advance of the army of general Khalifa Belqasim Haftar towards Tripoli raises again the issue of Russia’s...
Serbia and China sign contracts for construction of Preljina-Pozega highway, Novi Sad-Subotica section
Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – The Serbian Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure has announced that contracts were...
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Beijing
Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has attended the second Belt and Road Forum for International...
Barcelona port handles its first LNG-fired cruise ship
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Barcelona port handled on April 26 its first cruise ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the...
Seville port presents logistics offer at agricultural raw materials fair
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Seville port authority president Rafael Carmona has participated along with a delegation of businessmen...
Vigo port’s Bouzas terminal expansion not to have negative environmental consequences
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Vigo port authority president Enrique López Veiga has said that the extension of the Bouzas terminal is...
Alicante port offsets 1,177 tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2018
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Alicante port avoided the emission of 1,177 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2018 as a result of its...
Taranto port recovers part of lost bulk traffic, backed by steel industry stabilisation
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Taranto port’s bulk cargo traffic rose 19.2% in 2018 to 1.5 million tonnes, while the number of bulk...
Setúbal port approves extension of collective labour deal talks deadline
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Setúbal port dockworkers have approved the extension until May 8 of the negotiation period for the new...
Russia keeps harassing ships heading to Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Russian customs officials and border guards are inspecting practically all ships entering the Azov Sea via...
duisport intensifies cooperation with Chongqing – developing rail traffic
Duisburg, Germany (PortSEurope) April 26, 2019 – Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) is expanding its cooperation with the Chinese city of Chongqing. During a...
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation delegation to visit Pula and Rijeka shipyards
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – A delegation of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), will visit the Croatian shipyards in Pula...
Damen Shipyards and Porto Montenegro review luxury yacht development
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Prime Minister Duško Marković and representatives of Dutch shipbuilding company Damen Kommer Damen and...
Russia, Turkey, USA ports account for 55% of Durrës port trade
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Russia, Turkey and the USA are the leading trading partners of Durrës port, according to statistics...
Analysis – Syria signs 49-year contract for operation, overhaul of Tartus port with Russia’s Stroytransgaz
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – The Syrian authorities have concluded a 49-year investment contract with Russian company Stroytransgaz for the...
Barcelona port extends concession of Cilsa
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Barcelona port has approved the extension of the concession of Cilsa by 62,169 m², a land where it has...
Gijón harbour’s exports outside EU nearly halve since 2015
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – The exports from Gijón port, which in 2015 were destined mainly outside the European Union, have shifted and...