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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.

Portuguese minister of the sea attends international conference on inland navigation

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has attended the international conference on inland...

Romanian port promotes business at “Constanta Port Day” in Krems, Austria

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) April 23, 2018 – The 12th edition of the Constanta Port Day at Krems took place, April 19, 2018, with 200 delegates...

Increase of LNG ships through Panama Canal

Panama City, Panama (PortSEurope) April 22, 2018 – Three LNG (liquefied natural gas) tankers sailed through the Panama Canal on the same day on April 17,...

Port of Belgorod-Dniester can increase cargo turnover

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 21, 2018 – On April 18, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine with the Ukrainian...

Marseille port receives a delegation from MEDEF Lyon-Rhône Port

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – President of the Executive Board of Marseille Fos port, Christine Cabau Woehrel, has received a...

Constanta and Vukovar ports to review cooperation

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – National Company Maritime Ports Administration SA Constantza and Luka Vukovar d.o.o. are organizing...

Dredging starts at Ukraine’s Izmail sea port

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has started dredging operations at Izmail seaport. The...

Seville port starts implementing RIS standard

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has started the work for the implementation of the...

Ukraine formulates new inland transport law

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – A range of local businesses have contributed to a new draft law “On Inland Water...

Constanta port to benefit from EU Cohesion funding

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – €1.3 billion ($1.61 billion) from the EU Cohesion Fund is to be invested in the modernisation of...

Ukraine to tender multi-port dredging works

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) is issue a tender for the dredging of Izmail and Reni ports....

Constanta port hosts naval meeting

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – Yesterday at the headquarters of the National Company of Maritime Ports Administration Constanta (CN...

Ukrainian ports see improved January 2017 cargo traffic

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 2018 – In January 2018, cargo handled in the sea ports of Ukraine was 10.8 million tonnes, up 10.9%...

Rules of navigation of large-tonnage vessels in the Bug-Dnipro-Liman and Kherson sea channels to change

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – From February 6, 2018, changes will be made to the Rules of Navigation and pilotage of vessels in...

Wärtsilä & Samer Group sign agreement on the industrial canal terminal

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Wärtsilä Italia S.p.A. and Samer Group have signed an agreement for the acquisition of a business...

Ports Europe – Reference – The EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR)

The EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) is a macro-regional strategy adopted by the European Commission and endorsed by the European...

Ukrainian ports of the Danube region are driving the dynamics of cargo turnover

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 Since the beginning of 2018, the ports of the Danube Region have significantly increased the volume of...

FlexiLoire inland river service starts between Nantes and Montoir-de-Bretagne

Nantes-St.Nazaire (France) January 18, 2018 – FlexiLoire, a new fluvial connection for the transport of heavy goods, containers and various freight...

Damietta port to reduce some fees

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Container ships with the capacity of 100 units or less passing through the Damietta Port will be exempt...

Further details released about Kanal Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Kanal Istanbul is a project ti build a waterway which would operate as an alternative waterway to the...

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