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Investment

Investment – Capital outlay in ports assets and businesses by companies, organisations and governments. Usually to increase capacity and implement upgrades to to port equipment.

Minister Reyes Maroto inaugurates the works of the PortTarragona Terminal Guadalajara – Marchamalo

Puerta Centro – Ciudad del Transporte has been the scene of the official inauguration of the works of the PortTarragona Terminal Guadalajara –...

EBRD details investment in Giurgiuleşti International Free Port, Moldova

Chișinău, Romania (Ports Europe) June 29, 2021 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has published a...

Analysis – Russia’s new port in Ust-Luga attracts new cargo at the expense of Baltic ports

Ust-Luga, Russia (Ports Europe) June 29, 2021 – Russia’s currently under construction Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, which when completed will claim to be...

Last Vamp Up meeting takes place in Port of Genoa

The final event of the Vamp Up project was held in Vado Ligure on 21 June, supported by the European Commission as part of the Connecting Europe Facility...

Italy proposes 44 works for over €13 billion

Minister Giovannini: “With this second list that we submit to the attention of Parliament, we remain committed to starting as soon as possible the...

Nine commercial projects will receive €4 million Ports grants the Fund 4.0 – Spain

The Distribution Committee of the Compensation Fund has met electronically and unanimously approved the provisional resolution of subsidies for 9...

Nador West Med scheduled for completion in 2022

Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 15, 2021 – The construction of the Nador West Med port complex is now 55% complete and is scheduled for completion in...

TPAO’s efforts to establish a refinery in Zonguldak continue

Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 1, 2021 – The works of Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) to establish a refinery on 960 acres are continuing at...

Samsunport launches new 100 million TL investment phase

Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 28, 2021 – The Cey Group has announced that it is starting the second big investment phase of Samsunport with a value...

Three new investments in the Port of Koper

Today, on 25th May 2021 we inaugurated three new investments in the Port of Koper. The first is a smaller one, namely a petrol station for the supply of...

13 quarries to provide construction materials for Algeria’s new deep-water El Hamdania port

Cherchell, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 26, 2021 – A high-level meeting has moved forward the project for the construction of Algeria’s new commercial...

Port of Burgas cargo volumes rise to pre-pandemic levels

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 24, 2021 – Cargo turnover of the state-owned Port of Burgas, one of the seven port operators in the Gulf of Burgas,...

Global Ports Holding announces new financing deal

Global Ports Holding Plc, the global cruise port operator, has announced a five-year, senior secured loan agreement for up to $261 million with global...

Port Authority of Augusta-Catania to receive central funds

Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2021 – The Italian government has signed the decree of allotment of €115 million ($140 million) for the design of...

Italian government makes €107 million available to Municipalities, Metropolitan Cities and Port System Authorities

The Ministry of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility makes €107 million available to Municipalities, Metropolitan Cities and Port System Authorities for...

Croatia’s National Plan includes transport reform and investment

Today in Rijeka, the Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, Oleg Butković, presented the reforms and investments that refer to the transport...

Italy’s Port of Augusta seeks national fund financing for “last mile” rail connections

Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 12, 2021 – As part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Pnrr – Il Piano nazionale di ripresa e...

Privatisation process for Makhachkala port started, part of Russia’s development drive in the Caspian region

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 6, 2021 – Makhachkala Sea Commercial Port JSC, located on Russia’s west Caspian Sea coast, has been included in the...

Italian Minister Enrico Giovannini: “Let’s open the debate on the Bridge over the Strait”

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has published the text of an interview given by Minister...

Analysis – Is a new €2 billion port area development in Durres a realistic project?

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 2, 2021 – Albania is the “New Europe” and I want to be the first to go there, said Mohamed Alabbar, the head of...

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