Government
News about the involvement of government in port activities. Includes government laws applicable to ports, state-owned ports including European Union issues with national government implications. Also includes inter-government meetings, agreements and visits of government officials.
Putin’s aid visits drone-hit Kaspiysk and Makhachkala
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – Nine days after the devastating attack against the Russian Caspian Sea naval base of Kaspiysk, 18...
Government approves finance for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – The Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning and Sustainable Development (CIPESS) has approved...
Spain refuses entry of ships to Algeciras because of arms concerns
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) November 7, 2024 – The Government has refused to allow two ships from the United States suspected of carrying arms for...
Can Iran control Russia’s to be privatised Caspian port of Makhachkala?
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – Iran seems to be throwing its hat in the ring for the long-delayed privatisation of Russia’s only...
Update: EU corridor 8 saga – “Sofia’s forgotten or Sofia’s delay”
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 3, 2024 – Under the headline (play of words in Bulgarian) “Corridor #8: Sofia’s forgotten/Sofia’s...
U.S. Embassy delegation visits Koper port, Slovenia
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) November 1, 2024 – On November 30, Luka Koper received a delegation from the Embassy of the United States of America in...
ESPO wants strengthened CEF, better tuned to ports’ needs
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) is very much concerned about the European Commission...
Belarus wants also part of Russia’s Far Eastern Korsakov port
Korsakov, Russia (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Landlocked and sanctioned by the West, Belarus wants to participate in the reconstruction and...
No bidders for Albania’s Durres, Porto Romano developments
Durres, Albania (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – The government’s overambitious, and bordering with embezzlement, plans to redevelop the country’s...
Washington announces $3 billion port investment
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – Today, President Biden will announce a $3 billion investment from the Inflation Reduction Act...
Update: North Macedonia torpedoes pan-European corridor 8
Skopje, North Macedonia (Ports Europe) October 19, 2024 – North Macedonia continues to dig its heels and is doing everything possible to torpedo the...
Italy starts sending asylum seekers to Albania
Shëngjin, Albania (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – The port of Shëngjin has hosted the Italian Naval ship “Libra” which is carrying 16...
Ambassador of Algeria visits Port of Koper
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – On 26 September 2024, the Ambassador of Algeria to Slovenia, Sabrina Kaci-Bey, made a working visit to...
Ports to play key role in Romania’s Black Sea wind roadmap
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Last May, Romania adopted a new offshore wind industry plan. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has...
11th attempt to sell Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi port failed
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The 11th attempt to sеll Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi...
ThPA & government amend concession agreement
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – The government and Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) have agreed to changes to the concession...
Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs visits Thessaloniki Port Authority
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Yesterday, the Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Stefanos Gikas, visited...
Turkmenistan and Afghanistan to build railway and dry port
Kabul, Afghanistan (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – Landlocked Afghanistan and Turkmenistan signed bilateral agreements for improving mutual railway...
Regulatory Authority for Ports visits Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – A delegation of the state Regulatory Authority for Ports (RAL) visited the Thessaloniki Port...
Deputy minister visits Thessaloniki Port Authority
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2024 – The Deputy Minister for Social Security, Konstantinos Karagkounis, has visited Thessaloniki Port...