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Hili Company

Malta-based Hili Company works in the port terminals and logistics segment via Mariner Adriatic, and operates the Baltic Container Terminal and Durres Container Terminal, and is a 50% partner in the Terminal Intermodale Venezia with MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company).

TIV Terminal concession, Venice, renewed for 25 years

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe)- April 25, 2024 – Terminal Intermodale Venezia (Tiv) has had its concession renewed for 25 more years until 2050. After...

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...

Durres Container Terminal goes live with Navis N4Saas

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) September 16, 2021 – Durres Container Terminal (DCT) is the first container terminal in the world to go live with the...

CMA CGM signs contract to use Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling Co. terminals in Damietta port

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 7, 2021 – The French shipping and logistics group CMA CGM has signed a two-year contract with Alexandria...

Container Terminal of Port of Durres installs Navis’ N4 software-as-a-service solution

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 9, 2021 – Durres Container Terminal has installed the Navis N4 SaaS from a manually-based system. The new...

Hili Company wins tender for Durres container terminal

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) July 5, 2021 – Mariner Adriatic has won the tender for the management and operation of Durres Container Terminal in...

Piraeus Port Authority meets with ACAT diplomats delegation

Piraeus Port is developing into a maritime hub of global attraction Wednesday, June 30, 2021.  Captain Weng Lin, Deputy CEO of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. met...

PSTF 2021 digital tables global cruise industry issues as Greek, Cypriot and Israeli ports prepare to welcome passengers back

The chief executives of some of the world’s biggest cruise lines will participate in the first virtual panel discussion that will kick off the 6th Posidonia...

ICTSI 1Q2021 net income up 51% driven by strong performance of international portfolio

6 May 2021 Throughput grew 8% to 2.7 million TEUs  Revenues increased 16% to USD435.6 million EBITDA 25% higher to USD264.8 million  Enrique K. Razon...

Analysis – Is a new €2 billion port area development in Durres a realistic project?

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 2, 2021 – Albania is the “New Europe” and I want to be the first to go there, said Mohamed Alabbar, the head of...

First vessel call at HHLA PLT, Trieste

On 20 March 2021, the Ro-Ro freighter Ulusoy 14 docked at the HHLA PLT Italy terminal in Trieste. This is the first commercial vessel call at the new...

Philippines ambassador visits Port of Damietta

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – Philippines’ Ambassador to Egypt, Sulpicio M. Confiado, has visited the Port of Damietta to discuss...

ICTSI 2020 net income up 1% to $101.8 million

ICTSI 2020 net income up 1% to US$101.8M; recurring net income 9% higher at $282.1 million – March 4, 2021 Throughput increased 0.2% to 10.2 million TEUs...

Analysis – More controversies about the Albania’s Durrës port €2 billion development

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) March 4, 2021 – Exit News, an independent Albanian news portal which also publishes investigative stories, claims that the...

Who wants what in Greek ports’ privatisation

Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) February 8, 2020 – Greece’s ports are becoming a geopolitical and financial playground that has drawn interest from all...

Two UAE companies named as investors in controversial Durrës Port project

Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – In December 2020, Albania’s Top Channel broadcaster surprised everyone by announcing that the...

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...

Work on deepening the seabed at the Brajdica container terminal starts

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 21, 2020 – Dredging works costing €97.7 million have started to deepen the seabed of the Brajdica container...

Global port manager ICTSI reports Q3 2020 results

ICTSI 9M2020 net income down 1% to US$182.6M; Diversified portfolio, cost measures continue to cushion impact of COVID-19 impact – November 4, 2020...

Workers in Syria’s Tartus protest again Russia’s company management of the port

Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) July 9, 2020 – Port workers in Tartus have again complained about their Russian employer irregular and lower than the agreed...

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