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.
Two Russian Navy ships visit Tobruk naval base in Libya
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) June 21, 2024 – Two Russian Navy ships, escorted by two submarines, have made an official stop at the Tobruk naval base in...
Hamburg Parliament to hold public hearing on HHLA-MSC proposal
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) June 20, 2024 – The Budget Committee of the Hamburg Parliament will hold a public hearing today on the proposed...
Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan keep talking North-South corridor
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 20, 2024 – Russia is pressing ahead with the creation of a key sanctions-busting route linking it with Asia –...
U.S. ambassador to Georgia comments on Anaklia port project
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 19, 2024 – The U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, has published the text of an interview given by Robin L. Dunnigan,...
International Chamber of Shipping: Concern about protectionism
International Chamber of Shipping: Industry leaders call on governments to recognise impact of increasing protectionism globally at leading Summit in Montreal...
Georgia minister comments on Poti, Anaklia ports
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – Speaking after a government session, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of...
Government formalises commission for Genoa port investigation
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has formalised a Ministerial Commission whose task will be to...
French unions suspend strike action at ports
Paris, France (Ports Europe) June 12, 2024 – The Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) has suspended planned strike action against the...
Russia fixated on the Arctic Northern Sea Route
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – There has been a flurry of announcements about Russia’s Arctic Northern Sea Route (NSR), indicating the...
Iran wants to use INSTC to move coal from Russia to India
Mumbai, India (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – Iran has announced plans to transport coal from Russia to India via Iran’s railway network, said the...
Can the U.S. build a deepwater port in Libya’s Susah?
Susah, Libya (Ports Europe) June 3, 2024 – U.S. investment in Libya’s long-delayed Mediterranean Sea deepwater commercial port of Susah, one of the deepest...
Cyprus minister says Qatar interested in Larnaca port investment
Larnaca, Cyprus (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – The Cypriot Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on May 30 that Qatar and other international investors...
Montenegro’s Port of Budva moves into state ownership
Podgorica, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 23, 2024 – The Public Agency for Coastal Zone Management has acquired the port of Budva from Dukley Marina....
Turkish ambassador to Spain visits Port of Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Nüket Küçükel, Turkish ambassador to Spain, has visited Valencia and held a working meeting with Mar...
Russian oil refinery in Libyan port
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – The eastern Libya government, controlled by General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar, who is fighting against...
Russia plans logistic infrastructure in Asia, Africa, South America
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 19, 2024 – To bypass Western sanctions, the Russian government will finance the creation of port infrastructure, industrial...
Inspection commission to visit Genoa port, Paolo Signorini issue
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport will send an investigating commission to Autorita’ di Sistema...
Spain refuses admission to Israel-bound vessel to Cartagena port
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – The Spanish government has refused a request by the ship Marianne Danica to dock at its Mediterranean port of...
Romanian prime minister attends DP World event
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu attended the opening of the “DP World – 20 years of efficiency...
Second attempt to lease Sochi port, Russia
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – The entire port infrastructure of Russia’s Black Sea cruise and yacht Port of Sochi will be made again...