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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...
German seaport operators submit new offer to union
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) July 13, 2024 – In the wage dispute over dock workers’ pay, Zentralverband der deutschen Seehafenbetriebe...
EBRD announces load to DP World Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a senior loan of up to 50...
Two Libya-bound military drones seized in Port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) July 2, 2024 – In an incredible event in the Port of Gioia Tauro, the parts of two Chinese-made military drones...
Italy: Total cargo by port 2023 – ranking
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 30, 2024 – Industry association Assoporti has published seaport cargo figures for 2023. In 2023, the ports handled 473...
Update: To build or not to build – overseas Russian ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 25, 2024 – In a schizophrenic third change of position in as many months, Russia, isolated from the Western transport...
Georgia minister comments on Poti, Anaklia ports
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – Speaking after a government session, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of...
Arkhangelsk port as China’s cargo transport hub
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2024 – Hard pressed by sanctions and isolated from the West, Russia is handing over its logistics “crown...
Can the U.S. build a deepwater port in Libya’s Susah?
Susah, Libya (Ports Europe) June 3, 2024 – U.S. investment in Libya’s long-delayed Mediterranean Sea deepwater commercial port of Susah, one of the deepest...
Georgia’s Anaklia port given to China
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – A consortium of majority state-owned China Communication and Construction Company (CCCC) Ltd., one of the...
Controversial Borkum ship arrives in Port Marghera, Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The controversial Borkum ship left Koper port and has arrived in Port Marghera, Venice. Allegedly, the ship...