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Mersin International Port invests in tugs from Sanmar Shipyards

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Mersin International Port (MIP) has invested 250 million liras (€7.1 million) in environment-friendly tugs...

Antwerp Euroterminal installs cold ironing

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Antwerp Euroterminal (AET) is installing the first shore power connection for seagoing vessels in Belgium...

Georgia’s Anaklia port given to China

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – A consortium of majority state-owned China Communication and Construction Company (CCCC) Ltd., one of the...

Damietta port to host new ship scrapping & recycling project

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Damietta port will be the location for a new ship scrapping & recycling project to be set up by...

Ports of Aveiro, Figueira da Foz tender for towage, mooring

Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Ports of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz have issued a new international public tender for the concession...

Dredging of Burgas port set for July completion

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The draft between the two port terminals in Burgas is expected to be completed by the end of July, said...

Marsa Maroc publishes positive Q1 2024 numbers

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – Marsa Maroc has published positive results for Q1 2024 including increased cargo traffic and revenue....

Port of Naples sees cargo up +1.3% in Q1 2024

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Port of Naples has reported total cargo traffic of 4.43 million tonnes (mt) in Q1 2024, up +1.3%....

Turkey: Vessel traffic through Bosporus & Canakkale Straits, Q1 24

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has published traffic numbers of vessels passing through the...

Green Bay – a new European port certification

Toulon, France (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIV) has launched a new environmental standard for certification...

Calls for towage investment in Port of Ceuta

Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – Representatives of CGT Mar y Puerto trade union have called for the authorities to increase the number of...

Cyprus scraps €1.2 bln development contract of Larnaca port

Larnaca, Cyprus (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The 1.2 billion euro redevelopment contract for the port and marina of Larnaca in Cyprus with Kition Ocean...

Reference – Red Sea crisis

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – Since October 2023, Houthi rebels have been attacking cargo and container ships in the Red Sea. The rebels...

Russia claims start of commissioning at Taman ammonia terminal

Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Commissioning work has begun at the long-delayed TogliattiAzot terminal under construction for transshipment...

Banks support projects in Ports of Naples, Salerno

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Banco BPM, UniCredit and SACE will join Advance Payment Bonds with a total value of 36 million euro. The funds...

Port of Marin imports frozen squid from South Atlantic

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – The Spanish Port of Marin is receiving ships carrying frozen squid from the South Atlantic. More...

Webuild publishes update on new Genoa breakwater project

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – The contractor Webuild has published a press release providing an update on the new Genoa breakwater project....

Authorities plan Ancona-Bar-Durres ferry

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – The relevant authorities have been investigating setting up border services at the Port of Bar. Then, a...

Tanger Med is one of the world’s top 19 container ports

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Morocco’s Tanger Med port in the Strait of Gibraltar achieved record figures in 2023, the year in which...

Russian oil ship-to-ship operations seek new ports in the Mediterranean Sea

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 26, 2024 – Earlier this month, Greece started issuing NAVTEX notices which inform all shipping to stay away from...

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