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Three small cocaine busts in Tunisia in December

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – 3.5 kg of cocaine was seized by Tunisian security forces in the capital Tunis, the National Guard reported...

Turkey eyes Syrian Mediterranean ports

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – Turkey is jockeying for control of at least one Mediterranean port in Syria following the collapse of...

Security exposed at Port of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – Following investigations after the 1.2 kg cocaine seizure in Piraeus port in 2023, investigations have...

Contract signed to dredge Port of Volos

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – A contract has been signed between the government and the Tekal company to dredge the Port of Volos....

Ship capsizes in Ambarli port, Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – The Comoros Islands-flagged Amnah container ship capsized in Ambarli port, Istanbul, on December 23....

Russia’s total container market in Jan-Nov’24 was 6 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 5.8% in January-November 2024, compared to the first 11 months of 2023 to...

Second run for Varna-Poti railway ferry

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – The Georgian-flagged ferry AIA (IMO: 9120384) will transport 39 rail tankers for the second time from...

Update: “Terrorist attack” sank Russia’s biggest logistics vessel in Mediterranean

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – A terrorist attack sank Ursa Major, Russia’s biggest and most capable logistics vessel in the...

Emergency in Krasnodar as more oil from sunken tankers washing up on coastline

Anapa, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Russia’s southern Krasnodar region declared a state of emergency after oil from two over...

Almost five times less cocaine seized in Hamburg port in 2024

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Around five tonnes of cocaine were discovered in Germany’s port of Hamburg so far in 2024,...

Russia’s biggest logistics vessel sank in Mediterranean

Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Ursa Major, Russia’s biggest and most capable logistics vessel sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the...

Is the Kremlin heading to Tobruk? No Russia in Tartus, no sanctions?

Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – A Russian ship, evacuating Moscow’s military equipment and personnel from Syria, broke down on December 23...

120 million tonnes of cargo in Russia’s inland waterways in 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – Russia’s inland waterways transported 120 million tonnes of cargo in 2024, which is 9.7% more than in...

Seizure of cocaine at the port of Olbia, Sardinia

Olbia, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – The authorities seized approximately 39 kg of cocaine at the port of Isola Bianca on December...

Port of Trieste sees stable cargo in Jan-Nov 2024

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – In January-November 2024, cargo traffic at the Port of Trieste remained stable. This is despite...

Port of Palermo sees cruise ship passenger growth

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – The Port of Palermo has experienced increased cruise ship passenger numbers in recent years. In...

Clean Arctic Alliance raises concern about Kerch Strait pollution

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – The non-profit organisation Clean Arctic Alliance has raised concerns about pollution in the...

Shrimps hide 260 kg of cocaine in Port of Genoa

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – Genoan authorities have confiscated 260 kg of cocaine hidden at the bottom of a ship container carrying...

French ports see Q3 2024 total cargo down 7.3%

Paris, France (Ports Europe) December 22, 2024 – In Q3 2024, cargo passing through major metropolitan commercial ports fell (-7.7%) compared to the...

Trieste Marine Terminal: TEU traffic – November 2024

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 22, 2024 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) handled 60,765 containers (TEU) in November 2024. This compares with...

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