Industries
All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Maersk, Renfe, Cepsa to use biofuels on Algeciras-Madrid rail line
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – Maersk, Renfe and Cepsa will test second-generation biofuels in the railway sector with the aim of...
Russian port capacity reached 1.3 billion tonnes
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – The total capacity of the Russian sea ports is 1.3 billion tonnes per year, according to Ruslan Mukhametov,...
Amico & Co shipyard in Genoa port installs solar equipment
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – The Amico & Co shipyard has installed a new photovoltaic system at its headquarters in Genoa. The company...
Government issues rules to reduce Constanta port congestion
ConstanÈ›a, Romania (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – The Romanian Ministry of Transport has issued operators with new rules to reduce congestion at the Port...
Reference – What equipment is used in port automation?
Port automation is increasingly used and will become the norm for new port facilities. It reduces labour needs and costs, and has a high level of efficiency....
Reference – What cranes do ports use?
Ports use a variety of cranes for different purposes. Some common types of cranes used in ports include the following. It depends on the cargo handled and the...
Black Sea cement plant planned for Kanal Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change has approved the building of a new cement...
Port of Baku signs contract with Damen Shipyards Gorinchem
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – A contract has been signed by Baku International Sea Trade Port JSC, Baku Shipbuilding Plant LLC and Damen...
Ukraine reduces starting price for Belgorod-Dniestrovsky sea port auction
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – The State Property Fund has halved the opening price at the latest privatization auction for the...
China ports container volume rises 4.8% from January to April of 2023
China ports container volume rises 4.8% from January to April of 2023，Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease in May 2023 – June 7, 2023 From...
Iran adds ships to Caspian Sea fleet
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Fifteen commercial ships have been added to Iran’s Caspian Sea fleet, reports the Ports and Maritime...
Turkey increases passage fee for Bosphorus and Dardanelles
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Turkey has again increased the passage fee for the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits. Since October 2022, the...
Two Liebherr heavy-duty cranes for Global Ports in Russia’s Far East
Nakhodka, Russia (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Two Liebherr LHM 550 mobile port cranes with increased capacity became operational in Russia’s Global...
Russian Railways will invest 13.9 million euro in a dry port in Astrakhan
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Russian Railways (RZD) will invest about 1.2 billion rubles (13.9 million euro) until 2025 in the...
Operations start at 2nd Passenger Terminal of Port of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Operations have started at the 2nd Passenger Terminal in the Port of Thessaloniki with two cruise ships...
Ukraine will help Moldova rebuild 400 km railway connection to Reni Port
Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine will help its poor neighbour Moldova to rebuild a 400 km-long section of the railway line from...
7,200 km problems for Russia’s North-South corridor
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – The 7,200-km long International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is sold by Moscow’s propaganda to...
Egyptian ambassador meets Port of Volos management
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – A meeting between the Egyptian ambassador to Greece, Omar Amer Youssef, and the CEO of Volos Port Authority...
Port of Beirut reports slight rise in February TEU traffic
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – The port of Beirut has reported a slight rise in total container (TEU) handling of 58,537 TEU in February...
FSRU can only stay in Piombino port for three years
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has said that at its Golar Tunda floating storage and regasification...