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Possible new Ro-Ro line Burgas to Alexandria or Damietta

Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – There is a possibility for the opening of a Ro-Ro (roll-on/roll-off) line between Bulgaria’s Black Sea...

70 kg marijuana seized in Sardinia’s port of Isola Bianca

Olbia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Some 70 kg of marijuana were seized by Italy’s Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) during loading...

Van Oord dredging vessels near Burgas port

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – The semi-submersible vessel Seaway Albatross is approaching the Bosphorus Strait today on its way...

AD Ports acquired 60% of Dubai Technologies

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Maqta Gateway, AD Ports Group digital arm and enabler of cutting-edge trade...

No funding for delayed Enfidha deepwater port in Tunisia

Enfidha, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – The project for Tunisia’s Mediterranean deepwater port of Enfidha, delayed by some 20 years, seems...

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to eliminate Middle Corridor bottlenecks

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have agreed an updated road map for the elimination of the bottlenecks...

Algeria’s Mostaganem port handled 1.2 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Mostaganem, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Algeria’s port of Mostaganem handled 1.323 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, which is +11% growth...

Delo secures full control over Novorossiysk KSK grain terminal

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 10, 2024 – Russia’s Delo Group has closed the deal agreed in September 2023 to buy the last remaining stake of...

Shipping companies delivering ammunition to Russia to be sanctioned

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – The European Union has proposed sanctioning about 55 companies and more than 60 individuals as part...

China’s Sany again sells reach stackers to Russia

Kronstadt, Russia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Sany, the major Chinese manufacturer of handling and construction equipment, continues its Western...

Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea ports increase capacity

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – In 2024, the total capacity of Ukraine’s Azov Sea ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk, currently occupied...

25.5% of Astrakhan port given to Russia’s military behemoth Rostec

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Russia continues to reorient its economy towards a war footing. The latest move is to transfer a...

Update: OTEKO modernises its Taman terminals

Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Russia’s OTEKO company, operator of two marine terminals in the port of Taman (bulk and liquid),...

Norwegian Cruise Line ends visits to Venice, Italy

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Norwegian Cruise Line will end visits to Venice, Italy, from 2024. The company said that it was not happy...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees fall in TEU traffic in January, Red Sea crisis blamed

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – In January 2024, Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) handled 43,782 containers (TEU), down from 59,589 TEU in...

Cocaine valued at €2.8 mln seized at Port of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – The authorities in Piraeus port have found cocaine valued at €2.8 million hidden in containers. They...

Repsol, Ravago inaugurate new plant in Tanger Automotive City

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Spanish energy company Repsol and Belgian plastics giant Ravago have inaugurated a new compounding...

Turkmenistan joins IMO’s convention on bunker oil pollution damage

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) February 8, 2024 – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved Turkmenistan’s accession to the...

Port of Seville publishes two tenders for railway development

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2024 – The Port Authority of Seville (APS) has published two tenders to expand and improve the port’s...

Gas & Heat company interested in hydrogen plant in Piombino

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2024 – Gas & Heat, a company from Pisa, has contacted the port authority regarding an interest in setting...

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