Industries
All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Port of Constanta caught up in grain dispute
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – The Black Sea port of Constanța is caught up in a grain dispute concerning Ukraine. Since Russia...
Head of Rosmorrechflot visits shipbuilding facility in Astrakhan region
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – Yesterday, the head of Rosmorrechflot, Zakhary Dzhioev, visited the Lotos Shipbuilding Plant JSC as part...
US Ambassador Bridget Brink visits Danube ports of Reni, Izmail in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – U.S. Ambassador Bridget A. Brink visited the Danube river ports of Reni and Izmail on April 26, 2023. The...
Port of Sète-Frontignan, SNCF sign railway contract
Sète, France (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – The Port of Sète-Frontignan and SNCF have signed an agreement to develop the rail service at the port. It...
Approval for Grimaldi Group acquisition of Barcelona Ferry Terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – The National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved the Grimaldi Group acquisition of...
YILPORT orders 23 new terminal tractors from Terberg
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – Port operator YILPORT has ordered 23 new terminal tractors from Terberg, a manufacturer of special...
Malta sees cruise passengers up 185% in Q1 2023
València, Spain (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – Malta welcomed 71,986 cruise ships passengers in Q1 2023, up +185% on 25,198 in the same period of 2022....
Alabuga received SIBUR’s first container train
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Last weekend, the first train consisting of 76 cars with SIBUR products arrived at the container terminal of...
Italian seaports’ cargo returns to pre-Covid levels
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Italian seaports handled a total of 490.1 million tons of goods, up +1.8% on 2021, +10.4% on 2020 and just below...
Albania seaports see Q1 2023 cargo traffic up 14.3%
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, Albanian seaports handled a total of 1.61 million tons of cargo, up +13.2% on...
Den Hartogh, Metrocargo Italia transports tank containers between Italy and France
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Royal Den Hartogh Logistics, a leading logistics operator in the chemical industry, has contracted Metrocargo...
Russia begs Indian businesses to move to its SEZ
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Russia is trying to lure India into helping it replace Western goods as well as equipment and...
80% less containers in Russia’s Baltic ports – growth in Far East
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – In 2023, port container terminals of Northwest Russia will have only 20% of their capacity utilised....
Piraeus Port Authority attends 7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) joined the 7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum in Thessaloniki on April...
Luxury cruise companies look to smaller, island destinations
Luxury cruise companies are turning their attention to smaller, off-the-beaten-path destinations, according to discussions at the 7th Posidonia Sea Tourism...
7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum meets in Thessaloniki port
7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum Brings Cruise Industry Leaders Together for first cruise event ever in Thessaloniki – April 26, 2023 Global cruise...
Port of Bilbao sees continued cruise business recovery
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Last year’s performance in terms of cruise ship traffic in the Port of Bilbao is being consolidated. May is...
Russia pushes again for opening long-delayed industrial zones in Egypt
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Moscow is desperately trying to create two long-delayed Russian industrial zones (RIZ) with a...
Bulgarian dream: Black Sea-Danube River canal
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – A 50-year-old, overambitious project to connect Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea port of Varna and Ruse, the...
JT Oil Terminal Constanța issues tender for oil terminal in the port
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) May 1, 2023 – JT Oil Terminal Constanța has issued a tender for the construction of a new oil terminal in Constanța...