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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.

Swissterminal Group begins operations in France

Frenkendorf, Switzerland, 30 June 2021: Swissterminal AG will officially take over the operation of three inland ports in the Alsace region – Ottmarsheim,...

EBRD details investment in GiurgiuleÅŸti International Free Port, Moldova

ChiÈ™inău, Romania (Ports Europe) June 29, 2021 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has published a...

Minister attend meeting to review port of Slavonski Brod, Croatia

Director of the Inland Navigation Directorate of the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure participated in the final conference of the EU project...

The foundation of the Kanal Istanbul Sazlidere bridge is launched

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 28, 2021 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, headed by Minister Adil KaraismailoÄŸlu, has published a...

Ukraine and European Business Association discuss river and sea infrastructure

The first meeting between Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yuri Vaskov and representatives of the Logistics Committee of the European Business Association...

European Federation of Inland Ports backs the European Commission’s roadmaps to navigating the future of European inland waterway transport

25 June 2021 The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) supports the aims and roadmap set out by the “NAIADES III: Boosting future-proof European inland...

Kanal Istanbul will connect the world to Turkey

Minister KaraismailoÄŸlu made examinations in the area before the “Kanal Istanbul Bridge Groundbreaking Ceremony”, one of the most important...

Port Authority of Seville approves actions to promote river tourism

The Board of Directors of the Seville Port Authority (APS) today approved the award of administrative authorizations for the use of the new quay at the Tablada...

Analysis – New container and breakbulk shipping line: from Yarimca, via Don-Volga rivers canal, into Aktau and Turkmenbashi, then to China and back

Yarimca, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 7, 2021 – The big losers of the yet to be launched new container and breakbulk shipping line, linking Marmara (Yarimca...

Port of Mariupol affected by Russia-Ukraine cold war in the Azov Sea

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 2, 2021 – Mariupol, Ukraine’s largest Azov Sea port, is almost ready for the opening of a new modern grain complex on...

EBRD acquires operator of Giurgiulesti International Free Port, Moldova

Chisinau, Moldova (Ports Europe) May 19, 2021 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has said that it has acquired 100% of the...

Analysis – Danube River–Aegean Sea Canal project surpasses the craziness of Kanal Istanbul

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – A megalomanic project to construct a Danube River–Aegean Sea Canal has been a Serbian dream for well...

Kanal Istanbul construction to start in June

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – A sod-turning ceremony for the Kanal Istanbul project will be held by the end of June. Despite opposition to...

In January-April 2021 freight traffic on the Dnieper increased by 1.2 million tons

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 13, 2021 – The River Information Service of Ukraine (RIS) has reported that in the first 4 months of 2021, cargo traffic...

Danube Logistics presents the fifth release of its annual Carbon Footprint Report

Danube Logistics presents the fifth release of its annual Carbon Footprint Report developed in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol – May 11, 2021...

DP World expands European inland network through Swissterminal tender success to operate three Alsace ports

DP World has significantly expanded its European inland network, adding three key ports in the Alsace region through its affiliate company, Swissterminal...

Lifting the curtain on the reverberations of the Suez blockage – Maersk

On Tuesday March 23, a 400-meter-long container vessel ran aground and became lodged sideways across the waterway in the Suez Canal. Almost a week in and with...

Russia: Extended meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council

Kazan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 6, 2021 – An Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting took place on April 30 in Kazan and was attended by government...

Swiss Rhine ports: Handling statistics 1st quarter 2021 – Cargo handling at previous year’s level

At a good 1.25 million t, the cargo throughput in the Swiss Rhine ports in the first quarter of 2021 is roughly at the level of the corresponding period of the...

Karasu port to add Ro-Ro service to Burgas after the one to Constanta

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 3, 2021 – Studies have started for the establishment of a Ro-Ro line between Bulgaria’s second largest Black Sea port...

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