Inland Ports & Waterways
The activities of inland commercial ports & waterways, including rivers and canals. Includes inland port development and waterway cargo traffic numbers. For example, the Danube river which passes through or touches the borders of 10 countries: Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Ukraine and Moldova.
Suez Canal sees traffic down 55.9% in November
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 7, 2025 – In November 2024, 1,000 ships passed through the Suez Canal, down -55.9% compared to November 2023. Of the...
Bosnia’s Brcko port modernised but Sava needs dredging
Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ports Europe) January 6, 2025 – The modernisation and reconstruction of the only international port in Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
Svishtov-Zimnicea Danube ferry with a night service
Svishtov, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 3, 2025 – Due to the high demand and the long lines of trucks at the only two bridges between Bulgaria and Romania...
Suez Canal Authority tests transit of two ships in opposite directions in the Little Bitter Lake area
Ismailia, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 2, 2025 – Last Saturday, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) successfully tested the simultaneous transit of two ships...
New Ukraine-Romania Danube bridge to be approved in 2025
Orlivka, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 2, 2025 – After more than 10 years of talks about the construction of a bridge across the Danube River between...
Military funding for the third Bulgaria-Romania Danube bridge
Ruse, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 30, 2024 – The Ruse (Bulgaria)-Giurgiu (Romania) ferry complex and the future third bridge between the two EU...
120 million tonnes of cargo in Russia’s inland waterways in 2024
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – Russia’s inland waterways transported 120 million tonnes of cargo in 2024, which is 9.7% more than in...
13.5 mln tonnes of cargo via Volga and Don rivers’ system in 2024
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 17, 2024 – Inland waterways cargo transportation via Russia’s Volga and Don rivers in 2024 reached 13.5 million...
CMA CGM heads consortium with concession in inland Port of Lyon
Lyons, France (Ports Europe) December 13, 2024 – CMA CGM is heading a consortium that has won a 30-year sub-concession at the port of Lyon. The...
Suez Canal Container Terminal receives new cranes
Port Said Egypt (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – At the end of November, the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) welcomed a ship bringing port...
Russia’s Southern Horseshoe for year-round Black and Caspian seas navigation
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 4, 2024 – Under pressure from its military, Russia is considering a project for year-round navigation along the...
Nibulon sends first coaster ship from Izmail to Turkey
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – Grain trader Nibulon has sent its first coaster ship carrying 7,000 tons of soybeans from the inland...
Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi port sold at 13th attempt
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Belgorod-Dniester), 75 km south-east...
Maersk sees no return to Suez Canal until 2025
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – Speaking journalists last week, Vincent Clerc, CEO Maersk, said that the continued attacks on...
Ukraine’s Danube ports are losing cargo
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – Ukraine’s Danube River ports are losing cargo thanks to the success of Kyiv’s Black Sea corridor....
European Union: Inland waterway cargo traffic down again in 2023
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – In 2023, cargo transport on EU inland waterways was down by 4.6% (or 6 million...
Kremlin propaganda: NATO to sail Danube to Black Sea
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – Kremlin paranoia and its efforts to brainwash the local population gave birth to a new idea: NATO is...
New Russia-China transport corridor crossing Amur River
Dzhalinda, Russia (Ports Europe) November 3, 2024 – The investor in Russia’s River Port Dzhalinda (Jalinda) on the Amur River has started preparatory...
More ships cross Turkish straits despite war in Ukraine
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – The Turkish straits were crossed by 65,800 ships in January-September, the Ministry of Transport and...
Kazakhstan to invest in cargo transport on Irtysh River linking China and Russia
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Transport Ministry has a draft “road map” for the integrated development of...