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.
Port of Barcelona operating normally despite Suez Canal blockage
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has reported that it is operating normally despite the blockade of the Suez Canal...
Blocked Suez Canal delays the re-use of up to 3% of world’s containers in the midst of global shortage
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 26, 2021 – The Suez Canal is in the third day of its blockage by Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in the...
Greening the Fleet – actions and potentials in the inland waterway and short sea shipping transport sector
The global economy has been suffering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for the better part of the last year. The shipping sector was hit especially hard...
Austria Overseas transports via Hamburg at a stable level in 2020
Austria’s maritime transport industry expects transport volumes to increase this year. Alexander Till, Head of the Vienna Representative...
Blocked Suez Canal to exacerbate containers’ shortage
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 24, 2021 – Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in the world, ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 23...
Ukraine government discusses public-private partnership for Izmail Sea Commercial Port
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 24, 2021 – Yesterday, various officials me with Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy to discuss the proposed...
EBRD seeks to safeguard operations of Moldova’s Giurgiulesti port
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is enforcing rights under its financing and security documents with regards to Danube Logistics...
In January-February 2021, freight traffic on the Dnieper shows significant growth
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 11, 2021 – According to the River Information Service of Ukraine (RIS), in the first two months of 2021 freight...
Ukraine seeks to solve port fee issues
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 9, 2021 – During a meeting with the European Business Association (EBA), Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav...
Ukraine and EU work jointly on Dnieper river project
News – Ukraine and EU work jointly on Dnieper river project – March 9, 2021 As a result of cooperation between the Ministry of Infrastructure of...
Bulgaria: Concessions for Vidin port terminals extended
Vidin, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 21, 2021 – The Bulgarian government has extended the concession agreements for the Vidin-North and the Ferry Complex...
Bulgaria: Pre-election rush for port concessions at heavily discounted prices
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 19, 2021 – Eight concessions for large and smaller ports in Bulgaria are to be announced in 2021, according to a new...
Design capacity of the new Olya port’s SEZ to be reached in 2026
Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – The port special economic zone (SEZ), which is being created in the Astrakhan region on the territory adjacent...
Dneiper river traffic slightly down in January
Kherson, Ukraine(PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – In January 2021, freight traffic on the main river of Ukraine, the Dnieper, was 361,800 tons, which...
France’s Haropa ports end 2020 with a traffic of 108 million tonnes, down 6%
In a very difficult global economic context, HAROPA ended the year 2020 with a global maritime and river activity of 108 million tonnes, down 6% compared to...
Volumes of freight traffic on the Dnieper for 1-15 January 2021
The volume of freight traffic on the Dnieper for the period 01-15 January 2021 amounted to 257,483 tons of cargo – January 26, 2021 As a result of the...
River transport: an opportunity for the ports of Venice and Chioggia
After the bonus aimed at developing rail transport, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) aims to strengthen the river mode by allocating...
Fundación Valenciaport participates in LASTING project with aim of increasing participation of maritime transport sector in European R&D&I activities
The LASTING project is a coordination support action, led by both INEA (Innovation and Networks Executive Agency) and the European Commission, with a budget of...
Danube Commission appoints Ukrainian president
The Danube Commission (DC), under the presidency of the Representative of Croatia in the Danube Commission, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of...
Results of transportation across the Dnieper in 2020
Despite the spring quarantine measures and restrictions related to COVID-19, the inland waterway transport market was quite positive – January 12, 2021...