Ports
All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual ports and articles feature hyperlinks to individual ports.
MSC strengthens short sea and intermodal offering for Italian cargo market
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has consolidated its leading position in the Italian cargo market by offering the fastest transit times around the...
Approval of two “green” EU proposals for the financing of the ports of Igoumenitsa, Rafina and Piraeus
Projects aimed at promoting short-haul shipping, ensuring the compatibility of the country’s port infrastructure for the introduction of the ability to...
Turkey’s Hopaport releases 6-month traffic figures
Trabzon, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 29, 2020 – In the first six months of 2020, 103 ships visited Hopaport with a total cargo of 475,041 tons. Of the...
Valencia port starts sending air quality data to central system
The Valenciaport station has already started sending data in a test phase to the Air Quality Control Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development,...
SETG offers new Koper port-Austria rail freight service
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 29, 2020 – SETG (Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Logistik GmbH), an Austrian rail freight comany, is to start a new...
New Saros port receives environmental challenge
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – Earlier this month, BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas...
Hydrogen Council expands membership with new sectors and geographies
Hydrogen Council Expands Membership With New Sectors and Geographies as Governments Rely on Hydrogen for COVID-19 Recovery Brussels, 27 July 2020 – The...
Fundación Valenciaport participates in the RESPOND-A project
The RESPOND-A project involves thirty-four partners from thirteen countries and has a budget of more than €7 million – July 28, 2020 Within the...
Baku port: Container Trains from China to Turkey arriving faster
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – ADY Container, a subsidiary company of Azerbaijan Railways, the members of the Trans-Caspian International...
Yilport’s San Cataldo Container Terminal in Taranto port to use Circle Milos
The Terminal of the Port of Taranto owned by Turkish Yilport Group is exploiting all advantages of Milos® IT platform through eCustoms services, Customs...
Yilport’s Taranto port terminal to adopt Circle service
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – The Turkish terminal operator Yilport has signed a contract to use the Milos software, produced by Circle...
BDY Group acquires Russian Petgaz, Turkey’s largest capacity LPG terminal
Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 27, 2020 – Ankara-based BDY Group has acquired Russian Petgaz Corp which has Turkey’s largest storage capacity...
Bulgarian Glavbolgarstroy won the two major orders for the expansion of BMF Port Burgas
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – Bulgarian construction company Glavbolgarstroy (GBS) won two major orders for the expansion of BMF Port Burgas...
Trieste port’s Adriafer appoints new board of directors
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 27, 2020 – Adriafer srl, a provider of rail services to Trieste port, has appointed a new board of directors. Adriafer...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 25/2020 – The sun is rising in the East, when will the rays reach the West?
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 25/2020 The sun is rising in the East. When will the rays reach the West? While the Chinese economy rebounded to...
CEO Capt. Fu Chengqiu resigns from Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 27, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has reported that it has accepted the resignation of Capt. Fu Chengqiu as...
Barcelona port sees just slight fall in exports in first half of 2020
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2020 – In the first half of the year, containers filled with exports were down just 3% compared to the same...
Turkey: Container handling by port for January-June 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 26, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published figures for...
Tanger Med organizes “Get Together Meeting” on with members of African Port Task Force
Tanger Med organized a “Get Together Meeting” on July 23, 2020, with members of the African Port Task Force. This digital meeting was attended by...
Poti Free Industrial Zone to represent the World FZO in Georgia
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 26, 2020 – Poti Free Industrial Zone (FIZ) will be the official representative of the World Free Zone Organization...