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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.

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...

Ukraine to head the Danube Commission

The Representative of Ukraine to the Danube Commission, Ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary Lyubov Nepop, was elected Chair for 2021-2023 – December 14,...

Analysis – Russia keeps pushing for development of Caspian Sea ports and Volga-Don Canal

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – The prospects for the development of container services in the Caspian Sea and the creation of a...

EFIP welcomes the European Commission’s renewed commitment to inland waterway transport and inland ports to decarbonise transport

09 December 2020 The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) welcomes the direction and actions of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy for Europe....

Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and...

Ukraine to develop cooperation with BSEC for the implementation of projects in the Black Sea region

Ukraine will develop and deepen cooperation with the member countries of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) to implement promising projects in the field...

Croatia: A ministerial videoconference on inland waterway transport was held

Today, November 20, the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union held a video conference of the Ministers of Transport, in the work of which the...

Statement by EBU President Paul Goris at the IWT event under German EU Presidency, 20 November 2020

Inland Waterway Transport pays an important contribution to deliver the future policy, mobility and climate goals – November 24, 2020 The sector...

Belarus eyeing seaport in Romania’s Constanta for export promotion

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) November 20, 2020 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Romania Andrei Grinkevich has visited...

Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company reports third quarter profit

Despite the pandemic and the crisis, PJSC Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDSC) continues to develop and achieve new positive results. For nine months of...

Kazakh ships to gain faster access to Russian rivers for shipment of goods from and to Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – Kazakhstani companies will gain faster and easier access to inland waterways (navigable rivers) in Russia...

“Borderbuster” New Alpe Adria Network: Presidential conference marks development paths

The meeting of the presidents of the chambers of commerce, trade and handicrafts from the Alps-Adriatic region on Friday was all about coping with the economic...

Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company starts digitalization process

Today, PJSC Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company and Vodafone Ukraine signed a memorandum of cooperation in the digitalization of the enterprise – November...

For 10 months, the volume of freight traffic on the Dnieper amounted to 8.6 million tons.

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 5, 2020 – According to the results of January-October 2020 , freight traffic on the Dnieper river of Ukraine...

Russia plans port SEZ in Astrakhan region

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 25, 2020 – Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development has said that it plans to allocate RUB 2.8 billion for...

Serbia: Joksimović with the ministers of the Danube countries on the EU strategy for the Danube region

Belgrade, October 22, 2020 Today, the Minister for European Integration, Jadranka Joksimović, participated in the ministerial meeting of the EU Strategy for...

Ukraine minister praises Kiliya Shipbuilding and Repair Plant

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Vladyslav Krykliy, has visited the Kiliya Shipbuilding and...

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