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Puertos del Estados supports “cold ironing”, electrification

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – Representatives of state port authorities have met in the Port of Barcelona to share experiences and...

Ports of Gioia Tauro and Tanger Med talk cooperation

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – The honorary consul of the Kingdom of Morocco for the Calabria Region, Domenico Naccari, has met...

Port of Toulon sees increase in 2023 turnover

Toulon, France (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – The commercial Port of Toulon has reported a +6% increase in turnover for 2023. This was despite a...

Port of Sines promotes carbon neutrality

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – On February 9, the President of APS – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, SA,...

Cavotec signs agreement with APM Terminals, Tanger Med

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – Cavotec has signed a two-year service agreement with APM Terminals at the Port of Tanger Med....

Kalmar to supply Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam with straddle carriers

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – Kalmar will supply Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam with two fully electric and...

Delayed ammonia terminal in Taman only in test mode in June

Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Additional land plots have been included in the boundaries of Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman. They are...

4,350 kg illegal drugs seized on ‘Atlantic cocaine route’

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – A speed boat with 4,350 kg of cocaine from South America was intercepted 920 km south of the Canary...

One killed, 8 hostages, 2,300 kg cocaine near Canary Islands

Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Eight hostages were freed in November 2023 from Sea Paradise, a Panama-flagged towing...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges ordered to pay €41 million to DP World

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – A split ICSID tribunal has ordered the Port of Antwerp-Bruges to pay €41 million plus costs and...

Greek tanker fined for pollution in Port of Marseille

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – A tanker operated by a Greek company being held since Thursday in the Port of Marseille for marine...

Port of Rotterdam sees total cargo down -6.1% in 2023

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Port of Rotterdam has recorded total cargo of 438.8 million tonnes, down -6.1% compared to...

HHLA sees container traffic down -7.5% in 2023

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has announced preliminary unaudited results for 2023. Group...

Caspian Sea water levels study to inform Aktau Port adaptation

News – HR Wallingford – February 20, 2024 Over the next 18 months, HR Wallingford will be carrying out a study for The World Bank to assess how...

Piraeus Container Terminal handled 281,800 TEU in January 2024

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) S.A. handled 281,800 TEU in January 2024, down -12.7% on the same...

Romanian government approves Constanta Port dredging

Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Romanian government has approved an ambitious $229 million dredging project at the Port of...

Port of Genoa handles largest ferry in the Mediterranean

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Port of Genoa has welcomed the Moby Fantasy ship, the largest ferry in the Mediterranean region. The...

St. Petersburg port and drugs

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – More than 1,200 kg of cocaine was seized in the Big Port of St. Petersburg in January in a...

Port of Valencia reports container traffic up in January 2024

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The Port of Valencia has reported January 2024 cargo figures. The port managed 388,366 containers in...

Port of Barcelona moved 64 million cargo tons in 2023, -9.8%

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has moved 64 million tons during the last year, a decrease of -9.8%. This was a...

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