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Slovenia

Slovenia is a republic in southeastern Europe: member of the European Union; it has just 47km of coastline on the Northern Adriatic Sea which is the location of Koper port, the country’s only seaport; the port is managed by state-owned Luka Koper d.d.

Koper port promotes capabilities to Paraguay exporters

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 20, 2020 – Yesterday, a webinar “Doing Business with the Port of Koper, Paraguayan export – import to Europe...

Slovenia supports the initiative of launching the Crimean platform

It was discussed during the meeting of Emine Dzhaparova, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, with Tomaž Mencin, Slovenian Ambassador to Ukraine on...

Cargo traffic down nearly 30% at Koper port

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) October 16, 2020 – In August this year, total cargo traffic was 1.3 million tons, down 29.4% ión the same month of 2019....

Koper port welcomes Visegrad group ambassadors

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) October 7, 2020 – Luka Koper has hosted the ambassadors of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The meeting...

Koper port adds RMG crane

In recent days, a new Rail-Mounted Gantry has been installed on the sidings of the Container terminal – October 1, 2020 This new piece of equipment will...

Koper port sees traffic down nearly 35% in July 2020

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) September 22, 2020 – In July this year, Koper port handled total cargo of 1.29 million tons, down -34.7% on 1.98 million...

€1 of sales in Koper port activity generates another €3 in the rest of the economy

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry presented a study on the effects of port activity on the economy – September 14, 2020 The Chamber of Commerce and...

Slovenian minister speaks at Hamburg shipping conference

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) September 13, 2020 – Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec, has participated in a panel at the ministerial...

Slovenia government welcomes EU cohesion funding for Divača-Koper railway line expansion

Ljubljana, Slovenia (PortSEurope) September 13, 2020 – Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec has welcomed the allocation of €80 million...

Luka Koper net profit down 40% in first half of 2020

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) August 27, 2020 – In January-June 2020, Luka Koper reported a consolidated net profit of €15 million ($18 million), down...

Koper port starts work on container terminal expansion

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) August 12, 2020 – Luka Koper, operator of the port, has announced the start of the main construction works for the...

Slovenia provided emergency humanitarian aid to the people of Beirut

The Government of Slovenia has allocated a contribution of €200,000 to Lebanon for emergency humanitarian aid, which is intended for the people of Beirut...

Assistance of Slovenia to Lebanon during the explosion in Beirut

Slovenia decided to allocate a contribution of €200,000 to Lebanon for emergency humanitarian aid and to send an expert to coordinate international aid to...

SETG offers new Koper port-Austria rail freight service

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 29, 2020 – SETG (Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Logistik GmbH), an Austrian rail freight comany, is to start a new...

Hungarian and Slovenian minister discuss transport

The Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec met in Budapest with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjárt and the...

Three Slovenian transport projects to receive European Union funding

The European Commission will financially support three Slovenian projects in the total amount of €11.13 million European grants with the Connecting Europe...

RFC Amber publishes 2019 annual report

RFC Amber published today its first Annual Report, giving customers, stakeholders and the general public a comprehensive overview over the activities and...

Amber Rail Freight Corridor produces “International Contingency Management Plan”

News Release – Amber Rail Freight Corridor – July 1, 2020 In 2018 European Rail Infrastructure Managers (IMs) agreed on international processes for...

Jaguar Land Rover vehicles arrive in Koper port for export

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) June 22, 2020 – A train carrying 198 cars of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has arrived today at Koper port’s Car &...

Luka Koper inaugurates new Ro-Ro berth

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – Luka Koper, operator of Koper port, has held the opening ceremony for the new Ro-Ro berth, completed just...

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