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Two power barges ready to produce electricity in Albania’s Vlora

Vlora, Albania (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – Albanian Electricity Corporation (KESH) seems to be moving towards commissioning the two oil-burning...

Lebanon’s Tripoli port expansion

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – An ongoing expansion of Lebanon’s Mediterranean port of Tripoli (Office d’Exploitation du Port de...

Update: Can Russia add Libya’s Tobruk port to Tartus in Syria?

Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) February 4, 2024 – Fears are growing in Italy that Russia will base nuclear submarines at a planned naval port in eastern...

Second block train for 2024 via Middle Corridor in Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 2, 2024 – A second block train for the year sent from China’s Xi’an arrived at Baku Port on February 2...

Port of Rotterdam issues solar tender

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 2, 2024 – The Port of Rotterdam Authority has issued a tender for the operation of a floating 128-megawatt...

Taganrog port environmental licensing & the reality

Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) February 2, 2023 – The maximum cargo turnover of Taganrog Port, the main stevedoring operator of the harbour, in the...

Russian Railways visits international seaport of Turkmenbashi

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – A delegation from Russian Railways Logistics (RZD Logistics) has visited the international...

Turkmenistan to build ships for shrinking Caspian Sea

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – Under pressure from the shrinking Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan’s Balkan shipbuilding and ship...

Piraeus port will have role in distributing IKEA products regionally

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – Inter IKEA Holding and the local retailer Fourlis Group will invest around €70 million in an...

Belarus exports cargo via Astrakhan port

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – Two years ago, Belarus started exporting cargo via the Russian Caspian Sea port of Astrakhan. This...

Kazakhstan and Romania push Middle Corridor development

Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – In Bucharest, the Ministries of Transport of Kazakhstan and Romania have signed a memorandum of...

Valenciaport signs agreement with UNCTAD

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – Valenciaport has signed a cooperation agreement with UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and...

Valenciaport closes 2023 with cargo traffic down -2.81%

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) handled 76.74 million tons of cargo in 2023, a decrease of -2.81%....

Port of Barcelona issues tender for dock electrification

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has issued a tender for the construction and operation of the first electricity...

Port of La Spezia signs cyber agreement with state police

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority and the...

Update: Russian top 12 container ports in 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – Container turnover of Russian seaports in 2023 was 4.96 million TEU, which is 15% more than in 2022,...

Port of Lisbon receives MSC Euribia, zero emissions 

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – On January 24, 2024, the Port of Lisbon received the MSC Euribia, the first cruise ship to undertake a...

Port of Sines joins MSC Dragon network

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – With the first call scheduled for February 5, the Port of Sines will become part of the Dragon Service...

Port of Funchal sees rise in passenger numbers in 2023

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The Port of Funchal, in 2023, registered a movement of 1,031,704 passengers on cruise ships...

Port of Genoa extends concession for Amico & Co

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The port of Genoa has extended the concession of Amico & Co until the end of 2060. Amico & Co...

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