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New grain terminals in Bulgaria
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 4, 2023 – Bulgarian grain producers are racing to build export infrastructure, seeing additional opportunities in...
New grain export terminal on Volga River
Kstovo, Russia (Ports Europe) August 3, 2023 – Emboldened by a bumper crop and after blocking the export of war-torn Ukraine, Russia is investing in new...
Russia again attacks Ukrainian Danube ports exporting grain
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 2, 2023 – Russia attacked Ukraine’s Danube River grain port of Izmail in the early hours of August 2 with drones....
Russian cruise ship leaves Batumi port after protests
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2023 – The Russian cruise ship Astoria Grande has left the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi following local...
Port of Sines to get closer to Spain with a new rail line
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2023 – The upgrade of the railway line between Evora and Elvas (next to the Spanish border) will increase rail...
Three grain ships brake through Russian Black Sea blockade
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – In a show of defiance and with complete disregard for Russian threats, three merchant ships have broken...
APM Terminals Barcelona awarded €3.9 mln for electrification project
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – APM Terminals Barcelona will carry out a pilot project for the electrification of the container handling...
Ukraine to export grain via Croatian ports
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – Ukraine and Croatia have agreed to investigate using Croatia’s Danube river ports to export grain...
Metrans starts new regular common train service in Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – Staring last June, the new regular common user train service from Metrans connects the port of Rijeka,...
Three times more containers from Turkmenbashi to Alat in H1’23
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – Almost three times more containers (2,362 TEUs) were transported from the Caspian Sea port of...
Landlocked Serbia with a new rail link to Port of Koper
Nis, Serbia (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – The intermodal rail and road MBOX Terminal in Niš, Serbia, a member of the Milšped Group, has started a new...
Highspeed railway to the port of Mersin
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF), the UK government’s export credit agency, will help Turkey’s...
RailFreight Connects in Bremen in September
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – Ports around Europe have been increasing their investments in rail in past years. However, many questions...
Africa, the last resort for Russia’s grain and fertiliser exports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – Western sanctions-hit Russia desperately tries to find new markets for its agricultural production (grain) and...
Sanctions slash the value of Russia’s exports by 33%
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – The value of Russian export decreased by 33% in Q2’23 compared to the same period last year and by 12%...
Uzbekistan looks for a railway line via Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea
Termez, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – A trans-Afghanistan railway project would connect landlocked Uzbekistan to the Arabian Sea and the...
More Chinese equipment for Russian ports
Vostochny, Russia (PortSEurope) July 31, 2023 – Russia’s multifunctional marine terminal operator Global Ports has put into operation two new high-capacity...
FESCO visits Astrakhan shipbuilding plant
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – A delegation of the FESCO Transport Group, headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors Andrey...
Russia’s FESCO plans to develop Africa connections
St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – Executives from the Russian logistics company FESCO have been attending the Russia-Africa Summit and...
Sardinia’s Olbia plans mega-yachts facility
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – The Port Authority of Sardinia has agreed to construct a new facility for mega-yachts to support...