Port Operations
Tenders for the ports of Alexandroupolis-Igoumenitsa set to progress
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...
Tanger Med-Algeciras port partnership keeps services operational
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – A close business relationship between the Spanish port of Algeciras and the Moroccan Mediterranean port of...
Venice port suspends state port fees
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern Adriatic Sea Port...
Trieste port sees traffic fall 5% in first three months of 2020
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – In January-March 2020, total traffic at Trieste port was 14.3 million, down 5% on 15.1 million tons in the...
Turkey: Total traffic April 2020 by port, numbers down
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs-Maritime Department has published total traffic figures for...
Turkish ports: Total cargo handling down over 9% in April 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – Total cargo handling at Turkish ports in April 2020 totalled 39.33 million tons, down 3.95 million tons on...
Greek minister says Piraeus port development continues
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 8, 2020 – Piraeus port operations have continued despite the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, and the development and...
Spain: Total port traffic Q1 2020 by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2020 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has published port authority cargo numbers for January-March 2020, showing that total...
MBM Port seeks controversial cargo expansion at Porto Romano, Durrës
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – In 2015, the Albanian government signed a 35-year concessionary contract for the construction and operation...
Leading cruise ship companies further delay restart
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – Both Costa Cruises and MSC Cruises have announced further delays to restarting operations. Genoa-based Costa...
Ellaktor Group subsidiary set to sign Alimos Marina concession
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – Greece is proceeding with the privatisation of the Alimos Marina, south of Piraeus, and a concession...
Turkey’s Akçansa has announced improved financial results for 2019
Çanakkale, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 4, 2020 – Akçansa, a leading building materials company & port operator, has announced financials for the year...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 10/2020
Covid-19 Update – Issue 10/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 30, 2020 While the Chinese economy is showing its first signs of recovery, European production...
Turkey: Ports – Q1 2020 – total handling by port
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2020 – Turkey Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Denizcilik İstatistikleri) has reported total port...
Akdeniz port – Reduced traffic volumes and up for sale
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2020 – The 2019 annual report of Global Ports Holding (GPH) reports traffic volumes down and a potential buyer in...
Sines port receives LNG powered tanker
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 1, 2020 – The port of Sines has received the ship “Eagle Brasília”, a dual-fuel Aframax, which is powered by...
Port of Taranto receives green light for free zone
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – The Agenzia delle Dogane e Monopoli (Customs and Monopolies) has approved the proposed free zone in the...
Beirut port sees TEU number nearly halve in March 2020
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – In the month of March 2020, the port of Beirut reported total TEU handling of 35,290, down from 62,217 in...
Mersin International Port introduces electronic documentation
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – Mersin International Port Management Inc. (MIP) has announced that agencies can transmit their cargo...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centrale (Naples) sees first quarter total tonnage down over 2%
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Tyrrhenian...