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.
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...
Belgium inland waterway transport to increase in Q1 2024
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, barges transported 39.9 million tonnes of goods on Belgian inland...
Chinese ships in Russian Far East inland waterways
Khabarovsk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 4, 2024 – In further proof of Russia’s dependence on China, Moscow will allow Chinese ship Jianghong Fuxing to...
50 year old Bulgarian-Romanian Danube power plant project resurrected
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – According to Bulgarian media, a 50-year-old project for a hydropower plant on the Danube River, a road...
No spare parts for foreign engines for Russia’s river fleet
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – Over the past two years, spare parts and services for foreign-made ship engines have become unavailable,...
MSC & two Belgian firms to takeover inland Port of Limburg
Genk, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – The Swiss logistics group MSC, Henri Essers en Zonen Internationaal Transport and Machiels (JM Recycling)...
Update: EU funding for transport projects in Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 22, 2024 – The European Commission (EC) has approved funding of 95 million euros for the joint Bulgarian-Romanian project...
Nibulon will start using ships of Ukrainian Danube Shipping
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Local agricultural company Nibulon will start using ships of Ukrainian Danube Shipping (UDS) for inland...
European Commission announces seaport investments, CEF
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – The European Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over €7 billion through the...
Serbia plans to revive Danube port of Prahovo
Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – Serbia will invest 36 million euros in the country’s Danube River port of Prahovo, Minister of...
Tender for modernisation of Galati river-sea port
Galati, Romania (Ports Europe) July 7, 2024 – Romania’s Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Dunarii Maritime published on July 3 a tender...
Efficiency of five lower Danube ports – study
Katowice, Poland (Ports Europe) July 6, 2024 – From five lower Danube River ports analysed in the period 2014-2021, none reached the maximum efficiency...
Kanal Istanbul faces legal setback
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – The zoning plan for a section of the planned Kanal Istanbul project is not in accordance with the law,...
Bulgaria-Romania Danube River ferry restored after 20 years
Ruse, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – Bulgaria and Romania will restore the ferry service between the two countries across the Danube River by the...
FDR: Insurance issue for Dutch and Europe’s inland waterways
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) June 21, 2024 – European inland waterways face a crisis that could have major consequences for shipowners,...
Turkey: Vessel traffic through Bosporus & Canakkale Straits, Q1 24
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has published traffic numbers of vessels passing through the...