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Russia forced to rely on China and Iran to deepen Volga Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Russia was forced to beg China and Iran to send dredging equipment to realise another of Russian...
Spanish seaports – January 2022 – ranked by total TEU handled
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – In January 2023, state-owned Spanish seaports handled 1.26 million containers (TEU), down -13.2% from...
Spanish seaports see reduced cargo traffic January 2023
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Spanish seaports have reported reduced cargo traffic January 2023. Last month total cargo was 44.27...
Ports of Rome and Lazio report improved 2022 cargo traffic
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – The Ports of Rome and Lazio have reported improved 2022 cargo traffic numbers. All the primary...
Iranian ships run aground in Volga-Caspian Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Two Iranian flagged ships ran aground at the 170th km of the Volga River – Caspian Sea Marine...
Cargo traffic in the Port of Taranto down -16.9% in 2022
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – The Port of Taranto handled 14.6 million tons of cargo, a decrease of -16.9% on 2021 but...
Ukrainian grain creates difficulties for Bulgarian farmers
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Grain silos in Bulgaria are overflowing with wheat but the traders don’t want to buy it because they...
Croatian seaports see Q4 2022 cargo traffic up over +6%
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Total turnover of cargo goods in Croatian seaports in the fourth quarter of 2022 was 5.8 million tons,...
Dragados starts repair work at Port of Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Dragados has started repair work at the Port of Algeciras of three pontoons of the maritime station...
Port of Barcelona is hub for supplying the Balearic Islands
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona is a key hub for supplying cargo to the Balearic Islands. In 2022, traffic...
Port of Milazzo issues tender for dock infrastructure
Milazzo, Italy (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – The Port of Milazzo has issued a tender for infrastructure works, including completion of the docks and...
Constanta – CEE cargo hub. 16th largest port in Europe
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanța benefits from an advantageous geographical positioning on the...
BMF Port Burgas with a dry port in Bulgarian capital Sofia
Bozhurishte, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 26, 2023 – The private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2...
Tender for Bulgaria’s second intermodal terminal in Ruse
Ruse, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 26, 2023 – Bulgaria’s National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRI) has opened the tender for the construction of...
New ferry line Turkey-Sochi to help parallel import in Russia
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) February 26, 2023 – Port of Sochi is joining a race with otherRussian Black Sea ports to launch regular cargo lines to Turkey....
TTS to purchase Romanian port operator Decirom SA
Bucharest, Romania (PortSEurope) February 24, 2023 – TTS (Transport Trade Services) has announced plans to buy an unidentified port operator for the sum...
Luka Koper reports net profit up +133% in 2022
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) February 24, 2023 – Luka Koper has reported net profit of €74.2 million in 2022, up +133% on €42.4 million in the...
Anaklia port saga (2): Construction in 2023 with or without foreign investor
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) February 23, 2023 – Construction of the Georgia’s long-delayed and controversial Anaklia deep port on the Black Sea will...
Azerbaijan’s ports handled 11.4% more cargo YOY in January 2023
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 23, 2023 – The Caspian Sea ports of Azerbaijan increased the transshipment of goods by 11.4% in January 2023 to...
Port of Rotterdam throughput virtually unchanged in 2022 despite war , weakening economy
The war in Ukraine led to unprecedented changes in goods flows last year. At 467.4 million tonnes, total throughput in Rotterdam was almost the same (-0.3%) as...