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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.

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...

Ecoslops publishes results for 2019

Ecoslops, the cleantech that brings oil into the circular economy, announces the results for the financial year-end – March 30, 2020 With a turnover of...

Analysis – Strategic and overambitious Iranian move in Russian Caspian, financed by China, or much ado about nothing

Lagan, Russia (Ports Europe) March 23 – A group of Iranian companies, financed by China, wants to invest in the development of the small southern Russian...

COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd sees big fall in February 2020 container throughput

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 17, 2020 – In February 2020, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd handled a global total of 14.52 million TEU, down 12.2% on the...

Analysis – Is this the start of tendering process for Kanal Istanbul?

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 9, 2020 – A tender will be launched on March 26 for the reconstruction and relocation of the historic Odabaşı and...

Ukraine seeks status of a river state

Ukraine must obtain the status of a river state, Vladislav Krykliy – March 5, 2020 Ukraine needs to attain the status of a river state by attaching it to...

Suez Canal traffic increases over 12% in February 2019

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 2, 2020 – Osama Rabie, the head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has announced that in the month of February...

TEMA Foundation: positive EIA decision on Kanal Istanbul Project not compliant with law, public interest or scientific facts

Press Release – TEMA Foundation – February 20, 2020 To the EIA positive decision of TEMA Foundation, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization for...

Proceedings of the Fourth Supreme Cooperation Council of Greece – Bulgaria

The excellent level of Greek-Bulgarian bilateral relations and their promising prospects were confirmed during the work of the two countries’ Supreme...

Analysis – Iran intends to improve port rail connections to develop international trade

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 23, 2020 – The state-owned Iran Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) is planning a local conference to discuss...

Ukraine government approves boundaries of the Skadovsk and Ust-Dunaisk seaports

At a meeting Wednesday, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the borders of Skadovsk and Ust-Danube seaports – February 20, 2020 Following an assessment...

Ukrainian Danube Shipping company introduces new technologies

Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company Introduces New Technologies , Vladislav Krykliy – February 20, 2020 Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company introduces new...

Analysis – Georgian and other deep sea ports around the Black Sea

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – Georgia is the only Black Sea littoral state, which has no deep-water port. For more than three years it...

EU to hold TEN-T day in Croatia in May 2020

The European Commission, together with the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU and Ministry of Transport of Croatia, will hold a TEN-T Days 2020...

Analysis – Turkey to start construction of $20 billion Kanal Istanbul in 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 7, 2020 – The zoning plan for the giant Kanal (Channel, Canal) Istanbul project, linking the Black Sea and the...

Ukraine and Belarus take steps to realise restoration of river E-40

The project for restoration of the river E-40 has come to the stage of practical realization, Vladislav Krykliy – February 6, 2020 The project for...

Ukraine sees its transport integrated with the EU

State policy in the field of transport and infrastructure has a clear European integration direction, Vladislav Krykliy – January 28, 2020 In the...

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