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Maersk ship arrives at Trieste after Red Sea attack
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – The Maersk Hangzhou ship arrived at Pier VII, Trieste Marine Terminal this week, after being attacked in...
Urgent dredging to start in Baku port, Caspian Sea shrinks
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – Dredging will start in the coming days in Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku, which will allow access...
Valenciaport and Valencia Terminal Europe sign solar agreement
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) and Valencia Terminal Europe (VTE) have signed an agreement for the...
Kombiverkehr increase services to Trieste, Greek & Turkish ports
Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Ports Europe) January 8, 2024 – Starting this month, Kombiverkehr KG has improved its intermodal services with Trieste,...
Maersk suspends of ship transits through the Red Sea
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Maersk announced today the suspension of all ship transits through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden....
HHLA PLT Italy has acquired Logistica Giuliana, Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 19, 2023 – HHLA PLT Italy has acquired Logistica Giuliana srl from ICOP Spa. Logistica Giuliana’s...
Singapore’s PSA invests €100 million in its Italian terminals
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – Singapore-based PSA International invested over €100 million in its Italian terminals in 2023, according...
Snam finalises FSRU purchase for Port of Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) December 6, 2023 – Snam and BW LNG have finalised the acquisition by Snam of FSRU I Limited. The latter owns owns the...
Consortium awarded sub-concession in Port of Kavala
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) November 23, 2023 – A consortium International Port Investments Kavala has been awarded a contract for a sub-concession at...
China Harbour signs MoU with Misrata Free Zone, Libya
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) November 21, 2023 – China Harbour Engineering Company has signed an agreement with the Misrata Free Zone in Libya. The...
€80 million for Ancona port and Fincantieri’s shipyard
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – Italy’s Central Adriatic Sea Port System Authority (ADSP) and Trieste-based Fincantieri, one of the...
DFC signs deal to invest $125 mln in Elefsina Shipyards, Greece
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has signed a financing agreement for a $125...
Tanger Med, Port Said added to new EU emissions regulation
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) October 30, 2023 – The transshipment ports of Tanger Med and Port Said have been added to the list of non-European Union...
Grimaldi completes acquisition of Igoumenista port, Greece
Igoumenitsa, Greece (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – Italy’s Grimaldi has completed the acquisition of Igoumenista port, Greece, as part of the...
Three cheers for Ukrainian Black Sea grain corridor
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 14, 2023 – Despite the continuing Russian drone and missile attacks on ports and grain export infrastructure in the...
DP World Yarımca starts maritime transport of cars in containers
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – DP World Yarımca is introducing a solution for the maritime transport of cars in containers which...
Update: “Russian tsar of Thessaloniki” to add Volos port to his Greek portfolio
Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) September 29, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) with an offer for 51 million euro has been selected as the preferred...
More protests against Snam LNG facility in Vado
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2023 – There has been a further protest against the proposed Snam LNG facility in Vado, Genoa. A protest began...
Enel to resume Porto Empedocle LNG plant project – again
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2023 – Enel has agreed to resume the Porto Empedocle liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant project,...
Wabtec signs railway development agreement with Kazakhstan
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 19, 2023 – Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) has signed an agreement with national...