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New breakbulk services between the Far East and Middle East by HMM and NBP

Seoul, South Korea (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – South Korean shipping group, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), and Japan’s NYK Bulk & Projects...

New Venice, Far East container service starts

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 3, 2023 – Italian Rif Line is a container service operating between Venice and the Far East. The MV Rijnborg, a...

Second feeder container line across Caspian from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 31, 2022 – Turkmenistan’s Merchant Marine Fleet will provide its Balkan vessel for the second feeder container...

Cruise ships resume services between Turkey and Libya

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 21, 2022 – Cruise ships have resumed services between Turkey and Libya with a vessel leaving Izmir in Turkey for...

Baleària starts daily Motril-Tanger Med cargo service

Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2022 – Baleària has started up a new cargo line to connect the ports of Motril and Tangier Med on a daily...

Uzbekistan sends block train to Burgas, Bulgaria

Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 21, 2022 – Uzbekistan has send its first block train to Burgas, Bulgaria along the “Middle Corridor”....

Next sanctions-busting shipping line launched between Novorossiysk and Istanbul

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 16, 2022 – In another attempt to bypass western sanctions against Russia, logistics operator PEK (First...

Suardíaz, Stellantis set up new Port of Vigo, Liverpool shipping line

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2022 – Spanish logistics group Suardíaz and Stellantis are to set up a shipping line between Vigo and the port of...

Containerships will connect YILPORT terminals in Ferrol and Oslo

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2022 – A new service from Containerships will connect YILPORT Oslo with YILPORT Ferrol (Spain). Other ports on...

Port of Gioia Tauro to have fast cargo rail link with Veneto interport

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 13, 2022 – The Port of Gioia Tauro is to have fast cargo rail link with the Padua-Veneto Interport. The plan...

ZIM launches feeder service between Poti and Istanbul

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 9, 2022 – Israeli shipper ZIM has launched a feeder service, Poti Turkiye Feeder (PTF), between Poti and Istanbul....

Grimaldi increases services from Bari, Brindisi ports

Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – The Grimaldi shipping group is to increase services from the Southeastern Italian ports of Bari and...

New cargo rail service links Turkey’s Izmir port with Uzbekistan

Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 7, 2022 – A new cargo rail service links Turkey’s Izmir port with Uzbekistan and is declared “a new...

First customs corridor between two European states from the port of Trieste

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2022 – The first customs corridor between two European states, to be launched by end-January 2023, will connect...

First Rijeka – Austria direct cargo rail service established

Rijeka, Austria (PortSEurope) November 30, 2022 – Maersk Line has set up a block train service connecting the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) in...

Delo Group receives first ferry in Novorossiysk of the new line with Turkey

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 29, 2022 – DeloPorts and the RusCon forwarding group have received and processed in the Black Sea port of...

New line to deliver Egypt’s food and agricultural products to Russia via Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 27, 2022 – DalRefTrans company, part of the giant Russian FESCO Transport Group, is planning to launch a new...

Next sanctions-busting container line Turkey-Russia

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) November 22, 2022 – Next sanctions-busting container line Turkey-Russia for private consumer goods has been set up....

Delo Group creates its own container lines from Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 20, 2022 – The Delo Group had created its own container lines from Novorossiysk to Turkey, India and Israel,...

Batumi International Container Terminal welcomes COSCO’s TBX1 service

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 16, 2022 – Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT)has welcomed the inaugural vessel call of Diamond...

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