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€2.5 bln for resilience and safety of EU transport network

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The European Commission (EC) opened the 2024 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) – Transport call...

IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 82) 82nd session started on September 30 at...

Successful pilot with moveable shore power for sea-going vessels in Rotterdam port

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – A recent pilot with moveable battery containers with onshore power supply (OPS) was completed...

Port Authority of Las Palmas visits Brazil

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The president of the Port Authority of Las Palmas, Beatriz Calzada, and director...

Chinese ports container volume rises 8.2 % from Jan-Aug 2024

Chinese ports container volume rises 8.2 % from January to August of 2024,Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decreased significantly in September 2024...

Jeddah Islamic Port and Vision 2030

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Jeddah Islamic Port is the largest and busiest port in Saudi Arabia, located on the Red Sea...

Port of Venice acquires ERF shares

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the North Adriatic Sea Port System Authority (AdSPMAS) has approved the...

Ports of Hamburg and Singapore sign cooperation agreement

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The Ports of Hamburg (HPA) and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have signed a...

Piraeus Port Authority reports increased revenue, profit in H1 2024

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority has reported increased revenue and profit for the first half of 2024. Piraeus...

CONTSHIP Italia sees TEU handling up 6.9% in H1 2024

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The container terminals of the CONTSHIP Italia handled 822,233 TEU in the first half of 2024, up 6.9% on the...

Russia wants to redirect grain export to its Baltic ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Russia’s unrealistically ambitious plans to boost agricultural exports by 50% by 2030 require it...

Hutchison Ports invests in Sokhna and Alexandria terminals, Egypt

Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Hong Kong-based Hutchison Ports will invest $700m in Ain Sokhna Port, and a new container terminal...

Marsa Maroc operates Cotonou port terminals, Benin

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The Moroccan port operator Marsa Maroc has signed a contract to operate Cotonou port terminals in...

Ports to play key role in Romania’s Black Sea wind roadmap

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Last May, Romania adopted a new offshore wind industry plan. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has...

11th attempt to sell Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi port failed

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The 11th attempt to sеll Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi...

Sanctions force Russia to create six river logistics hubs

Samara, Russia (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Western sanctions has exposed the deficiencies of Russia’s railway and road networks. Trying to...

Ports of Livorno and Piombino to receive cyber security funding

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) has allocated 1.5 million euros to the Port System...

Cantieri di Pisa, T Mariotti enter yacht partnership

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 29, 2024 – Shipbuilders Cantieri di Pisa and T Mariotti have entered into a partnership to build large yachts. This...

Cocaine worth €100 million seized in Hamburg port

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 29, 2024 – More than 2 tonnes of cocaine were seized near Germany’s North Sea port of Hamburg on September 25...

Russia’s private Pacific Railway, to Port Elga starts operations in 2025

Elga, Russia (Ports Europe) September 29, 2024 – Russia’s 531-km long private Pacific Railway, to the coal sea terminal Port Elga (Khabarovsk Krai),...

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