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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual ports and articles feature hyperlinks to individual ports.
Port of Barcelona ends 2023 with a turnover of €189 million, +4.4%
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona closed 2023 with a turnover of 189 million euros (+4.4%), a historic figure...
Port of Chioggia will open the cruise season February 26
Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The port of Chioggia will officially open the cruise season on February 26, with the arrival of Viking...
Plans for a Turkmenbashi-Amirabad feeder line
Amirabad, Iran (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Turkmenistan and Iran are planning to resume shipping between the Caspian Sea ports of Turkmenbashi and...
HHLA’s Metrans acquires 100% of Adria Rail
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Metrans, the international rail intermodal, transporter, has acquired 100% of Adria Rail. Metrans had...
Alicante Port starts new maritime Ro-Ro service Alexandria, Egypt
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The Port Authority of Alicante Port has announced a new maritime Ro-Ro service with the port of...
Verdi trade union plans protest against MSC-HHLA deal
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The Verdi trade union is planning a protest next Wednesday against the deal whereby MSC-Mediterranean...
French ports: 3.2% less cargo and 13.4% fewer containers in 2023
Paris, France (Ports Europe) February 18, 2024 – French ports that reported their cargo figures for 2023 show a decline of around 5%. On the container...
Sanctions? Georgia as Russia’s “Auto Heaven”
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 18, 2024 – Hundreds of cars are supplied to Russia from Georgia every day, directly or through intermediary...
Coastlink conference: Short sea shipping and the sustainable logistics network
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – Coastlink 2024 conference in Amsterdam on April 24 and 25 will cover the latest trends and...
Port of Barcelona imports more electric Chinese cars
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona imported 790,000 vehicle units in 2023, an increase of +33.7% on the previous...
Port of Bari plans San Cataldo pier expansion
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – The Port of Bari is planning an expansion of San Cataldo pier, a proposal supported by the Municipality of...
Strait of Messina bridge – final design approved
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the Società Stretto di Messina has approved the update of the...
Fusion Fuel receives IPCEI approval for HEVO-Portugal project
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – Fusion Fuel has announced that it has received notification from the European Commission that the...
Mersin International Port utilises MIP-5 Sanmar tugboat
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – Mersin International Port (Mersin) is utilising MIP-5 tugboat, which arrived from Sanmar Shipyards...
Porto Cruise Terminal reports record year in 2023
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – Porto Cruise Terminal has reported a record year in 2023 with 116 cruise calls carrying 148,889...
Rijeka Gateway Terminal orders Liebherr cranes
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – Equipment manufacturer Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd will supply Rijeka Gateway Terminal with 15...
Update: Russian ports handled 71 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January 2024 decreased by 6.2% compared to the same month of last...
Port of Leixões starts shipping Peugeot vehicles
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – Last week, the Port of Leixões carried out the first shipment of Peugeot vehicles from Stellantis...
Port of Venice has high hopes for new cruise season
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – The Port of Venice has high hopes and expectations for the new cruise season which will officially open...
Port of Palermo adopts digital water management
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – The Port of Palermo has adopted a real-time, digital water management control system to monitor...