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.
Lithuania talks to Port of Genoa about transport corridors
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 30, 2022 – Lithuania has held talks with the Port of Genoa about the development of new transport corridors. The Head of...
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey sign the Baku declaration
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 29, 2022 – Representatives of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey have held the first trilateral meeting in Baku where...
Italian government defines process for LNG investment
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) June 28, 2022 – The Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility has defined the procedure to be followed to carry out...
Cyprus Ports Authority publishes the third quarterly summary report
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) June 23, 2022 – The Cyprus Ports Authority has published its third quarterly summary report. The report covers the period...
Turkey and Russia continue talks about reopening Ukrainian ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 23, 2022 – A military delegation from Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense went to Moscow yesterday to discuss...
Albania and Kosovo sign intergovernmental cooperation agreements including transport
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – The Albania and Kosovo governments have signed 19 cooperation agreements in the areas of education,...
Moscow fixated on Astrakhan port as it looks to use INSTC to bypass sanctions
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – The Astrakhan region of Russia has presented its ambitious port special economic zone (SEZ) project...
Donetsk People’s Republic says it will use Port of Mariupol to export grain
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – Denis Pushilin, president of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has commented that...
Cruise industry seeks partnership with governments to reach decarbonisation goals
As the EU takes critical steps to deliver on its 2030 ambitions, cruise industry leaders and policymakers met today in Genoa to discuss implementation of the...
Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the suspension of representatives of the Russian Federation from participation in the work of the Danube Commission
News – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – 16 June 2022 Following the start of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Danube...
Ukraine and Poland signed a joint statement on Ukrainian grain exports
On May 16, 2022, in Warsaw, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi and his Polish counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of...
U.S. consul Ragini Gupta visits Port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) June 15, 2022 – The Consul General of the United States of America in Florence, Ragini Gupta, has visited the Port of...
Iran looks to expand TRACECA cooperation
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – Iran has held talks with the TRACECA organisation to discuss the expansion of international road...
Russia’s President Putin calls for Caspian Sea port development
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 12, 2022 – Hard pressed by western sanctions for his invasion in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged in...
Russia says that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Russian government has said that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally and...
Italian ambassador in Libya visits Misurata Free Zone
Misrata, Libya (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – Giuseppe Grimaldi, the Italian ambassador in Libya, has visited the Misrata Free Zone (MFZ). MFZ Chairman,...
Italian government approves Port of Genoa breakwater project
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 28, 2022 – The Special Committee of the Higher Council of Public Works of the Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructures and...
Di Maio proposes use of Trieste and Venice ports to handle grain exports from Ukraine
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – Speaking in the Italian parliament yesterday, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi di Maio, proposed establishing...
Greece-Saudi Arabia Business Forum meets in Athens
In the context of strengthening and deepening the economic and business relations between Greece and Saudi Arabia, the political leadership of the...
Desperate Russia looking to Iran’s ports as a way to bypass western sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 30 – Desperately trying to find a way to avoid harsh international sanctions affecting Russian transport and logistics,...