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.
Government gives more details for Port of Durrës project, Albania
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe)- March 22, 2024 — The Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku, has provided more details about the proposed...
AdSP Mar Tirreno Centrale (Naples) signs MoU with Turkmenbashi
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2024 – A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Turkmenistan International Sea Port of Turkmenbashi...
Georgia announces Anaklia Port infrastructure tender
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe)- March 18, 2024—The Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development has announced the tender to design and construct...
Moldova asks Ukraine for railway cargo via Russia-occupied Transnistria
Chisinau, Moldova (Ports Europe) March 18, 2024 – In a surprise move, Moldova Railways (Calea Ferată din Moldova – CFM) has asked Ukrainian...
Georgia Prime Minister says Anaklia tender will be ready in May
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 15, 2024 – According to the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, the tender procedures for the Anaklia...
Lebanese minister presents Beirut reconstruction plan
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe)- March 13, 2024—Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has delivered a speech presenting initial ideas on a reconstruction and...
Romania approves Constanta port expansion
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) March 12, 2024 – The Romanian Government has approved a key infrastructure project to expand the southern sector of...
ZPMC denies its port cranes are spying tools
Shanghai, China (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – China’s state-owned engineering company and the world’s largest manufacturers of cranes and...
Port of Koper was visited by Ukraine’s ambassador to Slovenia
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – On February 28, Andriy Vasylyovych Taran, Ukraine’s ambassador to Slovenia, visited the port of...
Russian navy builds a new base in Caspian Makhachkala
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Russian navy, exposed and vulnerable in the Black Sea, is building a new base for its ships in the...
Is COSCO interested in operating Port of Nador, Morocco?
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – Reports from Spain suggest that the Moroccan government has approached China’s COSCO to manage its...
Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Sea Trade Port for sale – again
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2024 – The State Property Fund of Ukraine plans to sell/privatise Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Sea Trade Port via an...
Putin: Soviet-style transport and logistics promises
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 29, 2024 – In true Soviet style, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed Russia‘s Federal Assembly, the...
Hamburg mayor supports HHLA-MSC deal
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – In a government statement today, Hamburg’s mayor Peter Tschentscher will campaign in support...
Novorossiysk Sea Trade Port sanctioned by Canada
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 25, 2024 – Russia’s Novorossiysk Sea Trade Port (NSTP) company has been included in the sanctions imposed...
Turkey’s Filyos port to be open to general maritime transport
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 22, 2024 – The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, has said that within two years the...
Ukraine discusses agricultural transit with Romania
News – The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Mykola Solsky, held another online meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural...
Romanian government approves Constanta Port dredging
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Romanian government has approved an ambitious $229 million dredging project at the Port of...
Strait of Messina bridge – final design approved
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the Società Stretto di Messina has approved the update of the...
Rome government approves return to Israeli ports
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – The Inter-Ministerial Committee for Maritime Safety has unanimously resolved to reopen safely commercial...