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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.

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...

Russian minister comments on the development of water transport in 2020

TASS published a series of materials on the preliminary results of the development of the water transport sector in 2020, which were described by the Deputy...

Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18 metres...

International Conference on Transport and Research in the Danube Region

The Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure, with the support of SRIP ACS +, is organizing the sixth traditional international conference “Transport and...

More than 8 million tons of cargo transported by the Volga Shipping Company along the rivers of Russia in 2020

In the navigation season of 2020, Volga Shipping Company JSC carried 8.2 million tonnes of cargo by inland water ways of Russia – December 15, 2020 In...

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