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.
Egyptian president extends Suez Canal’s head mandate
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a public decree extending the service of the head of the...
Suez Canal Insurance Company pays compensation to Suez Canal Authority
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The Suez Canal Insurance Company has paid a EGY 15 million ($838,000/€733,000) compensation to the...
Belarus, Turkey discuss creation of cargo traffic corridor along DnieperÂ
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 10, 2018 – Belarus and Turkey are discussing the creation of a cargo traffic corridor along the Dnieper River,...
Suez Canal’s Economic Zone newly established companies amount to 37 in H1 2018
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – The number of newly established companies in the Suez Canal’s Economic Zone amounted to 37 in the...
Suez Canal generates $15.6 billion revenue in 2015-2018
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – Suez Canal generated a revenue of about $15.6 billion (€13.5 billion) in the past three years and that...
Constanta port issues quay tender
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 -The National Company Maritime Port Administration SA Constanta is inviting applications for the environmental...
Jean-Claude Gayssot appointed president of Medlink Ports
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Members of the Medlink Ports association has elected Jean-Claude Gayssot, president of the board of...
Barge service between Marseille port and Lyons to increase frequency
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – From October 1, 2018, the container barge service between Fos and Lyon will operate five days a week. The...
Suez Canal recording highest revenue ever
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is recording the highest revenue in its history this year, the head of the...
Suez Canal president calls for regulations favouring investments
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) plans to draw up a general plan to attract more cargo traffic to the Nile...
Event: Motorways of the Sea detailed implementation plan and MoS study presentation
Motorways of the Sea, June 21, 2018 The next MoS Conference on “The Motorways of the Sea Detailed Implementation Plan 2018 and the related Study on MoS...
Ports of the Rhine visited the port of Leixões and Via Navegável do Douro
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 23, 2018 – A delegation of representatives from the ports of Stuttgart, Mannheim and Kehl (Germany) and Basel...
Suez Canal Authority completes 90% of tunnel construction project
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority has said that the projects for the construction of seven new tunnels between Sinai,...
Tuscany approves canal expansion project
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Tuscany’s regional government has approved the project agreed with the Ministry of Infrastructure and...
EU official warns against slow progress of European transport corridor
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – The European Coordinator for the Rhine-Alpine core network corridor, Paweł Wojciechowski, has expressed his...
EU to provide finance for two French inland river transport projects
European Commission, May 29, 2018 The European Commission has authorized, under EU state aid rules, the extension of two French aid schemes for river...
France’s GEFCO looks to increase warehousing in Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – GEFCO Ukraine, a logistic operator, a representative of France’s GEFCO Group, plans to triple warehouses...
Event: Logismed and Eurolog – Marrakech, Morocco, May 9-11, 2018
Marrakech, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – The 7th edition of Logismed will be jointly organized with the 24th edition of the International Logistics...
Kanal Istanbul – post-election priority for Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the first initiative of his government after winning...
One Belt-One Road initiative is the focus of Black Sea Ports and Shipping conference
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 29, 2018 – The VII Black Sea Ports and Shipping exhibition and conference will be organised for the first time in...