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.
Bulgaria to offer concessions for Black Sea and Danube River ports in 2020
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Bulgaria will launch concession tenders for its largest Black Sea and Danube River ports in 2020 with...
Suez Canal to double annual revenue by 2023
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – The new channel of the Suez Canal, opened in August 2015, has paid off in the shortest possible time, the...
Caspian Sea cruises planned
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) 02.02.2019 – Azerbaijan and Russia are to develop sea cruise-based tourism between the ports of the five Caspian Sea...
Suez Canal recovers cost for new Suez Canal project
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Suez Canal Authority has recovered the EGY 20 billion (€992 million/$1.1 billion) cost for the construction...
Ecoslops and Suez Canal Economic Zone to set up unit for treatment unit of maritime oil waste in Port Said
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Ecoslops and Suez Canal Economic Zone have signed an agreement towards setting up a collection,...
USPA dredged 10 ports and canals in 2018
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2019 – In 2018, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) directed the for dredging of six ports and four...
Suez Canal settles dispute with Sewedy Group unit
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority has settled a dispute with a subsidiary of Sewedy Group over the operation of a land...
Suez Canal executes complicated FPSO towing operation
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 27, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority has carried out the complicated operation of towing a floating system for the...
Suez Canal studies ways for developing Ain Sokhna project
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 24, 2018 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) is conducting a study on the mechanism for implementing a partnership...
Ukraine and Belarus agree to Dnipro river improvements
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – CJSC “Beltopenerho” and Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) have signed a cooperation...
Agility Public Warehousing considers Suez Canal development
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Kuwaiti integrated logistics company Agility Public Warehousing has signed a strategic partnership deal with...
Serbia launches new tender for sale of Luka Novi Sad
Belgrade, Serbia (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Serbia’s economy ministry has launched a new tender for the privatisation of Luka Novi...
CIRCLE: supporting the European Commission and the European Maritime Safety Agency for European Maritime Single Window
Press Release –Â CIRCLE: supporting the European Commission (DG MOVE) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) for the European Maritime Single...
Saudi Arabia’s Al-Suwaidi to build €492.5 million industrial complex in Suez Canal Economic Zone
Ain Sokhna, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Saudi Arabia’s Al-Suwaidi Industrial Development Company has signed an agreement with the Suez...
Suez Canal keeps strategic role for global maritime trade
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 10, 2018 – The Suez Canal keeps its role as a strategic junction for global merchant maritime traffic, concentrating...
New Horizon Tank Terminal to build liquid bulk terminal in West Port Said
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 10, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority has signed an agreement with New Horizon Tank Terminal for the construction of a...
Port of Izmir to be connected to BTK railway
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 9, 2018 – Turkey plans to connect the port of Izmir to the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway corridor (BTK) by rail, the...
Suez Canal denies media reports about selling 49% of economic zone to another Arab country
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority has denied media reports that the Egyptian government sold 49% of the Suez Canal...
Suez Canal not to lift transit fees in 2019
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority has no intentions to increase the transit fees for 2019, in order to keep its...
French Parliament delegation visits Suez Canal Authority
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority has received a senior delegation from the National Defense Committee and the Armed Forces...