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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.

Ukraine exports 16 million tonnes of grain via its Black Sea ports

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – Ukraine grain export continues, already reaching 16 million tonnes with 605 ships being loaded in the...

Two Kazakh ships to transit Volga-Don canal between Caspian, Azov Seas in 2023

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – The Russian government will allow in two Kazakhstan’s ships to operate (transit) from the Caspian...

Sanctions force Belarus to use Russian inland waterways

Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) December 29, 2022 – Belarus and Russia have signed an intergovernmental agreement on navigation along the inland waterways...

Russia and Iran – a logistics match made by sanctions

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) December 27, 2022 – In February Russia invaded Ukraine. The west responded with wide ranging sanctions affecting Russian...

Suez Canal expects a record breaking $8 billion in revenue

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 26, 2022 – Egypt’s Suez Canal expects revenue to reach the record-breaking $8 billion in its current fiscal year...

Reference – Volga-Don Canal (VCSNC – Volga-Caspian Sea Navigation Canal)

Russia’s Lenin Volga–Don Shipping Canal connects the Volga and Don rivers (both in Russia) at their closest points. The canal, together with...

Romania’s TTS to provide logistics services for inland ports

Bucharest, Romania (PortSEurope) December 23, 2022 – Trade Transport Services (TTS) has approved the signing of two contracts worth an estimated €64.5...

33% less cargo transported via Azov Sea and Don River ports in 2022

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) December 22, 2022 – 32.7% less cargo was handled by Russian ports on the Azov Sea and Don River (Azov-Don basin) in...

Russia is trying to use the occupied Mariupol port with cargo from Ust-Donetsk river port

Ust-Donetsk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2022 – The development of railway infrastructure will make it possible to finally utilize the capacity of...

One more SEZ on the Volga River to help Russia dodge sanctions and move trade south-east

Agidel, Russia (PortSEurope) December 13, 2022 – The latest update about the project for the creation of a port-type special economic zone (SEZ) in the city...

EU discusses financing Solidarity Lanes in Ukraine and Moldova

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 12, 2022 – The European Union has held a conference to discuss financing transport infrastructure in Ukraine and...

Iran export to Russia through Olya, Astrakhan, Makhachkala

Solyanka, Russia (PortSEurope) December 12, 2022 – Iran intends to export its goods to Russia through three more Caspian Sea ports – Olya, VTS...

EuroChem to build ammonia terminal in Russia by end-2023

Zug, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – Following the western sanctions that closed European Union ports to Russian cargo, Swiss registered...

Romanian ports Brăila, Galați to receive EU funds

ConstanÈ›a, Romania (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – The Romanian inland ports of Brăila and GalaÈ›i are set to receive European Union funding for...

Voltalia, TAQA Arabia plan green energy cluster in Egypt

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – France’s Voltalia SA and Egyptian energy company TAQA Arabia have signed a memorandum of...

Suez Canal Economic Zone signs seven MoUs for hydrogen development

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone has signed seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) for green hydrogen...

Additional infrastructure in Bulgaria’s Varna and Russe ports to help Ukrainian logistics

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 6, 2022 – Bulgaria has proposed to the EU projects for additional development of its ports in Rousse (Danube River...

New passenger terminal in Astrakhan port by 2027

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 5, 2022 – The project for the construction of passenger terminal building in Russia’s river-sea port of Astrakhan...

Ongoing development of inland waterway transport in EU

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 5, 2022 – Transport on inland waterways is a sustainable and less congested mode of transport, that can play a...

Russia intensifies talks about more use of inland water transport

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 5, 2022 – Russia is intensifying talks about the use of its inland water transport. The key issues are money and...

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