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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.

Key ports face delays in container ships’ handling

Singapore (Ports Europe) May 8, 2024 – Key global ports experience delays of up to one week in the handling of container and other cargo ships, mostly...

Rensen-Driessen contracts Romania’s Orsova for two vessels

Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) April 24, 2024 – The Netherlands’ Rensen-Driessen Shipbuilding has signed a contract with Romanian...

FT: Western Mediterranean container ports congested by Red Sea crisis

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – Container ports around the Western Mediterranean are nearing full capacity, raising the risk of higher...

Ukraine wants to re-energise Danube River cargo market

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) April 22, 2024 – State-owned Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDSC) is planning to re-energise the flagging...

Better outlook for Suez and Panama canals

Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 20, 2024 – It increasingly looks like the Suez and the Panama canals will become again the global key sailing routes. It is...

“Sailing from Constanta Port to Linz Port”

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – The event “Sailing from the Port of ConstanÈ›a to the Port of Linz” took place in Vienna on...

IMB report underscores Somali shipping piracy

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has published a report, “Piracy and Armed Robbery...

What is the relationship between inland waterways and seaports?

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started in February 2022, we have heard more about inland waterways...

German inland cargo shipping will hit a new all-time low in 2023

Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – In 2023, inland waterways in Germany transported -5.9% fewer goods than in the previous year, according...

EFIP members discuss developing inland ports

Paris, France (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – Today, EFIP members met in Paris for their annual General Assembly meeting. It was hosted by HAROPA PORT...

Ukrainian Danube Shipping plans combined transport service

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 20, 2024 – PJSC Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP) plans to offer a combined transport service at a single rate...

Suez Canal Economic Zone and Antipollution Egypt holds talks

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – A meeting between the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) and Antipollution Egypt took place recently....

Russia’s railways lack enough capacity to Black Sea ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 9, 2024 – The capacity of Russia’s Black and Azov Sea ports is four times bigger than the transport capacity of the...

Suez Canal Authority plans to double capacity

Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe)- March 6, 2024—The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) plans to double capacity and says the required studies will be ready within 18...

Container transport in rail freight transport in Germany, 2005-2022

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility (BALM – Bundesamt für Logistik und Mobilität) has...

Record cargo turnover of Odesa ports in February

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – The cargo turnover of the ports of Greater Odesa in February was 8 million tonnes, of which 5.2 tonnes were...

The magnitude of overlapping shipping disruptions

Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) February 25, 2024 – For the first time, the world faces simultaneous disruptions in two major global maritime trade...

Local court cancels zoning plans for Kanal Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – On February 13, 2024, the Istanbul 11th Administrative Court cancelled the development plan of the...

The success wartime story of Ukraine’s Danube ports

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – In the face of a concerted effort to cripple Ukraine’s port infrastructure, the country’s Danube...

EU delegation visits Suez Canal Economic Zone

Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – A European Commission delegation headed by the Director General for the Taxation and Customs Union DG...

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