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Huelva port to become LNG supplier

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 28, 2020 – The first ship 100% dedicated to the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be supplied at the...

CMA CGM Group expected to restart bookings from Asia to North Europe on December 28

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 23, 2020 – French shipping CMA CGM Group is expected to restart bookings for cargo from Asian ports to Northern...

CMA CGM Group boosts capacity between Asia and Europe

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2020 – French shipping CMA CGM Group is reinforcing its presence through improved port coverage and vessel...

Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad container rail service set to resume

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 18, 2020 – Following a meeting at the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the national railways of Turkey,...

Rail services to Gioia Tauro port resume

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 – For the first time snce 2015, rail services are now operating between the port of Gioia Tauro and...

Kombiverkehr to add blocktrain to Scandinavia-Northern Italy link

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – Kombiverkehr KG, an operator of intermodal rail freight transport in Europe, is to start a new direct...

First container train carrying cargo from Turkey to China arrived in Baku Port on December 10

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 11, 2020 – A train, which will cover a total of 8,693 kilometers, has passed through the Baku Port and headed for...

Aveiro port to supply new eco fuel

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2020 – Prio’s biodiesel plant, based in the Port of Aveiro, is to produce Eco Bunkers, a green fuel for...

Hannibal Milan-Rotterdam intermodal service grows between Rail Hub Milano and Rotterdam Botlek Terminal Kingdom

Hannibal Milan-Rotterdam intermodal service grows, with three additional weekly circulations between Rail Hub Milano and Rotterdam Botlek Terminal, connecting...

PKP Cargo International continues to develop rail transport to the south of Europe

At the end of November, PKP Cargo International (formerly AWT), a leading logistics operator in Europe, launched a new regular railway line between the...

Caspian Container Lines tests Iran-Russia service

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 – Iran and Russia agreed to launch a container shipping line in the Caspian Sea by September to expand...

Thessaloniki port-Sofia intermodal rail service starts trial

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – Following the creation of the first dry port in Sofia, Bulgaria and in the context of improving the...

BERGÉ and ECL intensify regular line service between Spain and the Caribbean to boost business activity

Vertraco Shipping and BERGÉ, as its representative agent in Spain, will intensify commercial activity between our country and the Caribbean and the northern...

Alsancak port restart Ro-Ro operations

Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 28, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has approved an application for the port of Alsancak (Izmir)...

Buran Energy to develop renewable hydrogen project in Malaga port

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) November 26, 2020 – Buran Energy is now managing Oil Distribution Terminals in the port of Málaga and will start a project...

La Spezia Container Terminal added to MSC’s new INDUSA Express Service

Contship’s La Spezia Container Terminal added to MSC’s new INDUSA Express Service, supporting Italian export to the Indian sub-Continent –...

Almería port completes first LNG bunker action

Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – The Port of Almería has hosted its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering with the Bahama Mama...

New Greek-Cypriot ferry service to be tendered

Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – Cyprus is planning to issue a tender for a sea passenger connection line with Greece in early...

CMA CGM to launch the TURKEY MED EXPRESS 2 connecting Turkey, Italy, France & Algeria

CMA CGM is pleased to announce the implementation of TMX 2 – TURKEY MED EXPRESS 2, the fastest ever maritime bridge between Turkey, Italy, France &...

Circle and Ignazioa Messina: From Genoa to Egypt containers under control with RFID eSeals

JOINT PRESS RELEASE CIRCLE and IGNAZIO MESSINA & C.: From Genoa to Egypt containers under control with RFID eSeals – November 23, 2020 First pilot...

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