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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Algerian, Tunisian ferry companies adopt cold ironing
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 22, 2024 – Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation and Algérie Ferries are investing in adapting their ferries for cold...
Port of Aveiro launches a tender for dredging contract
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 22, 2024 – The Port of Aveiro has launched a public tender for a maintenance dredging contract with a basic value of...
EU director generals visit Boluda Towage in Bruges
Bruges, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 22, 2024 – On May 16, 2024, Boluda Towage received a delegation of around 27 EU Directors General on board the tugs VB...
AD Ports with first electric tug in the Middle East
Abu Dhabi, UAE (Ports Europe) May 22, 2024 – SAFEEN Group, part of AD Ports Group, is trialling an electric tug within their Marine Services fleet, the...
Update: €1 bln tunnel under Genoa port, former president under investigation
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 22, 2024 – In March, construction started of a 3.4-kilometre long, 1 billion euro tunnel, 45 m under the water that will...
Port of Constanta to add berth for Ukrainian grain
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 22, 2024 – The Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta will add an additional berth for the handling of Ukrainian...
Chantier Naval de Marseille commits to “green” steps
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Grand port maritime de Marseille (GPMM) and Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNdM) have agreed a number of...
Ports of Genoa sees weaker Q1 2024 for cargo traffic
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – In Q1 2024, the Ports of Genoa handled 15.59 million tonnes of cargo, down -2,4% on the same period of 2023....
WSJ: Undersea cables vulnerable to tampering by Chinese repair ships
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – U.S. officials are privately delivering an unusual warning to telecommunications companies:...
Russia’s container market in Jan-Apr’24 was 2.2 mln TEUs
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew by +11.4% in the January-April 2024 period compared to the first four months of...
Jan de NUL carries out dredging in Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – The Belgian company Jan De Nul NV is carrying out dredging in the Port of Santander. The work will be...
The largest offshore installation methanol vessel launched
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 20, 2024 – Van Oord’s new offshore installation vessel Boreas was successfully launched at the China’s Yantai CIMC...
Port towing service tender for Fiumicino
Fiumicino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The Mediterranean port of Fiumicino on the Tyrrhenian coast announced a tender for port towing service valued...
APM Terminals automates gate lifts in Vado Ligure
Vado, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – APM Terminals has announced that all gates at the Vado Gateway port system have now been automated. Optical...
Port of Valencia sees improved cargo in April 2024
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – In January-April 2024, Autoridad Portuaria de València (APV) handled 26.2 million tonnes of cargo, up...
Fiat Topolino arriving at the port of Livorno seized
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The Customs Agency and the Financial Police has seized 134 examples of the electric Fiat Topolino microcar...
Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results, Oct 23-Apr 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The table below prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in millions...
Russian ports handled 288.4 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Apr’24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-April period decreased by 4.3% compared to the first four...
Fairplay Towage orders two ASD tugs from Damen
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – Fairplay Towage Group has ordered two more tugs from Damen Shipyards. One will be an ASD Tug 2813 and the...
KOTUG & Skeye test new tug drone
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) May 19, 2024 – KOTUG International and Skeye have completed a pilot test for the “Tug Drone”. A pilot...