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Arkas Line launches India Med Service line

Ambarli, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 1, 2025 – Starting February 10, 2025, Arkas Line will launch the “India Med Service (IMS)” route, adding India...

CMA CGM returns to Ukraine with Piraeus-Istanbul-Odessa line

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 28, 2024 – The French company CMA CGM, one of the three largest container shipping operators in the world, will...

Second run for Varna-Poti railway ferry

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – The Georgian-flagged ferry AIA (IMO: 9120384) will transport 39 rail tankers for the second time from...

Moby Dik Terminal joins Unified Information System Of Global Ports

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) December 20, 2024 – Moby Dik Marine Terminal has started working in the Conterra information system of parent...

MSC offers new Trieste-Gebze service

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 20, 2024 – MSC has presented a new option for transporting 45-foot containers from Gebze, Turkey, to Trieste, a...

Russia’s FESCO with Shanghai-Vladivostok direct container line

Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – In early December, Russia’s FESCO Transport Group, part of the giant RosAtom state corporation,...

MSC adds HAROPA PORT to West Africa service

Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) December 12, 2024 – MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company, one of the world’s leading shipping companies, has updated...

FESCO to start Novorossiysk-Kenya container service

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) December 11, 2024 – The FESCO transport group has established a new container service connecting Novorossiysk and the...

Green North Sea Shipping Corridor links ports of Tyne & IJmuiden

Newcastle, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 4, 2024 – The Green North Sea Shipping Corridor Project has been officially inaugurated, aiming to...

CMA CGM to launch Bora Med service, Eastern Mediterranean

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – CMA CGM has announced that the Short Sea Lines Division will launch the weekly BORA MED SERVICE (BMS)....

Baku port launches first container train to China

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 27, 2024 – The first container train on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route’s return trip from...

FESCO updates Novorossiysk-China service

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 24, 2024 – The FESCO Transport Group has announced the launch of an updated marine service, FESCO Black Sea...

New Caspian ferry line Turkmenbashi-Olya might finally launch

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2024 – After years of talks, in the near future, a regular ferry service may finally be launched between...

Alicante boosts Ro-Pax lines to Algeria

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – Spain’s Mediterranean Sea port of Alicante adds new lines with the Algerian ports of Oran and...

Rail Cargo Group to launch Rijeka-Belgrade service

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – Rail Cargo Group is to launch a Rijeka-Belgrade service on its TransNET connecting the two rail hubs....

Ruscon launches Israel-Russia cargo service

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 1, 2024 – Ruscon, a multimodal transportation operator, has launched a regular service for the delivery of...

Maersk launched new container feeder line to Ukraine

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – In defiance of continuing missile strikes against Ukrainian Black Sea ports, Danish giant shipping and...

New intermodal rail connect starts between Venice and Brescia

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – A joint collaboration between Vecon-PSA Venice, Magli – Intermodal Service Group (MIS Group) and...

Russia-Turkey Ro-Ro service restarts after 2-year break

Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – After a two-year break, a Ro-Ro service between the Turkish Black Sea port of Zonguldak and the...

Port of La Rochelle introduces cold ironing

La Rochelle, France (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Grand Port Maritime de La Rochelle has announced that it is now equipped with twelve new...

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