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.
Turkmenbashi port to be used by landlocked Tajikistan
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea port of Turkmenbashi will offer cargo handling facilities to landlocked...
Landlocked Armenia wants a new transnational transport corridor to Chabahar
Yerevan, Armenia (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – s In October 2021, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam...
German diplomats in Aktau before their President’s visit
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – On May 4, a delegation of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Astana, headed by the...
Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister visits Georgia, talks Anaklia
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yuumi Yoshikawa has visited Georgia and met with Georgian Economy Minister...
Italian port funding: Trieste, Ancona, Marghera and Termini Imerese
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) is to allocate €9.5 million to four ports of strategic...
Russia begs Indian businesses to move to its SEZ
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Russia is trying to lure India into helping it replace Western goods as well as equipment and...
Putin pushes for investments in INSTC
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Frustrated with the lacklustre performance of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), the slow...
German ambassador visits Batumi Seaport
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Ulan Tleugali, General Director of Batumi Seaport LLC, has met with Peter Fischer, Ambassador of the...
Russia pushes again for opening long-delayed industrial zones in Egypt
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Moscow is desperately trying to create two long-delayed Russian industrial zones (RIZ) with a...
Russia and India discussing joint shipbuilding programme
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 1, 2023 – Russia and India are discussing an intergovernmental agreement covering shipbuilding and ship repair,...
Chinese ambassador visits Port of Sines, Portugal
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – The Chinese ambassador to Portugal, Zhao Bentang, accompanied by Xia Xiaoling, economic and commercial...
The French frigate FREMM FS Languedoc in the port of Alexandroupoli
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) April 27, 2023 – As part of the strategic partnership between Greece and France in defence and security, the FS...
U.S. ambassador visits Port of Koper, Slovenia
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 27, 2023 – Jamie Harpootlian, U.S. ambassador to Slovenia, has visited the Port of Koper. The ambassador was...
British ports welcome funding for floating offshore wind
British ports welcome funding for floating offshore wind, but stresses need for further sums to help achieve government ambitions – April 21, 2023 The...
New Delhi hosts trade mission from Russia
New Dehli, India (Ports Europe) April 20, 2023 – On April 3-7, India hosted a major trade mission of representatives of business circles, governmental...
TransRussia exhibition in Moscow – sanctions in the background
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – TransRussia, the largest exhibition for transport and logistics services, warehouse equipment and...
Occupied port of Berdyansk to export 1.8 million tonnes of grain in 2024
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – The capacity of the Russia-occupied by Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Berdyansk for grain shipment is expected...
Georgia presents infrastructure programme – Anaklia details “soon”
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced yesterday the launch of a $398 million), five-year...
COSCO stake in Hamburg terminal remains undecided
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – The German government remains undecided about any future equity stake of China’s COSCO Shipping...
AIIA: China’s overseas ports acquisition program
Canberra, Australia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – In recent years, increasing Chinese investments in foreign ports have attracted media attention....