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.
Analysis – Kanal Istanbul – the largest construction project in the world for a decade
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Construction works for Canal (Channel, Kanal) Istanbul project, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of...
Analysis – Syria signs 49-year contract for operation, overhaul of Tartus port with Russia’s Stroytransgaz
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – The Syrian authorities have concluded a 49-year investment contract with Russian company Stroytransgaz for the...
Suez Canal Authority, China’s Tianjin to develop 2nd phase of TEDA Industrial Zone
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China’s...
METRANS starts new block-train service between Koper port and Enns
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – The Luka Koper port authority has reported a new railway service connecting Enns, in Austria, with Koper...
DP World to invest €30 million in Novi Sad inland port
Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2019 – DP World, the new owner of the port of Novi Sad, plans to invest €30 million ($33.74 million) in the...
SCA to increase Suez Canal annual revenues by $1 billion
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Suez Canal Authority (SCA) aims to increase the annual revenues of the Suez Canal by $1 billion (€888 million),...
Svitzer to deliver two tugboats to Suez Canal Authority
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Leading global towage operator Svitzer has signed a 10-year agreement with Port Suez in Egypt to deliver two...
Ukraine joins Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding instrument
Kiev, Ukraine, April 7, 2019 – Ukraine has joined to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding instrument, said Volodymyr Omelyan, Minister of...
Ukraine minister attends TEN-T & CEF conference in Bucharest
Kiev, Ukraine, April 7, 2019 – On March 28, 2019, Volodymyr Omelyan, the Minister of Infrastructure took part in the in the TEN-T & CEF Conference,...
Karla Peijs, European Coordinator for the TEN-T Rhine-Danube Corridor, in Constanta Port
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Karla Peijs, European Coordinator for the TEN-T Rhine-Danube Corridor, and Dirk Beckers, Director INEA...
Ukraine together with the EU will develop the infrastructure of Azov region – Volodymyr Omelyan
March 20, 2019 – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine – Ukraine together with the EU will develop the infrastructure of Azov region –...
Ukraine’s inland Reni port proposes new LNG terminal
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Reni port is considering the possibility of attracting investors for a public-private partnership...
Serbia to open financial offer of P&O Ports for Luka Novi Sad on March 22
Novi Sad, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – Serbia’s economy ministry plans to open the financial offer of P&O Ports in a tender for the...
Serbia approves updated offer by P&O Ports for Luka Novi Sad privatisation
Novi Sad, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – Serbia’s economy ministry has approved a bid P&O Ports in a tender for the privatisation of Luka...
Russia to sign agreement for industrial zone near Port Said in April
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – Egypt’s government expects to sign an agreement with the Russian Export Centre (REC) to start the...
SCZone to present investment opportunities to Indian companies
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) managers plan to visit India to meet representatives of local companies...
P&O Ports bid for Novi Sad port privatisation is not valid
Novi Sad, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – The bid placed by P&O Ports in a tender for the privatisation of Luka Novi Sad, the operator of Novi...
P&O Ports places sole bid in Luka Novi Sad privatisation tender
Novi Sad, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – P&O Port Dubai has pleced the sole bid in a tender for the privatisation of inland port Luka Novi...
Russian transport projects that will help Azerbaijan’s ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – In February, the Russian government has published detailed information on Russian national projects...
Danube Ports Network sets up First Advisory Group and announces appointments
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The Danube Ports Network (DPN) has announced the formation of an Advisory Group (AdG) to assist in...