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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual ports and articles feature hyperlinks to individual ports.
Turkey: Cruise industry statistics, Jan-Jun 2023
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, cruise terminals in Turkey handled 482,925 passengers. This is up +88.7%...
Update: In H1 23 Belarus shipped four times more cargo via Russian ports
Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – It is necessary to finally decide what needs to be done to create port facilities (in Russia) for the...
420 cruise ships visited Turkey in H1’23
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, 420 cruise ships entered Turkish ports, which is 32.5% more than in the same...
Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Mikolaiv bombarded
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – Brutally retaliating for the drone attack on the Kerch Bridge, Russia bombarded the Ukrainian Black Sea port...
Construction of phase II of the New Container Terminal of the Port of Cádiz approved
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – The government has approved approval the construction of phase II of the New Container Terminal of the Port...
Georgia hosts Uzbek delegation
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – The Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has welcomed a visit of Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla...
Kazakhstan’s ports cargo in H1 23: Aktau – 2.3 mln, Kuryk 1 mln tonnes
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – Over 2.3 million tonnes of cargo were transshipped through Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau in the...
Azerbaijan’s ports handled 6.3 million tonnes of cargo in H1’23
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea ports increased the transshipment of goods in the first half of the year by 9.6% to...
EBRD lends funds for Mersin International Port expansion
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a senior loan of up to $50 million...
China expert visits Port of Koper
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – Liza Tobin, senior director for economic research and development at SCSP (Special Competitive Studies...
Port of Valencia sees first half cargo down nearly 8%
València, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the Port of Valencia reported a decrease of -7.96% in the volume of tons...
Port of Cagliari opens new shipbuilding centre for pleasure craft
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – The Port of Cagliari has opened a new shipbuilding centre for pleasure craft in Porto Canale. It...
Svitzer signs a contract to service Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis INGS
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Svitzer, a global towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has signed a 15-year contract to...
Itelyum has acquired a majority stake in Nigromare Srl, Taranto
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Itelyum, the waste management company, has acquired a majority stake in Nigromare Srl. The acquisition was...
Update: First Iranian ship in 10 years docks Libya’s Misrata
Misrata, Libya (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – For the first time in 10 years, an Iranian ship docked at Libya’s Mediterranean Sea port of Misrata, the...
Porr wins contract to build DP World terminal in Constanta Port
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – PORR Construct SRL has won the contract to build a new container terminal for Constanta South Container...
Port of Barcelona invests €3.6 mln in the 5G wireless network
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona has invested €3.6 million in the deployment of a 5G wireless network on its...
Update: Russia’s Caspian ports with 38% growth in H1 23 and problems
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, cargo turnover of Russia’s Caspian Sea ports, on the International...
Solyanka Caspian terminal, controlled by Iran, helps Iran-Russia trade
Solyanka, Russia (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Iranian company Nasim Bahr Kish owns a controlling 53.1% stake in Solyanka terminal of Russia’s Caspian...
Port of Sines reaches agreement with Brazil
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 16, 2023 – The Administration of the Ports of Sines and the Algarve (APS) has signed an agreement with CSN –...