Planning/Strategy
All issues linked to planning and strategies of companies, organisations and governments which own ports. This includes plans to increase traffic and the capacity of ports and generate revenue.
Carbox starts new company in Port of Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – Carbox, part of the Tarros Group, has started a new company, Carbox Egypt, based in Alexandria. La...
Musical chairs for port cranes at TiL terminals
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), majority owned by MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company, the...
Valenciaport is the most ‘transparent’ institution in the state sector
Valencia, August 3, 2023 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) is the most transparent institution in the state public sector. This is...
Moscow keeps promising the development of industrial zones in Egypt
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – Infrastructure for the Russian Industrial Zone (RIZ) in Egypt will begin to be built by the end of 2023, Vasily...
Messina Strait port authority publishes 3-year plan, future bridge considered
Messina, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – Autorità di Sistema Portuale dello Stretto (AdSP – Strait) has approved a three-year...
CMA CGM and Egypt to cooperate on port development
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – The French logistics company CMA CGM and the Egyptian Ministry of Transport have signed an agreement to...
FESCO proposes new container terminal in Astrakhan, Caspian Sea
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) July 25, 2023 – Andrey Severilov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the FESCO Transport Group, has met with the...
Port of Piraeus has 13 new major projects underway
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – The Port of Piraeus Port has 13 new major projects underway in various stages of development. Piraeus Port...
New container terminal for Venice port passes next approval stage
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – The National Commission of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Safety has confirmed the positive...
Ports have a role to play in renewable energy in Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – A working group for the planning and operation of power generation centres based on renewable energy...
Ports of A Coruña and Aveiro discuss wind energy cooperation
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – The Ports of A Coruña and Aveiro, Portugal, have held discussions about joint strategic development...
Safiport receives positive EIA report for expansion
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 10, 2023 – Safiport has received a positive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for its expansion of liquid...
CMA CGM absorbs Containerships brand name
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 10, 2023 – The French logistics, shipping group CMA CGM has absorbed the brand name of its subsidiary...
New master plan for Port of Elefsina published
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 6, 2023 – A new master plan of the Port of Elefsina has been approved in principle by the Board of Directors of the...
Ports & Rail Forum 2023 takes place in Athens
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 6, 2023 – On July 5, 2023, the Ports & Rail Forum 2023 took place in Athens. It was organized by the Hellenic Ports...
Berne Declaration – Taking the cross-border rail customer experience to the next level
Bern, Switzerland (PortSEurope) July 6, 2023 – The Berne Declaration was signed by CER and European railway CEOs at the Rail CEO Summit hosted by Swiss...
Kazakhstan pushing Kuryk and Aktau ports projects
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Kazakhstan pushing through projects to develop te ports of Kuryk and Aktau. A pre-ferry sorting facility to...
Port of Venice and Polish port agree rail targets
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSPMAS – Northern Adriatic Sea Port...
Sanctions shrink cargo volumes in Rostov-on-Don port
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – Shrinking cargo volumes from Russia’s Rostov-on-Don port shows the impact of Western sanctions on the...
Iran and Russia: The game of (free) zones
Tehran (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – Iran and Russia will sign a memorandum for establishing mutual free economic zones (FEZ, SEZ – special economic...