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Tunisia

Tunisia is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a part of the Maghreb region of North Africa, and is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its seaports are Bizerte, Gabès, La Goulette (Rades, Tunis), Sfax, Sousse and Zarzis.

Tunisia and Greece meet to develop investment and development of maritime trade

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2021 – Prime Minister Elyès Fakhfakh has met with Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, to discuss...

Tunisia and Jordan discuss trade measures

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2021 – Development of trade between Tunisia and Jordan took centre stage as the Joint Business Council held a...

Tunisia – Greece: Boosting pace of investment and development of maritime trade

Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 7, 2020 – Prime Minister Elyès Fakhfakh has met with Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, to discuss...

Minister of Transport and Logistics visits port dock of Goulette-Radès

Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 -The Minister of Transport and Logistics, Moez Chakchouk, has visited the facilities and docks of the La...

Government ministers visit Rades port

Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 – On November 29, 2020, the ministers of Transport and Logistics, Moez Chakchouk, and Trade and Export...

Tunisian ports see cargo down nearly 25% in Q3 2020

Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – In the third quarter of 2020, Tunisian ports handled 5.14 million tons of cargoes, a reduction of -23.0%...

Huawei in talks to help Tunisian ports

Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – Earlier this month, the Minister of Transport and Logistics, Moez Chakchouk, held talks with the Chinese...

Completion of repairs to the oil wharf in Rades port, Tunisia

Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) October 9, 2020 – Repair of the oil wharf located on the south bank of the port of Radès has just been completed for a sum...

Italy and Turkey‘s Europe-to-Africa commercial corridor: a new Mediterranean strategic paradigm

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES): Italy and Turkey‘s Europe-to-Africa Commercial Corridor: Rome and Ankara‘s Geopolitical...

Tunisia – Greece: Boosting pace of investment and development of maritime trade

News – Tunisian and Greek minister discuss – June 29, 2020 Prime Minister Elyès Fakhfakh received Monday in Tunis Greek Minister of Foreign...

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs meets with Tunisian counterpart

Statements by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendias, at the end of his talks with the Tunisian counterpart of Noureddine Erray – June 29,...

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs meets the President of Tunisia, Kais Saied

Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendias, following his meeting with the President of Tunisia, Kais Saied – June 29, 2020 I had the great...

Tunisia hosts Ambassador of the European Union

Minister of State receives His Excellency the Ambassador of the European Union in Tunis – June 19, 2020 The Minister of State for Transport and...

Tunisian ports strike costs over €250,000

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – The strike observed by employees of Société tunisienne d’aconage et de manutention (STAM –...

NileDutch extends Mediterranean service offering to Rades, Tunisia

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – NileDutch, a shipping company linking West Africa with Europe, has added the Tunisian port of Rades to its...

Labour union files for strike at Radès port, Tunisia

Radès, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2020 – Over six years ago, the Ministry of Transport set up a commission to examine problems facing the port of...

Tuniship vessel docks in Tripoli port, Libya

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 29, 2020 – The first vessel in a new direct shipping line between the port of Sfax and the port of Tripoli, has...

Sfax-Tripoli (Libya) shipping service starts

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 25, 2020 – The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the new direct shipping line between the port of Sfax and...

Tunisia to launch weekly freight trips to Libya

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 9, 2020 – Ministry of Transport and Logistics has announced that a cargo shipping line between Tunisia and Libya will...

Government holds working discussion regarding Rades port

News – A working session on the efficiency of the Rades port activities was held on Tuesday in Tunis – April 7, 2020 The meeting, chaired by...

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