Port Operations
Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18 metres...
Work on deepening the seabed at the Brajdica container terminal starts
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 21, 2020 – Dredging works costing €97.7 million have started to deepen the seabed of the Brajdica container...
World trade volume rallies in third quarter after COVID-19 shock
Global merchandise trade volumes bounced back in the third quarter of 2020 from a deep second quarter slump brought on by the COVID-19 crisis according to...
CMA CGM Group boosts capacity between Asia and Europe
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2020 – French shipping CMA CGM Group is reinforcing its presence through improved port coverage and vessel...
Constanta port ambitious €500 million expansion project
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) December 20, 2020 – Romania’s largest Black Sea port of Constanta will start a 500-million-euro enlargement project –...
COSCO Shipping Ports – overseas terminals – Jan-Oct 2020 TEU throughput
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) December 9, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has published TEU container throughput for October 2020. Below are the...
NCSP Group announces financial results for Jan-Sep 2020
NCSP Group announces its consolidated financial results for the nine months, ended 30 September 2020, prepared under International Financial Reporting...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale plans Carrara port development
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2020 – An agreement between Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...
Bilboestiba accepts negotiation to end Bilbao port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – Bilboestiba-CPE and the works council have agreed to a government proposal to start negotiations with a...
In January-November 2020, Hopaport handled over 900,000 tons of cargo
Trabzon, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 – In January-November this year, Hopaport handled a total of 189 ships and 901,035 tons of cargo, close to...
U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s conversation with Nikolaos Bakatselos, President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Ambassador Pyatt’s Conversation with Nikolaos Bakatselos, President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce at the 31st Annual Greek Economic Summit –...
Ambassador Degnan meets with the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia’s new President, Sarah Williamson
Today, Ambassador Degnan met with the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia’s new President, Sarah Williamson – December 3, 2020 The U.S. Embassy...
Minister of Transport and Logistics visits port dock of Goulette-Radès
Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 -The Minister of Transport and Logistics, Moez Chakchouk, has visited the facilities and docks of the La...
Government ministers visit Rades port
Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 – On November 29, 2020, the ministers of Transport and Logistics, Moez Chakchouk, and Trade and Export...
€6.1 billion for sustainable fisheries and safeguarding fishing communities
On Friday, EU legislators reached a provisional agreement on how EU countries will be able to spend funds allocated to fisheries and aquaculture for 2021-2027...
Thessaloniki port-Sofia intermodal rail service starts trial
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – Following the creation of the first dry port in Sofia, Bulgaria and in the context of improving the...
Marseille and Montreal ports sign five-year agreement
A first-ever five-year cooperation agreement was signed on November 25 between the ports of Marseille Fos and Montreal, charting the way forward for a new...
Turkey to boost railway investments, directly connecting industrial zones to port cities
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 28, 2020 – Infrastructure and Transport Minister, Adil Karaismailoğlu, has said that the government plans...
First joint Israeli and Emirati business conference takes place in Dubai
Dubai, UAE (PortSEurope) November 28, 2020 – In September this year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of the United...
Puertos del Estado reports October fall in ports’ cargo traffic
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 25, 2020 – The 46 ports of general interest of the State, coordinated by Puertos del Estado (PdE), moved 45.9...