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EU delegation visits Gioia Tauro port to see anti-drug efforts
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) November 14, 2024 – As part of the European Ports Alliance action, customs representatives from 16 EU countries have...
Puertos del Estado publishes report on economic impact of ports
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 13, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published: “Study of the economic impact of ports of general interest on...
Container terminal in occupied Ochamchira, Georgia
Ochamchira, Georgia (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – The construction of the Black Sea Port Intermodal Container Terminal in Ochamchira is planned to be...
Port of Barcelona affected by DANA storms
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – The effects of the DANA hitting the entire Mediterranean coast this week have reached Catalonia and,...
CMA CGM, Marsa Maroc sign for Nador West Med concession
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – CMA CGM and Marsa Maroc will set up a joint venture company to jointly equip and operate for 25 years a...
DeloPorts reports operating results for Q3 2024
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) October 22, 2024 – DeloPorts, a stevedoring division of the Delo Group, has published its operating results for Q3...
Russia wants submarine LNG carrier for the Arctic
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 12, 2024 – A model of a nuclear-powered underwater liquified natural gas (LNG) gas carrier has been demonstrated by...
Italian press comments on HHLA-MSC merger
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – Last week, the European Commission in Brussels said that the planned merger between MSC and HHLA did not...
RWE talks offshore wind with Port Authority of Setúbal
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – RWE is working with the Port Authority of Setúbal to develop its port infrastructure to support the...
Anti-narcotics office opened in Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – French OFAST (L’office anti-stupéfiants, anti-narcotics office) has opened a nine-officer branch...
GIS: All eyes on Russia’s Northern Sea Route
Schaan, Liechtenstein (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – The missile attacks in the Red Sea are a reminder of the vulnerability of commercial...
Piloda Shipyard repairs tugboat for Rimorchiatori Napoletani
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2024 – The Piloda Shipyard has completed maintenance and repair work on the tug Sant’Elmo for...
Vestas Blades Italia awarded concession in Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2024 – Vestas Blades Italia has been awarded a 9-year concession in the Taranto logistics platform (Piastra...
Update: BMF Port Burgas vs Romanian government for Moldova’s Giurgiulesti Port
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Romanian government approved on August 28 the start of negotiations with the European Bank for...
Medcenter Container Terminal receives 18 hybrid straddle carriers, Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 26, 2024 – The Medcenter Container Terminal has received 18 hybrid straddle carriers from the Swedish company...
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,...
China and Russia create “Ice Silk Road” in the Arctic
Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) – On August 5, 2024, China and Russia launched a rail-sea service, Arctic Express No 1, which will transport...
Port of Taranto sees cargo plummet in H1 2024
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – The Port of Taranto’s dramatic fall in Q1 24 cargo traffic has continued into the second quarter of...
DP World & Evyap Group merge to create new trade hub, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – DP World and Evyap Group have merged port assets in the Sea of Marmara to create a new international...
Port of Barcelona inaugurates its first cold ironing system
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has inaugurated its first Onshore Power Supply (OPS-cold ironing) system at the...