Port Operations
Trieste and Baku ports sign agreement to boost trade
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 24, 2020 – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has returned home after a state visit to Italy, and and various...
Traffic Marsalokk port sees sharp drop in 2019
Malta (Ports Europe) February 22, 2020 – Traffic handled by the container port at Marsalokk handled 2.72 million TEU in 2019, down a substantial 18% on...
Portugal and Netherlands consider consortium to produce green hydrogen in Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Portuguese and Dutch governments are discussing a joint plan to set up a renewable gas project in...
EBRD joins Mersin International Port $600 million Eurobond issue
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 22, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has joined in a $600 million Eurobond...
Analysis – Iran intends to improve port rail connections to develop international trade
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 23, 2020 – The state-owned Iran Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) is planning a local conference to discuss...
Koper port piloting services to be taken over by government
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 23, 2020 – State-owned Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) is become the sole provider of maritime piloting...
Barcelona port traffic grows 5% in January
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2020 – Port de Barcelona has reported that in January 2020 total traffic increased 5% to reach 5.5 million...
Vigo and Cork ports explore cooperation
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – Last December, a delegation from Vigo, including the port authority, local government and port companies,...
Cartagena port considers developing offshore industry
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Port Authority of Cartagena (APC – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) has hosted an event...
Analysis – Georgian and other deep sea ports around the Black Sea
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – Georgia is the only Black Sea littoral state, which has no deep-water port. For more than three years it...
Analysis – Local Goldair to join U.S. companies in bid for regional Greek ports concessions?
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) February 17, 2020 – U.S. interest in investing in the privatisation of Greek regional ports is intensifying as the...
Trieste port to work with TUM International
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 6, 2020 – TUM International, the development company of the Technical University of Munich, has chosen the port of...
Washington identifies Montenegro as possible LNG partner
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – Speaking to the RTCG broadcaster in Montenegro, US secretary of state responsible for energy from...
EIB supports upgrading of Tanta – EL Mansoura – Damietta railway
News – European Investment Bank – February 10, 2020 The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Egyptian Ministry of International...
Trammo in talks to construct new terminal in Batumi port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – TRammo Inc of the U.S,. is in talks to invest $20 million in Georgia and build a new terminal in the...
Egypt holds talks with EUROGATE to progress logistics zone in Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – Transport Minister Kamel el Wazir has met with senior management of Germany’s EUROGATE Group and...
Anaklia Development Consortium challenges government view on port
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – First Channel, also known as 1TV and owned and operated by Georgian Public Broadcasting, has...
U.S. government and companies eye Sines port’s LNG potential
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 14, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette has visiting Sines port and confirmed interest in the LNG...
Luka Rijeka signs Bulk Cargo Terminal Bakar development contract
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 14, 2020 – Luka Rijeka has signed the contract to forward the “Improvement of the infrastructure of the...
Barcelona port to be part of Brazil-Catalonia Chamber of Commerce business mission
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2020 – The Port of Barcelona has started preparations for its participation in the business mission of the...