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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.

Volga-Fleet JSC merges with North-Western Shipping Company

North-Western Shipping Company PJSC has merged into Volga Shipping Company JSC (run by Transport Assets Management LLC) with the procedure completed –...

EU ministers comment of Covid-19 challenges for Danube transport

Danube Ministers of Transport conclusions on effective waterway rehabilitation & maintenance anticipating COVID-19 challenges – June 29, 2020 Danube...

Port Burgas managers visit Alexandroupolis Port

Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) June 24, 2020 – Alexandroupolis Port Authority has hosted a visit from managers from Bulgaria’s BMF Port...

Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta joins International Port Community Systems Association

Driving digital solutions: Black Sea port of Constanta joins International Port Community Systems Association – June 22, 2020 The rapidly expanding...

Ukraine signs EU Strategy for the Danube Region document

As part of the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, “Conclusions on the effective rehabilitation and maintenance of waterway...

Danube river cargo volumes not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Persenbeug, Austria (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – There was no reduction in cargo ships traffic in the Danube river, during the three months of quarantine,...

Serbia’s Danube ports of Prahovo and Bogojevo to be expanded to Danube TEN-T standards

Bogojevo, Serbia (Ports Europe) June 15, 2020 – The long-planned project for the expansion of Serbian ports of Bogojevo and Prahovo on the Danube river...

Ukraine calls for public-private development of inland water transport

In order to effectively launch the reform of river transport and the development of inland water transport, the state and business must unite their...

Taganrog Commercial Sea Port invests in environmental programme

Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) June 2, 2020 – In the first quarter of 2020, Taganrog Commercial Sea Port JSC (TagMTP) allocated a total of 1.6 million...

EU supports adoption of law “On Inland Water Transport” in Ukraine

News – The EU supports the adoption of the Law “On Inland Water Transport” in Ukraine – Vladislav Krykliy Bill 1182-1-d “On...

Rosmorport reports steady performance in the first four months of 2020

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2020 – In the first four months of 2020, Rosmorport reported revenue of 10.7 billion rubles. Relative to the...

Russia’s Taganrog Commercial Sea Port (Azov Sea) reports 2% rise in Q1 2020 traffic

Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2020 – In the first three month of 2020, the Russian Azov Sea port of Taganrog has reported a more than 2% rise...

Ukraine joins discussion on the Danube and Covid-19

Representatives of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine joined the 18th meeting of the steering group PN1a “Inland Navigation” of the European...

Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime wins Rapello Marina rebuild contract

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2020 – Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime has signed a contract for the reconstruction, reinforcement and...

More delays for the Russian Industrial Zone near Egypt’s Port Said

Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – Moscow is expecting to sign the developer contract for the Russian Industrial Zone (RIZ) near Egypt’s Port...

Three Turkish and a Chinese company bid to build South-North road corridor with five tunnels in Bulgaria

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 1, 2020 – Three Turkish and a Chinese firm, and five Bulgarian consortia have submitted offers for the construction of...

Analysis – Who will benefit from Kanal Istanbul project?

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 29, 2020 – Companies with close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the governing in Turkey Justice and...

Serbian President Vucic visit construction site Belgrade-Budapest fast railway

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic have visited works on...

Suez Canal maintains throughput in Q1 2020

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 3, 2020 – Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has reported that traffic through the Suez Canal...

Revival of river activity – port of Marseille Fos

Fluvial activity of the Port of Marseille Fos was relaunched on Saturday March 28, 2020 following the return to service of the lock of Sablons on the Rhône by...

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