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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.

Freight traffic on the Danube see slight reduction in second quarter

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) September 24, 2020 – According to information published by Statistik Austria, freight traffic on the Danube river recorded...

In first half 2020, cargo traffic at Taganrog Commercial Sea Port remains stable

Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) September 15, 2020 – In the first half of 2020, cargo traffic at Taganrog Commercial Sea Port JSC (TagMTP) remained at the...

Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company joins International Port Community Systems Association

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) September 14, 2020 – The state-owned Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.) has become the newest member of the...

Port of Varna wants a slice of Asia-Central Europe cargo transport

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) September 7 – The project “Bulgarian Logistics Corridor (Asia-Port Varna-Central Europe)” – EU Gateway of the Black...

The law on inland waterways is needed by the market and Ukraine – minister

The law on inland waterways is needed by the market and the state. Without this, neither reform, nor development of river transport will take place, said...

Taganrog Commercial Sea Port maintains cargo traffic in first half 2020

Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) August 27, 2020 – In January-July 2020, cargo turnover of Taganrog Commercial Sea Port JSC (TagMTP) was 552,100 tons,...

Volga Shipping Company increases volumes carried by seagoing dry cargo fleet

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 26, 2020 – In January-June 2020, the Volga Shipping Company transported 2.46 million tonnes of cargo, up 9% on the...

Volga Shipping delivers components for wind power generators

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – On August 14, Volga Shipping Company completed the delivery of equipment of German origin from...

Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company reports financial improvement

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 19, 2020 – In the first half of 2020, Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company has reported a profit of UAH 34.6 million in...

COSCO Shipping Ports – July 2020 container throughout

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) August 18, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported July 2020 container throughout for its terminals together with...

Analysis – Russia “discovers” its strategic Caspian Sea ports

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – After years of neglect, it seems that Moscow is slowly discovering the potential of its three Caspian Sea...

Traffic on Ukraine’s Dnieper river down in Jan-Jul 2020

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 12, 2020 – In January-July 2020, freight traffic on the Dnieper river reached 5 million tons, 8.6% less than in...

Russia’s Astrakhan ports see 15% increase in transshipment in first half of 2020

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) August 4, 2020 – The seaports of Russia’s Astrakhan region registered transshipment of goods of over 1.5 million...

Croatia to receive €23.3 million from CEF for five transport projects

During the past week, the Coordination Committee of the Connecting Europe Facility – CEF presented the results of the evaluation of the second CEF...

Ukrainian-German partnership in the development of intermodal railway transportation

Today, July 30, 2020, in the presence of the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladyslav Krykliy and First Deputy Dmytro Abramovich, Acting Chairman of...

Croatia starts strategic review of inland waterways and ports

The initial conference of the project ‘Strategic documentation for the development of waterways and inland ports of Croatia for the period...

Ukraine and China sign agreement for inland waterway development

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 16, 2020 – Ukraine and China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the development of inland...

Rosmorport reports increased revenue in first half of 2020

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 13, 2020 – FSUE Rosmorport has reported revenue of 14.7 billion rubles (€1.83 billion) in the first half of 2020, up...

A webinar on maritime and river transport was held between Ukraine and EU

On July 7, 2020, a webinar on maritime and river transport was held with the participation of Deputy Minister of Infrastructure for European Integration...

Suez Canal increase ship transit in first half 2020

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) July 6, 2020 – Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has announced that navigation statistics for the...

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