Port Operations
Ports of Singapore and Rotterdam sign Green and Digital Corridor agreement
Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) August 2, 2022 – The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have...
Spanish port traffic exceeds pre-pandemic levels
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – Total port traffic between the months of January and June reached 284.69 million tons, an increase of +7.3%...
Luka Rijeka reports net profit of 34.4 mln kuna in the first half of 2022
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – Port operator Luka Rijeka d.d. reports net profit of 34.4 million kuna (€4.6 million) in the first half...
Kazakhstan plans to create its own ferry fleet in the Caspian Sea by 2030
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Kazakhstan plans to create its own ferry fleet in the Caspian Sea by 2030 with 10 ferries stationed in...
Port of Constanta has handled over 1.3 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) July 29, 2022 – Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Romanian port of Constanta has handled over...
Ranking: Top 5 Spanish ports – January-June 2022 by total containers handled
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2022 – In the first six months of 2022, by total cargo handled, the top 5 Spanish ports were: Valencia (2.64 million...
Snam and Edison sign agreement for the joint development of small-scale LNG projects in Italy
San Donato Milanese (Milan), July 25th, 2022 – Snam and Edison today signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at co-operating to the development...
Port of Las Palmas confirms cruise concessions of Global Ports Holdings
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 26, 2022 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority has confirmed details of cruise port...
RUSCON completes container rail delivery to Belgium
Zeebrugge, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – Russian multimodal logistics operator RUSCON has completed two container rail deliveries to Zeebrugge in...
Ports of Ancona and Ortona see cargo traffic up in first half of 2022
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – The Ports of Ancona and Ortona see cargo traffic up in first half of 2022. Compared to the first half of...
Haizea Wind Group requests concession extension in Bilbao Port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – Haizea Wind Group requests a 57,283 m²-concession extension in Bilbao Port. The extension will enable the...
Libya’s state-owned NOC preparing to resume crude exports from four terminals
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) July 19, 2022 – Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) is preparing to resume crude exports from four...
Firms to study the feasibility of shipping hydrogen from Portugal to the Netherlands
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 19, 2022 – Shell, French utility Engie, gas shipping company Anthony Veder and tank storage firm Vopakto study the...
Slovenian cargo traffic up nearly 10% in first five months
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 19, 2022 – Slovenia’s seaports handled 9.486 million tonnes of cargo in the first five months of 2022, up +9.6% on...
Ministry has approved the Larnaca Port and Marina area project
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) July 19, 2022 – The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works has approved the Larnaca Port and Marina area project....
Russia’s Global Ports reports container traffic down over -22% in first half 2022
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2022 – Russia’s Global Ports reports container traffic down over -22% in first half of 2022. January 2022...
Trieste Marine Terminal moved 62,686 TEU in June, +21.5%
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2022 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) moved 62,686 TEU in June 2022, up +21.5% on the same month of 2021. In the...
EBRD vice president visits Giurgiuleşti International Free Port
Chișinău, Moldova (PortSEurope) July 13, 2022 – Alain Pilloux, Vice-President, Banking at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),...
Grain vessels pass through mouth of the Danube river to reach Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 13, 2022 – The Ukrainian government said yesterday that sixteen commercial vessels are waiting to be loaded with grain...
Turkish ports see huge rise in cruise ship passenger numbers in first half of 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 12, 2022 – In the first six months of 2022, Turkish ports handled 205,642 cruise ship passengers (see first table)....