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Western media suggest Russia’s navy flees Syria’s Tartus

Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – Under the headline First signs Russia is evacuating navy ships from Syria the Paris-based NavalNews web...

1.5 million tonnes Chinese grain terminal in Makhachkala by 2028

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – Russia is producing an excessive amount of cheap grain. Iran needs to import huge quantities of grain....

Odesa ports handled 90 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Nov’24

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in the Odessa region handled 89.8 million tonnes of cargo from January to...

Venezia Terminal Passeggeri extends concession by 10 years

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – The Northern Adriatic Sea Port System Authority and Venezia Terminal Passeggeri Spa (VTP) have signed a...

Portugal: Mainland seaports cargo report – September 2024

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – In January-September 2024, the mainland’s commercial port system recorded 69.2 million tonnes of...

Montenegro considers nationalisation of Port of Adria

Podgorica, Montenegro (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – The Montenegro government is considering bringing the Port of Adria under state control. The port...

CMA CGM to launch Bora Med service, Eastern Mediterranean

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – CMA CGM has announced that the Short Sea Lines Division will launch the weekly BORA MED SERVICE (BMS)....

Hector Calls appointed Director, Environmental Sustainability, Port of Barcelona.

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – Héctor Calls has been appointed Director of Environmental Sustainability and Energy Transition, Port...

Barcelona certifies carbon footprint of the entire Port Community

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has become the first port in the Mediterranean to use ISO 14064 to calculate the...

Spain dismantles drugs cartel in Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Spanish authorities said that they eliminated the largest criminal organisation smuggling and...

Port authority suspends Marina di Carrera port dredging

Marina di Carrera, Italy (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The dredging of the port of Marina di Carrara has been suspended said the Port System...

Balearia takes over Tarifa-Tangier maritime line

Tarifa, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The Baleària shipping company has been awarded a 15-year contract to operate the shipping line...

Work starts to expand Karasu Port, Turkey

Karasu, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The government has announced that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) has started on a plan to...

Spain plans to expand Naval Station Rota, Cadiz

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The Spanish government plans to redevelop the Rota Naval Base in Cádiz. It will take eight years to...

Spain’s Port of Vigo reports best ever cargo figures

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – With one month to go before the end of the year, the Port of Vigo has exceeded all its forecasts and has...

Yilport receives finance for cranes at Liscont terminal, Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Mitsui E&S Co, Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Yılport Holding have signed a...

30 kg of cocaine seized in Port of Olbia, Sardinia

Olbia, Sardinia. Italy (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – On November 29, 2024, the Guardia di Finanza seized over 30 kg of cocaine in the port of Olbia....

Jan De Nul completed dredging in Kazakh Kuryk port

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Belgium’s Jan De Nul has completed, ahead of schedule, the four-month dredging project in the...

China, Kazakhstan and Hungary to build inter-modal cargo terminal in Budapest

Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – China continues its successful efforts to invest in Hungary despite hostile European Union (EU)...

Governor of Odessa visits Venice

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The governor of Odessa Oblast in Ukraine, Oleg Kiper, has led a delegation to the port of Venice. The...

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