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.
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...
Croatia gets EU funding for construction of bulk terminal in Osijek
Osijek, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The Croatian government has agreed a EU financing for the construction of bulk cargo terminal in Osijek. The...
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company presents e-governance systems
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.) has presented as examples of best practices in...
Ukraine, Belarus to set up river port hub
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Ukraine and Belarus intend to jointly create a river port hub to include the Dnieper in a trans-European...
Marseille port – the development of inland services
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – The Marseille Fos 2016 annual report gives details of the ports successes in 2016 in developing inland...
Nantes port awards inland waterway freight transport deal to CLT
Nantes, France (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – Nantes port has awarded a contract for the operation of inland waterway transport of cargo as of January 1,...
Slovenian Parliament to vote on Koper railway project upgrade on April 26
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – The bill on the project for the upgrade of the railway line connecting Slovenia’s Koper port to the...
Developing Danube usage could help Constanta port
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – Karla Peijs EU Coordinator Corridor of the Rhine-Danube said that making the Danube river navigable...
Danube-Black Sea Gateway Region – multiport gateway region project started
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – More than 60 experts from central and eastern Europe took part in the Kick-Off Conference on the...
Constanta organises conference to analyse Danube cargo traffic
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Constanta port management company Compania Națională Administrația Porturilor Maritime SA Constanța...
Bulgarian competition regulator cancels Vidin port concession
Vidin, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Bulgarian competition authority has cancelled a 35-year concession of the South Container Terminal at...
Montenegro to connect Bar port to TEN-T
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The Montenegrin government aims to connect the country to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) by...