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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.

Egypt to cut container ship fees at East Port Said for one year

Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – Egypt’s government plans to reduce the fees for container ships coming from foreign ports to East Port...

Turkey to launch tender for shipping channel construction in Istanbul this year

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 17, 2018 – A tender for the construction of a shipping channel in Istanbul will be held this year, the Minister of...

Trieste port expects Cervignano-Rostock intermodal service to be launched soon

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 16, 2018 – In Friuli Venezia Giulia, a new rail link has been inaugurated between the Cervignano transit centre in the...

Hungarian and Romanian port operators discuss issues at Constanta Port Day

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – At the 12th edition of the Constanta Port Day in Budapest, more than 100 guests from Hungary,...

Suez Canal Authority and Bolloré discuss cooperation

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – The Head of the Suez Canal Authority and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZ), Mohab Mamish, has met...

Port Said to receive two vessels produced by Germany’s Voith in 2019

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 28, 2018 – Port Said expects to receive in 2019 two vessels to facilitate the handling of ships, produced by German...

Suez Canal increases discounts for LNG carriers

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority has decided to increase the port fee discount for liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Suez Canal to coordinate investment incentives amendment with Egyptian government

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority plans to coordinate with the government an amendment of the investment incentive...

Suez Canal Authority renews marine insurance contract

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The Suez Canal Insurance Company (SCI) has renewed the insurance contracts with the Suez Canal Authority...

Constanta port issues environment tender

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The National Company Maritime Ports Administration SA Constanta has announced a tender for an...

Suez Canal Authority cancels investment project of Italy’s Danieli

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority has canceled its project for the construction of an iron and steel plant in Ain...

Sines port signs MoU with Suez Canal Economic Zone

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Sines port has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Suez Canal Economic Zone...

ESPO meeting takes place in Constanta port

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Today, Constanta Port hosts, for the first time in Romania, the meeting of the Executive...

EU Commission appoints new coordinators for Trans-European transport network (TEN-T)

European Commission, September 14, 2018 – Commission appoints new coordinators for Trans-European transport network (TEN-T) Today the Commission...

Complex Delta Srl starts dredging of Ukrainian Danube ports

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – The Romanian company SC Complex Delta SRL has started the dredging process at the Danube ports of...

China’s Jushi opens third production line at Suez Canal factory

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – Managers of China’s Jushi, a global manufacturer fibreglass products, have met the head of the...

Vietnamese companies eye investments in Suez Canal

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 3, 2018 – Vietnamese companies are interested in investing in the launch of fish farming facilities in the axis of...

Arctic route cannot represent alternative to Suez Canal

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority considers that the Arctic route cannot represent an alternative to its...

Ukraine seaports handle 73.9 million tons of cargo in first 7 months of 2018

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) reports that from January to July 2018, the country’s...

USA invites dredging companies to discuss development of inland waterways

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has invited representatives of dredging companies to discuss...

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