Port Operations
Port of Cartagena plans to resume cruise ship activity
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) May 4, 2021 – The local authorities have given the Port Authority of Cartagena the green light for the reactivation of...
Port traffic grows in the Bay of Cádiz by 4% in the first quarter of 2021
General total port traffic of goods in the Bay of Cádiz grew by 4 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year, with...
Port of Rijeka set to benefit from road development
The Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butković has participated in the presentation of the project of building a connecting road in the...
Island Global Yachting and Ocean Capital Partners close agreement for megayacht marina in Málaga
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2021 – Island Global Yachting (IGY) and Ocean Capital Partners (OCP) have signed an agreement to construct and...
Russia looks to develop Astrakhan port facilities
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 22, 2021 – The Minister of Transport, Vitaly Savelyev, has held discussions with Igor Babushkin, governor of the...
Analysis – Russian new port in Ust-Luga to deprive from cargo ports in Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland
Ust-Luga, Russia (Ports Europe) April 19, 2021 – Russia’s currently under construction Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, which when completed will claim to be...
Port of Ravenna to issue tender for new cruise terminal
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2021 – The Port of Ravenna plans to construct a €26 million ($31.1 million) cruise ship terminal. This will be...
COSCO Shipping Ports sees Q1 2021 container traffic up 9.8%
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) April 16, 2021 – In the first quarter of this year the port terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports group handled container...
Lavrio Port Authority reports improved Q1 2021 financial performance
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 15, 2021 – The Lavrio Port Authority has reported “very satisfactory” results for last year and the...
Port of Koper extends concession area
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2021 – Following a decree amendment by the government, the concession area of the Port of Koper has been...
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Line sees increased cargo traffic in 2021
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 12, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Line transported 154,000 tons (2,468...
CMA CGM interested in the reconstruction of Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – Joe Dakkak, general manager, CMA CGM Lebanon, and Christine Cabau Woehrel, director in charge of...
Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-Mar 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...
Turkey: Total port container traffic – Jan-Mar 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in March 2021 its ports handled 1.04...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – February 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in February 2021 of 40.43...
Port of Cartagena awards access works contract
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2021 – Etosa Obras y Servicios Building has been awarded a €512,838 contract to renovate a length of...
Turkey’s IC Karasu Port plans expansion
Karasu, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 3, 2021 – The Black Sea port of Karasu is planning an expansion to increase its cargo handling capacity. Managed by...
New Bursa-Osmaneli high speed rail will benefit Marmura ports
Bursa, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 3, 2021 – The Bandırma-Bursa-Yenişehir-Osmaneli High Standard Railway Line from Bursa to Osmaneli is planned for...
Germany set to submit proposal for Beirut port rebuild
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 2, 2021 – Local sources in Germany reported this week that Berlin plans to submit a proposal for the reconstruction...
Ports of Genoa – Traffic trend – February 2021
In February, the European Commission revised its economic growth forecasts for 2021 and 2022 upwards, estimating that the euro area economy will grow by 3.8%,...