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 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...
New agro-terminal in Astrakhan Lotos SEZ to be ready by end-2023
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 4, 2022 – Russian company AgroTerminal Caspiy, with its 2 billion rubles (32 million euro) project to build a...
Russian ammonia could be exported via Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi
Pivdennyi, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 4, 2022 – A deal to resume Russian ammonia exports via Odessa, despite the heavy fighting in Ukraine, could be...
€1.6 billion euro to guarantee year-round inland navigation – RosMorRechFlot
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 2, 2022 – €1.6 billion needed to guarantee year-round navigation between Azov, Black and Caspian Seas, said...
Russia’s desperate efforts to make the North-South corridor work
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 1, 2022 – Russia is taking desperate efforts to make the North-South transport corridor work. The International...
Makhachkala, next Russian port to receive new border check point facilities
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) November 30, 2022 – The state contract on design and survey works for construction of sea border crossing point in...
Volga-Caspian Sea Canal to be deeper and with two way traffic
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 29, 2022 – Hard pressed to move its trade in the south-east direction due to western sanctions, Russia is pouring more...
Russia invests further in Volga-Caspian Sea Canal
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 28, 2022 – Russia is investng further in Volga-Caspian Sea Canal with subsidies for dredging. Hard pressed to move its...
Rostov-on-Don to invest in border control following Russia’s cargo shift
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) November 27, 2022 – Rostov-on-Don is to invest in border control following Russia’s cargo shift to the southeast....
WeBuild wins TEN-T network railway contract in Romania
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) November 21, 2022 – Webuild wins a €441-million contract to upgrade and double a section known as Lot 4 of the...
Desperate Moscow seeks unified rules for Caspian Sea corridor ports
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2022 – A desperate Moscow is seeking unified commercial and conventional rules for the ports in its sanctions...
Ukraine to expand Danube inland port water areas
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 17, 2022 – Ukraine is planning to expand Danube inland port water areas of the Izmail, Reni Port and Ust-Dunaisk...
EBRD lends funds to Moldova for road links with Ukraine
Chisinau, Moldova (PortSEurope) November 17, 2022 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend €100 million to Moldova to...
Ukraine grain export continues, exceeding 15 million tonnes
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 16, 2022 – Ukraine grain export continues, already exceeding over 15 million tonnes. Over the past few days, some...
EBRD supports first green hydrogen facility in Egypt
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 15, 2022 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to lend $80 million loan to Egypt Green to...
Kanal Istanbul project to include large logistics port
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 13, 2022 – The Kanal Istanbul project to include a large logistics port on he Black Sea, according to Adil...