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Maersk to return toxic waste headed for Thailand back to Albania

News Release – Environmental justice groups applaud decision and call on shipping line to return similar wastes they abandoned in China – August...

DP World reports improved Q2 2024 TEU volumes

Dubai, UAE (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – In the second quarter of 2024, DP World handled 21.8 million TEU globally in Q2 2024. Gross container volumes...

Livorno ports see cargo up in H1 2024

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale...

600 kg of cocaine in avocado shipment seized in Rotterdam port

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – 614 kg of cocaine was seized in the Netherlands’ port of Rotterdam on August 14, the Public...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – TEU handled in Jan-Jul 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for January-July 2024....

Turkey: Seaports TEU traffic – July 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for July 2024. Below is...

Vessel traffic systems in Kazakh Caspian ports in 2025

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – Commissioning of the vessel traffic services system (VTS) in Kazakhstan’s main Caspian Sea port of...

Container transit from China via Middle Corridor increased 14 times

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – Container transit from China via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...

Turkey: Seaports cargo traffic – July 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for July 2024....

Boskalis had “historically high” revenue and profit in H1’24

Papendrecht, Netherlands (Ports Europe) August 18, 2024 – The Netherlands’ marine operator Royal Boskalis saw a 5% higher revenue for the first half of...

Confusion about Russian naval base in occupied Georgian port

Ochamchira, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 18, 2024 – Satellite images analysed by Bellingcat, an independent investigative collective of researchers,...

EBRD to furnish loan to Nador West Med complex

Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 17, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend 110 million euros to Nador West Med...

FESCO starts LCL container service, Shanghai & St.Petersburg

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2024 – The FESCO transport group has launched a regular service for sending LCL containers (Less than Container...

Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results Oct’23-Jul 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in...

Noatum acquires Safina ship agency, Egypt

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – Noatum has acquired a majority stake in Safina B.V., an Egypt-based provider of maritime agency and...

Blue Agreement signed in the port of Savona-Vado

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – The Blue Agreement was signed in the port of Savona-Vado. It is a voluntary agreement between public...

Port of Monfalcone handles component of a nuclear fusion reactor

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – The Port of Monfalcone has handled a component of a nuclear fusion reactor which is part of the...

Port of Tarragona extends Ership concession

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – The Port of Tarragona has announced the extension of the term of the management concession granted to...

Russian ports handled 521.8 mln tonnes of cargo Jan-Jul 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-July 2024 decreased by 3.1% compared to the seven months of...

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...

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