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Rotterdam: 500,000 containers handled via Secure Chain
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Port Authority of Rotterdam has reported that the 500,000th container has been handled by...
Nations not submitting ports’ container inspection results to IMO
Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – Less than 5% of 167 national administrations are regularly submitting ports’ container...
Porto Canale, Cagliari, calls tenders for shipbuilding area
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – A call for tenders for the allocation of the plots in the shipyard area on the eastern...
Svitzer receives new tugboat from Sanmar
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – International towage company Svitzer has received a new, next-generation, multi-purpose tugboat from...
Collapse of railway cargo to Russia’s Murmansk port
Murmansk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – Railway cargo shipments to Russia’s Arctic Port of Murmansk (part of Port Alliance) decreased by a...
Tanger Automotive City to double in size
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – The Moroccan government has said that the area of Tanger Automotive City will double to 1,185...
DFDS to start Trieste-Damietta service
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Danish shipper DFDS will start a Ro-Ro service between Trieste and Damietta in Egypt in November. The...
SEA Europe urges stronger support for sustainable, digitalised inland waterways fleet
SEA Europe urges stronger support for sustainable and digitalised inland waterways fleet under new State aid rules – September 16, 2024 SEA Europe, the...
200th container train from China arrives in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The 200th container train so far in 2024 from China has arrived at Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port...
Port of Ravenna joined an international mission to Egypt
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The Port Authority of Ravenna joined an international mission to Egypt organised by the MACFRUT trade...
Kazakh ports handled 1.9 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Aug’24 – really?
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports handled 1.9 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of the...
Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results Oct’23-Aug 2024
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in...
Port of Ancona starts modernisation works
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The Port of Ancona has started modernisation works to compete with other North Adriatic ports. The work...
Cruise associations announce coalition
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – MedCruise, Cruise Baltic, Cruise Britain, Cruise Norway and Cruise Europe established the United...
Strikes at Leixoes and Lisbon, cruise ships divert to Vigo
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The strike called by Portuguese port pilots for today and Tuesday will directly affect several...
Valencia to host the World Forum of Cities and Logistics Platforms in 2025
Valencia, September 16, 2024.-Â Valencia will host the World Forum of Cities and Logistics Platforms in 2025, an international event that brings together...
Russian ports handled 596.2 mln tonnes of cargo Jan-Aug 2024
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 15, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-August 2024 decreased by 3.1% compared to the first eight...
Antiquated railway and road infrastructure in Russia
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 15, 2024 – Russia’s attempt to bypass Western sanctions by redirecting its trade towards the East (China) has...
Hutchison Ports BEST introduces first 100% electric Reach Stacker
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2024 – Hutchison Ports BEST has introduced the first electric Reach Stacker in Southern Europe at its...
Remolques Unidos presents new tugboat at the Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2024 – The Remolques Unidos group has presented its new tugboat “Trheintaycuatro” at the Port...