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Portugal: Mainland seaports cargo report – May 2024

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – The mainland’s commercial port system handled 37.7 million tonnes of cargo in January-May 2024....

Voith delivers new hybrid vessel to Port of Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – Voith has delivered the first of three new type 2030 ferries for HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst AG...

Sanmar signs a contract for two tugs with Turkish authority

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Sanmar has signed a contract with the Turkish Directorate General of Coastal Safety for the delivery of...

Valenciaport increases Ukrainian grain handling

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Imports of Ukrainian grain has increased 123% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last...

Jan de Nul to construct maritime infrastructure of Anaklia Port

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Belgian company Jan de Nul won the tender for the construction of the maritime infrastructure of Georgia’s...

Update: Dredging of Kuryk by Jan de Nul to add 2 m draft

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Dredging work by Belgium’s company Jan de Nul is underway in the waters of the Kazakhstan’s Caspian...

Best Container Terminal Barcelona receives new cranes

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – The Best Container Terminal at the Port of Barcelona, the first semi-automated terminal of the Hutchison...

China and Russia create “Ice Silk Road” in the Arctic

Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) – On August 5, 2024, China and Russia launched a rail-sea service, Arctic Express No 1, which will transport...

$660 million liquefied ethane gas facility in Egypt’s Dekheila port

Dekheila, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 4, 2024 – A $663 million facility to receive, store, and process liquefied ethane gas (LEG) will be built in...

Chinese ships in Russian Far East inland waterways

Khabarovsk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 4, 2024 – In further proof of Russia’s dependence on China, Moscow will allow Chinese ship Jianghong Fuxing to...

Spain-Morocco submarine railway tunnel plan reopened

Punta Paloma, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2024 – In a development that could reshape transport and trade between Europe and Africa, Spain and Morocco...

50 year old Bulgarian-Romanian Danube power plant project resurrected

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – According to Bulgarian media, a 50-year-old project for a hydropower plant on the Danube River, a road...

Port of Gioia Tauro set to receive cranes from China

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – The Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) will soon welcome a ship from China carrying four new cranes...

Port of Bilbao sees 10% growth in cargo in H1 2024

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – Between January and June, the Port of Bilbao has handled 18 million tonnes, which is 1.6 million more than...

Turkey’s first FPSO unit on its way to Filyos port

Filyos, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – Turkey’s first floating natural gas production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has set off from...

Port of Bilbao awards Central Pier construction contract

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Bilbao has awarded the contract for the works of the...

Luka Ploče handled 2.22 mln tons of cargo in H1 2024, -14%

Ploče, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, Luka Ploče handled 2,227,315 tons of cargo, a decrease of 14% in comparison...

Port of Rijeka handled 2.92 mln tons of cargo, -4.6%, H1 2024

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, Luka Rijeka handled 2.92 million tons of cargo, a decrease of -4.6% compared...

First batch of Leapmotor electric vehicles on their way to Europe

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – The first batch of Leapmotor International electric vehicles, the C10 SUVs and T03 cars, set sail this week...

Albania announces tender for new commercial port in Durres

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – Albania has announced an international tender for the construction of a new commercial port in Porto...

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