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New grain terminal in Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – A new grain terminal with a capacity of 1 million tonnes per year has been commissioned in...

First ships in Georgia’s Anaklia port by 2029 – minister

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – There are “no obstacles” to the implementation of Georgia’s Anaklia Black Sea deep-water port...

Jan de Nul signs contract with Port of Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2024 – Belgian Jan de Nul has signed a contract Autoridad Portuaria de València (APV – Valenciaport,...

Shrinking Caspian is a bonanza for Jan De Nul

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – After winning the tender for the maritime infrastructure of Anaklia, Georgia’s first deep sea port on...

Jan de Nul to construct maritime infrastructure of Anaklia Port

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Belgian company Jan de Nul won the tender for the construction of the maritime infrastructure of Georgia’s...

Update: Dredging of Kuryk by Jan de Nul to add 2 m draft

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Dredging work by Belgium’s company Jan de Nul is underway in the waters of the Kazakhstan’s Caspian...

World’s largest cable-laying vessel, Steerprop’s propulsion system

Rauma, Finland (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Expected to be delivered in 2026, the “Fleeming Jenkin” will be the world’s largest...

Valenciaport awards works for northern terminal to Acciona-Bertolín

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has awarded the contract for the execution of the works of the new...

Jan de Nul orders first plug-in hybrid dredger

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 16, 2024 – Jan De Nul Group has placed an order with India’s Goa Shipyard Limited for the construction of a...

Jan de Nul, Fortescue to connect Africa, Europe for green electrons

Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – Belgian marine contractor Jan de Nul and Australia’s Fortescue will work jointly on a project to lay...

Jan de NUL carries out dredging in Port of Santander

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – The Belgian company Jan De Nul NV is carrying out dredging in the Port of Santander. The work will be...

Maritime activities drive Jan De Nul revenue to €2.9 bln in 2023

Hofstade-Aalst, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group reported a 2023 turnover of 2.9 billion euros, a record in the history...

Port of Santander commissions dredging research

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS) has commissioned the Institute of Environmental Hydraulics of...

Dredger Willem Van Rubroeck stops off at Ferrol port, Galicia

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – Last Friday, the dredger Willem Van Rubroeck docked at the outer breakwater of the Port of Ferrol, an area...

Georgia announces Anaklia Port infrastructure tender

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe)- March 18, 2024—The Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development has announced the tender to design and construct...

World Bank, HR Wallingford step into shrinking Caspian problem

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Alarmed by the shrinking waters of the Caspian, Kazakhstan invited the World Bank (WB) to conduct a...

Port of Taranto starts dredging, Yilport container terminal

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – The Port of Taranto has started dredging the seabed in front of the Yilport container terminal to -16.5...

Russia forced to rely on China and Iran to deepen Volga Canal

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Russia was forced to beg China and Iran to send dredging equipment to realise another of Russian...

Second Chinese investor interested in building and operating new intermodal terminal in Varna

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 22, 2022 – China Railway International Group (CREC) became the second Chinese investor in as many months showing interest...

€1 billion project for a new intermodal terminal in Varna discussed

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) March 20, 2022 – An idea for a €1 billion project for the construction of a new intermodal terminal in Bulgaria’s largest...

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