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.
New ambassador of Georgia in Romania, visit to Port of Constanța
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – Tamar Beruchashvili, the ambassador of Georgia in Romania, met, April 6, at the company headquarters of...
Europol publishes report about organised crime and ports
The Hague, Netherlands (PortSEurope) April 6, 2023 – Europol has published a report entitled “Criminal Networks in European Ports – Risks...
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping certified vessels banned in Bulgarian ports
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 5, 2023 – From April 8, 2023, access to Bulgarian sea and river ports is prohibited for all vessels, regardless of...
Ports nonplussed about UK’s new border operating strategy
The UK government has finally published its Target Operating Model (TOM), which details the post Brexit border control arrangements and confirms that much of...
Russian grain hub in Iran’s ports of Bandar Abbas or Bandar Khomeini
Bandar Abbas, Iran (PortSEurope) April 4, 2023 – A Russian grain transport hub will be created in the Iranian ports of Bandar Abbas or Bandar Khomeini,...
Informall BG: Restoration of direct container shipping to Ukraine is a humanitarian need
Odessa, Ukraine (Informall/PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – Ukrainian company Informall BG, a cargo analytical and consulting bureau based in Odessa,...
Greek foreign minister visits Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Prime Minister Elyès Fakhfakh welcomed on Monday Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias. The...
Belarus uses 20 ports, inland waterways, railway network of Russia
Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Belarus is forced to rely on Russia, another global pariah state, for changing the direction of its western,...
Port Bronka – another murky privatisation in Russia
Bronka, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Bronka maritime transshipment complex in the Big Port of St. Petersburg, the only deep-water terminal in...
Russia, China threaten Mediterranean security, infrastructure – Euractiv
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia and China are the main threat to Mediterranean security and strategic infrastructure – such as gas...
Is sanctions busting North-South Corridor viable?
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world, Russia and Iran, are the driving force behind the creation...
Iran’s Bandar Abbas port to host Russian production facilities
Bandar Abbas, Iran (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia, under western sanctions pressure, is accelerating its pivot to the East. The next step in this...
Russia to build second rail bridge to China
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 25, 2023 – As a result of the western sanctions, Russia is fast becoming dependent on China for everything it was...
U.S. Ambassador to Romania, visits the Port of Constanta
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – Kathleen Kavalec, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America in...
For Putin, the North-South Corridor is like the Suez Canal
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Pummeled by western sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the International North-South...
HRADF executives visit Port Authority of Alexandroupolis
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – Executives of ehe Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) have visited the Port...
Italy: Messina Bridge Decree approved by the Council of Ministers
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – The Italian government’s Council of Ministers has given the green light to a text that allows the...
Delo Group management meet with Iranian officials
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – Sergey Shishkarev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delo Group, has met with Kazem Jalali, Ambassador...
SCZONE receives Zhejiang delegation to discuss means of cooperation
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has hosted a high-level delegation from Chinese Zhejiang province,...
European Investment Bank, Italy discuss investment
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 15, 2023 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) have met to...