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Port of Koper receives CMA CGM LNG ship

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – Last Thursday, the Port of Koper car terminal received its first CMA CGM liquefied natural...

Russia’s total containers’ market in Jan-Aug’24 was 4.39 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 8.1% in January-August 2024, compared to the first eight months of 2023...

Finally, a JV is created for the container hub in Aktau port

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – KTZ Express, Port Lianyungang and Aktau Sea Trade Port finally announced the creation of a joint...

Port of Marín part of new Brazilian fruit reefer service

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2024 – The Port of Marín re-enters the maritime fruit transport circuit with a weekly line starting on...

Gruppo Cavazzana takes over Cantiere Navale Vittoria

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2024 – Roberto Cavazzana has acquired Cantiere Navale Vittoria at auction. Cavazzana was acting on behalf of...

Port of Barcelona, first zero-emissions call for a container ship

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has received its first ship, which has switched off its engines whilst docked....

PSA Antwerp, Port of Antwerp-Bruges develop the Europa Terminal

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Since the beginning of last year, PSA Antwerp and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges have been working to...

Maersk Europe Market Update – September 2024

Ocean Update – September 11, 2024 In February 2025, together with Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk is launching an operational collaboration called the Gemini...

Grimaldi completes acquisition of 67% of Heraklion Port Authority

Heraklion, Crete, Greece, (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Naples-based Grimaldi Group has completed the acquisition of 67% of the capital of...

Germany’s Rhenus Group signs agreement with Port of Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Rhenus Group has signed a declaration of intent with Aktau Sea Commercial Port JSC to develop...

Svitzer receives new tugboat from Sanmar

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – International towage company Svitzer has received a new, next-generation, multi-purpose tugboat from...

Rhenus to set up joint venture with Uzbek Railways

Samarkand, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – As part of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s trip to Central Asia, delegation member Tobias...

DFDS to start Trieste-Damietta service

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Danish shipper DFDS will start a Ro-Ro service between Trieste and Damietta in Egypt in November. The...

U.S. select committee highlights Chinese threats to ports

Washington, United States (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Last week, Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar,...

Russia’s Quark fund invests in Arctic Vitino port along NSR

Beloye More, Russia (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Russia’s closed-end mutual investment fund Quark became a 50% co-owner of Nord Star, the...

GIS: All eyes on Russia’s Northern Sea Route

Schaan, Liechtenstein (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – The missile attacks in the Red Sea are a reminder of the vulnerability of commercial...

200th container train from China arrives in Aktau port

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The 200th container train so far in 2024 from China has arrived at Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port...

CDP, Italian government presents “maritime ventures”

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – CDP Capital Ventures, the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy aim to create 10 new companies in the...

Kazakh ports handled 1.9 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Aug’24 – really?

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports handled 1.9 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of the...

Strikes at Leixoes and Lisbon, cruise ships divert to Vigo

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The strike called by Portuguese port pilots for today and Tuesday will directly affect several...

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