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.
Swiss ambassador visits Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Switzerland’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Thomas Stehlin visited the country’s Caspian Sea port of...
Romanian government blocks sale of stake in Constanta port
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Shareholders of Fondul Proprietatea have rejected a proposal made by the Fund’s...
Kazakhstan, Greece talk Middle Corridor cooperation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Greece Erlan Baudarbek-Kozhataev has met with the Mayor of the Greek...
Montenegrin government to back payment to Chinese bank by shipbuilder
Kotor, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – The government said it will cover a €2.3 million instalment owed by state-owned shipbuilder...
Albania’s Shengjin port to receive Italian asylum seekers
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) February 8, 2024 – The Northern port of Shengjin is set to receive Italian asylum seekers under an agreement between the...
Italian ministry highlights four objectives for port system
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has highlighted four objectives for the national port system....
Greece plans tourist port investment
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – On January 31, 2024, the period for submitting investment projects as part of the Call for Expressions...
Update: Belarus cargo to test North-South corridor in spring
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Sanctions-hit Belarus is aggressively pursuing alternative cargo transportation options via Russia, a...
Algeria suffers from Moroccan port ban
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Last month, Algeria announced it had banned goods entering the country which were transshipped via a...
Update: Can Russia add Libya’s Tobruk port to Tartus in Syria?
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) February 4, 2024 – Fears are growing in Italy that Russia will base nuclear submarines at a planned naval port in eastern...
MEPs to warn of Chinese influence over vital European infrastructure
In a new report, MEPs caution of the risks of growing Chinese influence over European critical infrastructure and call for action to reduce vulnerabilities...
More controversy about Durres-Porto Romano ports’ swap
Durres, Albania (Ports Europe) January 22, 2024 – The former candidate of the opposition (PD party) for mayor of Durres and former MP, Igli Cara, accused...
Concessions for Bulgaria’s largest ports delayed 20 years
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 22, 2024 – A report by Bulgaria’s Audit Chamber reveals that a law adopted 20 years ago obliged the state to...
Parties meet to discuss safe navigation in the Strait of Messina
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The establishment meeting of the technical table for the safety of navigation in the Strait of...
Algeria bans cargo transshipped via ports in Morocco
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The Algerian government has announced it has banned goods entering the country which have transshipped...
Finally, a mine-clearing agreement for the Black Sea by three NATO members
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 12, 2024 – NATO members and Black Sea littoral states Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria have signed an agreement for a...
Turkish Navy announces expansion plans
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – Last week, a meeting of the Turkish Defense Industry Executive Committee announced an expansion plan for...
EU to lift air, maritime internal border controls with Bulgaria, Romania
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 8, 2024 – At the end of last year, the European Council announced that from March 31, 2024, the EU will lift air...
Russia acknowledges the loss of Western trading partners
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 17, 2023 – Russia’s isolation from the Western world was indirectly acknowledged by the country’s Prime Minister...
Government to approve northern expansion of the Port of València
València, Spain (Ports Europe) December 14, 2023 – The Government will give its approval to the tender for the works of the northern expansion of the...