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.
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...
New lock allows “mega ships” to use Ghent-Terneuzen canal
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – The largest ever ship MV Bregaglia has sailed the Ghent-to-Terneuzen canal after a major civil...
Egyptian SCZone delegation visits France
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 7, 2024 – Senior management from the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) have been on a promotional tour of France...
Back in the USSR: €45.3 billion promised for the transport system in Russia
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – The following text will transport those familiar with the Soviet Union’s way of budgeting and...
11th attempt to sell Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi port failed
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The 11th attempt to sеll Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi...
SEA Europe urges stronger support for sustainable, digitalised inland waterways fleet
SEA Europe urges stronger support for sustainable and digitalised inland waterways fleet under new State aid rules – September 16, 2024 SEA Europe, the...
Port of Villefranche-sur-Saône set for development
Lyons, France (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Managed by the Beaujolais Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Port of Villefranche-sur-Saône (Rhône)...
Yet another dredging of Astrakhan port on shrinking Caspian Sea
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – More than 46 million rubles (463,000 euros) are allocated for yet another dredging of Russia’s...
New port logistics hub on Russia’s Kama River
Bolshoe Afanasovo, Russia (Ports Europe) August 30, 2024 – A new port logistics hub on the left bank of the Kama River in the Bolshoe Afanasovo...
The new Volga River cargo port in Sviyazhsk is operational
Sviyazhsk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – A cargo port was officially opened in Sviyazhsk on the Volga River on August 29 on the land of the...
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...
Update: Romania wants to buy Moldova’s Giurgiulesti port from EBRD
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Romanian government has approved the start of negotiations with the European Bank for...
Romania, Turkey, Netherlands, Denmark firms interested in EBRD’s Giurgiulesti port
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The state-owned part of landlocked Moldova’s only port of Giurgiulesti on the Danube River...