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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies.

EBRD lends a further €100 million to Nador West Med in Morocco

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing additional loan financing of €100 million to Société Nador West Med (NWM) for...

Aktau Sea Commercial Port receives EBRD loan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 24, 2022 – JSC National Company Aktau Sea Commercial Port is to receive a senior $15 million loan from the...

EBRD to support revival strategy for Ukraine’s Mariupol

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is paving the way for the future rebirth of Mariupol, by supporting efforts to quantify the...

EBRD lends funds to Moldova for road links with Ukraine

Chisinau, Moldova (PortSEurope) November 17, 2022 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend €100 million to Moldova to...

EBRD researches sustainable transport connections between Central Asia and Europe

As trade volumes, particularly container traffic, between Asia and Europe continue to grow and as geopolitical events disrupt existing trade corridors, major...

Port of Aktau negotiates with EBRD

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 26, 2022 – From April to September of this year, the Port of Aktau has held several negotiations were held...

Former Albanian President criticises €2 billion Durrës port project

Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) August 7, 2022 – The Chairman of the Freedom Party and former President of Albania, Ilir Meta, told Albanians: “Do not...

EBRD vice president visits Giurgiuleşti International Free Port

Chișinău, Moldova (PortSEurope) July 13, 2022 – Alain Pilloux, Vice-President, Banking at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),...

Moldova’s strategic Danube port offers a lifeline for Ukraine

News – Giurgiulesti Port is becoming part of solution to regional food security concerns  – EBRD – July 8, 2022 A river-to-sea port...

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invests in Moroccan ports

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 13, 2022 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to provide a €40 million ($41.6...

EBRD forecasts economic slowdown for 2022 in the southern and eastern Mediterranean

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is projecting a slowdown in economic growth for the southern and eastern...

Bosnia’s inland Port of Brčko undergoes modernisation

Brčko, Bosnia & Herzegovina (Ports Europe) March 9, 2022 – The project “Reconstruction and Modernisation of the River Port of Brčko Phase...

Russian invasion in Ukraine has only just begun – what is the future for the Ukraine’s ports and transport infrastructure after the war?

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 28 – Five days after the start of Russian invasion in Ukraine, it seems that the Azov Sea will most likely become a...

Turkey’s Altintel Port set for eco-friendly expansion with EBRD loan

Kocaeli, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 30, 2021 – Altintel Liman ve Terminal Işletmeleri, a liquid bulk port located in Kocaeli is set for an...

EBRD lends €150 million for key railway line from Istanbul to Bulgarian border

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a €150 million loan to the Turkish government for the construction of a 67 km...

EBRD raises forecast for southern and eastern Mediterranean region

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is raising its growth forecast for the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region to 4.2...

Chernomorsk set for the next PPP in the Ukrainian port sector

Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – After successfully signing concession contracts for the ports of Kherson and Olvia, the Ministry of...

Ukraine’s Chornomorsk Port to boost its competitiveness with a PPP – EBRD and IFC assist

Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 22, 2021 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and International Finance Corporation...

Analysis – Was the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project torpedoed in the name of a free zone near Poti port?

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 8, 2021 – Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, has been opposing...

Senior EBRD manager visits Giurgiuleşti, Moldova

Moldova, Romania (PortSEurope) October 4, 2021 – Matteo Patrone, Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus at the European Bank for...

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