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.
Bulgarian PM says port link project with Greece will boost energy, transport, tourist sectors
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s prime minister Boyko Borisov has said the launch of a railway connection between...
Gibraltar Tourist Board & Port Authority attend Seatrade Convention
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 –Â The Gibraltar Tourist Board and Port Authority are attending the Seatrade Europe Cruise Convention....
New railway connection agreement between Greece and Bulgaria
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection will be signed...
Cádiz port participates in Seatrade Europe to attract river cruise traffic
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Cádiz port participates this week in the most important cruise event in Europe, the ‘Seatrade...
Polesine ports and Venice port system look for synergies
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – At a meeting between Pino Mussolino, Chairman of the Port Authority System of Venice, Secretary...
Suez Canal Authority profit rises 4.66% y/y in July 2017
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said it posted a profit of $447.1 million (€379 million) in July 2017, up...
DP World, Suez Canal Economic Zone set up joint venture
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – UAE-based group DP World has set up a joint venture with Egypt’s General Authority for the Suez...
Ville Forte Ukraine exports LPG from Izmail port for first time
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – Ukrainian company Ville Forte Ukraine has sent the first shipment of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from...
Constanta port increases grain handling
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 13, 2017 –Â The National Company of Maritime Ports Administration (CNAPM) Constanta SA estimates for 2017 a...
Konstantinos Rigas on port regulations and environmental charging
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – Baltic Ports Conference 2017 has interviewed Konstantinos Rigas, Unit “Ports & Inland...
Deepening of Volga river can help development of North-South Corridor
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – A plan to dredge the Volga river to a greater depth and develop local ports, will speed up the...
Six port multimodal corridor between Greece and Bulgaria
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – By the end of July, Greece and Bulgaria will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the...
Bulgaria and Greece to build a multimodal corridor between Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Danube
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Bulgaria and Greece have announced that they plan to extend the multimodal transport corridor between the...
Expanded Panama Canal tops expectations in first year
Panama City, Panama (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – The Expanded Panama Canal (Canal de Panama) has set a number of records and surpassed expectations in...
EBRD, EIB to invest €50 million in development of Dnieper River as transport artery
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 23, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) intend to...
Over 30 shipping agencies use Single Window from the start of the Bulgarian system
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 25, 2017 –Â Over 30 shipping agencies with nearly 100 users use the services of the electronic document processing...
TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...
Metrans opens new rail hub in Budapest linking north and south Europe
Budapest, Hungary (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Metrans, the intermodal subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), is further expanding its...
Ukraine’s UDP to invest $50 million in fleet modernisation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (PJSC UDP) plans to invest $50 million (€44.5 million) in the renovation of...
Transneft Volga Region works to increase oil exports from Novorossiysk port
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Russian company Transneft Volga Region, JSC has started design and exploration works as part of a project...