Port Operations
Baku port and OSCE launch ports project
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 16, 2020 – Baku International Sea Trade Port (Port of Baku) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in...
Moroccan ports see 11.3% increase in traffic in 2019
Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 15, 2020 – In 2019, Morocco ports handled a total of 153.1 million tonnes, up 11.3% on the previous year. A key...
Casablanca port sees rising traffic in first two months of 2020
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 15, 2020 – In the first two months of 2020, the port of Casablanca registered total traffic of 4.8 million...
Croatian government prepared to offer guarantees for 2 Maj shipyard
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 10, 2020 – The government has said that guarantees of 48% of the value of new ships for the Australian Scenic Group...
Analysis – Is Alexandroupolis port the new trump card in the Trump administration’s Mediterranean Great Game?
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) March 10, 2020 – On March 7, 2020, U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt and Deputy Assistant Secretary at U.S....
EBRD praises Georgia’s economic growth & confirms future interest
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 9, 2020 – Following a meeting last week between, Jurgen Rigternik, First Vice President of the European Bank for...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports January 2020 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports January 2020 cargo figures by port authority. The state-owned Puertos del Estado...
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Palmer speaks about the port of Alexandroupolis
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) March 5, 2020 – U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Palmer has given an Q and A interview (“In Conversation”) with...
Unctad: Short-terms effects of the coronavirus outbreak: what does the shipping data say?
Short-terms effects of the coronavirus outbreak: what does the shipping data say? – March 4, 2020 It is too early to gauge the full economic and trade...
Brazil economic mission visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2020 – On February 26, representatives of the Associação de Comércio Exterior do Brasil (AEB – Brazilian...
Port of Marseille Fos confirms its cargo leadership in France in 2019
With a turnover of €169.5 million in 2019, the Port of Marseille Fos confirms its 6-year growth in turnover, with in particular a clear increase in its land...
Cartagena port completes railway work to Escombreras
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2020 – Yolanda Muñoz, president of the Cartagena Port Authority, has officially received the completed railway...
EBRD visits Bulgaria to promote investment
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 3, 2020 – Alain Pilloux, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) vice president, has visited...
Beirut port container terminal set for ownership tender, CMA CGM interested
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 2, 2020 – The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has issued a tender for the concession of Beirut port container...
Yilport takes official receipt of Molo Polisettoriale, Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 2, 2020 – San Cataldo Container Terminal SpA (SCCT), part of Yilport Holding, has officially taken ownership of the...
Proceedings of the Fourth Supreme Cooperation Council of Greece – Bulgaria
The excellent level of Greek-Bulgarian bilateral relations and their promising prospects were confirmed during the work of the two countries’ Supreme...
Leading cruise ship companies welcome Piraeus port development
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 27, 2020 – International cruise ship companies Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean have both welcomed the...
Portuguese ports register over 12% fall in container cargo in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The commercial ports of mainland Portugal handled a total volume of almost 30.2 million tons of...
Barcelona port improves transport links with Bayonne
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2020 – At a Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bayonne meeting, Barcelona port has presented its services...
Italy-Azerbaijan Business Forum takes place in Rome, nine agreements signed, including ports
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 24, 2020 – The Italy-Azerbaijan Business Forum was held at the Farnesina, consolidating relations between...