Port Operations
Update: Moscow to finance private firms to buy ports in Africa
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 29, 2024 – Russia is to buy ports in Africa to avoid sanctions restrictions for Russian exports, Roman Chekushov,...
State-owned Spanish ports – cargo handled in 2022 – by port
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – State-owned Spanish ports saw cargo traffic up +3.5% in 2022 to 563,373,981 tons, compared to 544,419,737...
Spanish ports see cargo traffic up +3.5% in 2022
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – State-owned Spanish ports saw cargo traffic up +3.5% in 2022 to 563,373,981 tons, compared to 544,419,737...
Novorossiysk becomes port for container lines from Southeast Asia
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – Trans Synergy will launch a regular container sea service from Southeast Asia to Novorossiysk port in...
TengizChevrOil to export more oil via Georgia’s Batumi port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s TengizChevrOil (TCO) plans to boost its crude oil exports via Georgia’s Black...
Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...
Turkish seaports handled 365 mln tons of cargo in January-August 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2022 – Turkish seaports handled total cargo of 365.16 million tons (mt) in January-August 2022, up +4.4% on...
Ukraine exports 2.37 mln tons of food via new Black Sea corridor
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 8, 2022 – Ukraine has exported 2.37 mln tons of food via new sea corridor since it opened on July 22. According...
Port of Novorossiysk to have improved road connections
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 7, 2022 – The Port of Novorossiysk is to have improved road connections following the signing of a contract...
Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) grows 1.1% in August
Val̬ncia, 2nd September 2022 РThe Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for August is growing steadily in a scenario in which maritime...
COSCO links Bosnia with the Chinese Silk Road
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – COSCO Shipping is to link Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with the Chinese Silk Road with a...
Ranking: Valencia is top Spanish container port in July 2022
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – The Port of Valencia was the top Spanish container port in July 2022. It handled 445,239 containers...
Algeria’s port of Oran increases non-hydrocarbon exports
Oran, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – Algeria’s port of Oran increased non-hydrocarbon exports by 163% in the first half of 2022...
Italy to invest in ports based agrifood logistics
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 31, 2022 – The Italy government is to invest in ports based agrifood logistics with €150 million. The Minister of...
Marsa Maroc increases cargo handling in first half of 2022
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 31, 2022 – Marsa Maroc increases cargo handling in first half of 2022 by +9% to 25 million tons, compared to...
Turkey has increased transit fees for Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 30, 2022 – Turkey has increased transit fee charges for commercial ships to use the Bosporus and Dardanelles...
International Maritime Organization head visits Odessa port
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 29, 2022 – The head of the the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Secretary General Kitak Lim has visited...
Greek Port of Kalamata helps Russian oil exports
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 29, 2022 – The Greek Port of Kalamata is helping Russian oil exports by allowing ship-to-ship (STS) loading...
Ukraine increases grain exports via inland ports
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 26, 2022 – Ukraine is increasing grain exports via inland ports in the south as rail connections increase capacity....
Russia seaports see container traffic down in January-July 2022
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 24, 2022 – Russia seaports saw container traffic down in January-July 2022 by -19.6% to 2.62 million containers...