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RMG crane automation – balancing between port efficiency and labour
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 28, 2024 – Automated Rail-Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes, introduced in the early 2000s and more widespread...
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...
Kazakh ambassador visits Shahid Rajaee Port, Iran
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) December 27, 2024 – The Kazakh ambassador to Iran has visited Shahid Rajaee Port and called for improved trade relations in...
Russia’s Makhachkala port privatized, new owner is a sanctioned billionaire
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) December 27, 2024 – The long-delayed privatisation of Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala has been completed,...
India operates first phase of Chabahar port, Iran
Chabahar, Iran (Ports Europe) December 27, 2024 – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has reported that India is operating the first phase...
Finland seized tanker with Russian oil suspected of damaging Baltic power, internet cables
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – Today, Finland seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea. The tanker was believed to have...
Three small cocaine busts in Tunisia in December
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – 3.5 kg of cocaine was seized by Tunisian security forces in the capital Tunis, the National Guard reported...
Turkey eyes Syrian Mediterranean ports
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – Turkey is jockeying for control of at least one Mediterranean port in Syria following the collapse of...
Security exposed at Port of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – Following investigations after the 1.2 kg cocaine seizure in Piraeus port in 2023, investigations have...
Contract signed to dredge Port of Volos
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – A contract has been signed between the government and the Tekal company to dredge the Port of Volos....
Russia’s total container market in Jan-Nov’24 was 6 mln TEUs
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 5.8% in January-November 2024, compared to the first 11 months of 2023 to...
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...
Emergency in Krasnodar as more oil from sunken tankers washing up on coastline
Anapa, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Russia’s southern Krasnodar region declared a state of emergency after oil from two over...
Almost five times less cocaine seized in Hamburg port in 2024
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Around five tonnes of cocaine were discovered in Germany’s port of Hamburg so far in 2024,...
Russia’s biggest logistics vessel sank in Mediterranean
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Ursa Major, Russia’s biggest and most capable logistics vessel sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the...
Seizure of cocaine at the port of Olbia, Sardinia
Olbia, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – The authorities seized approximately 39 kg of cocaine at the port of Isola Bianca on December...
Port of Trieste sees stable cargo in Jan-Nov 2024
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – In January-November 2024, cargo traffic at the Port of Trieste remained stable. This is despite...
Port of Palermo sees cruise ship passenger growth
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – The Port of Palermo has experienced increased cruise ship passenger numbers in recent years. In...
Clean Arctic Alliance raises concern about Kerch Strait pollution
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 –Â The non-profit organisation Clean Arctic Alliance has raised concerns about pollution in the...
Shrimps hide 260 kg of cocaine in Port of Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2024 – Genoan authorities have confiscated 260 kg of cocaine hidden at the bottom of a ship container carrying...