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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.

TTS to purchase Romanian port operator Decirom SA

Bucharest, Romania (PortSEurope) February 24, 2023 – TTS (Transport Trade Services) has announced plans to buy an unidentified port operator for the sum...

Draft of vessels in Ukraine’s Danube ports significantly increase

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine has managed to increase the draft of vessels in the country’s section of the Danube...

New feeder container line between Ukraine’s Izmail port, Constanta

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 17, 2023 – The feeder container service between the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta and the Ukrainian Danube...

New Danube River grain and cargo port in Bulgaria’s Silistra

Silistra, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 13, 2023 – Encouraged by the high demand for grain and other cargo transportation along the Danube River...

Belarus to receive a terminal in St. Petersburg port, access to 19 others

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2023 – Russia is to transfer the multifunctional marine transshipment complex Bronka, part of the Big Port...

Ukrainian seaports handled 59 million tons of cargo in 2022

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 9, 2023 – In 2022, Ukrainian seaports handled 47.8 million tons of exports and 6.2 million tons of imports, a...

Ukraine to privatise Bilhorod-Dniester Sea Trade Port

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – On March 3, the State Property Fund will hold a privatization auction for the sale of SE...

Makhachkala port – Russia’s Caspian Sea champion

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – In 2022, Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port became the leader among Russian ports in the Caspian Sea in...

Bosphorus Strait sees reduction in ships and cargo in 2022

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 2, 2023 – Last year, the Bosphorus Strait saw a reduction in transit ships and cargo in 2022. In 2022, the Strait...

Seven berths in Makhachkala port to be repaired

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – Urgent repair of decades old hydraulic structures has started in Makhachkala – Russia’s only...

Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port increases handling of Iranian cargo

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port handled twice as much cement from Iran and exported 20% more grain...

New port facility in Rostov-on-Don by end-2024

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) January 31, 2023 – The main port facilities of Russia’s Rostov-on-Don river/sea port will be moved from its central...

Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...

Bulmarket DM acquires Oiltanking’s terminal for liquid products in Varna-West port

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 25, 2023 – Bulgaria’s Astra-Finance company, a subsidiary of Bulmarket DM, and one of the largest producers of...

Makhachkala port: cargo handled up 38% in 2023

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) January 25, 2023 – Some 450,000 tonnes of general cargo were handled by Makhachkala port since the start of the year,...

Russia’s Caspian Sea ports’ cargo statistics for 2022 is confusing

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2023 – Cargo turnover of the Russian Caspian Sea-Volga river ports of Astrakhan and Olya for 2022 was 3...

Ukraine to privatise Bilhorod-Dniester Sea Trade Port

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 20, 2023 – The Ukraine government has announced that it plans to sell Bilhorod-Dniester Sea trade port. Oleksandr...

Port of Constanta reports higher cargo traffic in 2022, a record year

ConstanÈ›a, Romania (Ports Europe) January 20, 2023 – The Port of Constanta reports higher cargo traffic in 2022, the highest numbers on record. In 2022,...

Rotterdam port officially starts using Nextlogic for inland container shipping

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) January 19, 2023 – The port of Rotterdam has officially started using Nextlogic for integrated planning to handle...

Ukraine privatises Ust-Dunaisk Commercial Seaport

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – The Ukrainian government has privatised, by sale, Ust-Dunaisk Commercial Seaport in the Odessa region....

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