Port Operations
EBRD to lend up to €100 million to Turkish State Railways (TCDD)
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to allocate a €100 sovereign loan to...
EU ministers comment of Covid-19 challenges for Danube transport
Danube Ministers of Transport conclusions on effective waterway rehabilitation & maintenance anticipating COVID-19 challenges – June 29, 2020 Danube...
EBRD and EIB to support Cyprus Floating Storage and Regasification Unit
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to hire an independent consultant (TESC) to...
Amirabad Port has 52% of traffic among the northern ports of Iran
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – In the first quarter of 2020, 844,869 tons of goods handled in Amirabad port, a 52% share of the total volume...
Porto de Aveiro issues maintenance dredging contract for €1.7 million
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – Porto de Aveiro (APA S.A.) has issueed a €1.76 contract for dredging of the port. The project is...
Leixões port launches new connection to Belgium
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – Operated by CLdN and Yilport Leixões, the new service will provide access to new routes with origin and...
Beato’s Multipurpose Terminal (TMB) reinforces operational capacity
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – TMB (Terminal Multiusos do Beato) has purchased on a rental basis a Liebherr LHM 280, with a capacity of...
Figueira da Foz Port grows 17.3% in Jan-May 2020
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – In the period January-May 2020, the port of Figueira da Foz handled total cargo of 875,741 tons,...
Kavala port inches towards privatisation
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) July 1, 2020 – Aris Xenofos, President of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising...
Hungary invests in Trieste port as export guarantee
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) June 30, 2020 – Hungary’s state-owned Adria Port zrt has purchased 302,000 m² of land at Trieste port to develop a...
U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue Energy Working Group
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 30, 2020 – The U.S. Department of State has published the following joint statement was released by the Governments...
Trieste to develop old Servola plant into new port area
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) June 29, 2020 – In an agreement worth over €300 million ($337 million), the Arvedi group, Icop-Plt (Trieste Logistics...
Zonguldak-Filyos Valley project comes under environmental pressure
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 28, 2020 – In a statement last week celebrating “World Seafarers Day”, Transport and Infrastructure...
EBRD supports first concession project in Ukraine – Kherson seaport
Kherson, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 28, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank’s International...
Zeki Muammer Merev retires as HopaPort chairman
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 25, 2020 – Zeki Muammer Merev, who served as HopaPort Chairman for approximately 15 months, has completed his term and...
Greek regional port privatisation progressing slowly
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) June 24, 2020 – President of the Port Authority of Alexandroupolis, Konstantinos Hadjimichael, has met with the...
Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta joins International Port Community Systems Association
Driving digital solutions: Black Sea port of Constanta joins International Port Community Systems Association – June 22, 2020 The rapidly expanding...
First overseas car freighter with low-emission LNG propulsion in service for Volkswagen Group
News Release – Volkswagen AG – Premiere in Emden: For the first time, vehicles from Europe will be transported from Europe to North and Central...
HMM sells half of its holding in Total Terminal International Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2020 – South Korea’s HMM (previously Hyundai Merchant Marine) is reported to have sold a 50% stake in its...
Motril port adds to crane capacity
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) June 20, 2020 – Logistics operator Consignaciones y Estibas Motril (CE Motril) has acquired a mobile crane, Fantuzzi MHC 115...