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.
Marsa Maroc operates Cotonou port terminals, Benin
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The Moroccan port operator Marsa Maroc has signed a contract to operate Cotonou port terminals in...
Key role for Trans-Caspian segment of TITR
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – In parallel with the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...
Port of Elefsina removes dangerous ships and wrecks
Elefsina, Greece (Ports Europe) September 25, 2024 – The Port Authority of Elefsina (OLE) is continuing to remove dangerous ships and wrecks which pose a...
Éole, the Assembly Platform for Tomorrow’s WindTurbines: Launch of the Consultation Process
News Release – Nantes-Saint Nazaire port – September 23, 2024 Making plans for the provision by 2030 of new infrastructures tailored to the...
Sanctions require Russia’s Primorye corridors to China
Posyet, Russia (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – Western sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 require Moscow to...
Port of Venice plans waterfront development
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2024 – President of the Port System Authority, Fulvio Lino Di Blasio, has presented ideas to develop the port...
Maersk Europe Market Update – September 2024
Ocean Update – September 11, 2024 In February 2025, together with Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk is launching an operational collaboration called the Gemini...
CDP, Italian government presents “maritime ventures”
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – CDP Capital Ventures, the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy aim to create 10 new companies in the...
Port of Ancona starts modernisation works
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The Port of Ancona has started modernisation works to compete with other North Adriatic ports. The work...
Cruise associations announce coalition
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – MedCruise, Cruise Baltic, Cruise Britain, Cruise Norway and Cruise Europe established the United...
ONE, HMM and Yang Ming Confirm the Alliance Partnership
Press Release – Ocean Network Express – September 9, 2024 Ocean Network Express (ONE), HMM and Yang Ming Marine Transportation are pleased to...
Ports of Algeciras and Ningbo plan cooperation
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – The Port of Algeciras is consolidating its role as a key distribution hub between Asia, Europe,...
Iranian port sector seeks investment
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – The Ports & Maritime Organisation (PMO) has said it plans to develop the local maritime economy. Iran...
Bremen-based BLG Group expands into Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 30, 2024 – BLG Group has opened a business in Istanbul, Yesterday, Managing Director and COO Matthias Magnor...
Shrinking Caspian is a bonanza for Jan De Nul
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – After winning the tender for the maritime infrastructure of Anaklia, Georgia’s first deep sea port on...
Global Ports Holding delisted from the London Stock Exchange
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) August 13, 2024 –Â On August 9, 2024, Global Ports Holding B.V. (Bidco), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Global...
‘Cruisezillas’: How much bigger can cruise ships get? – T & E
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe)- August 13, 2024 – Clean energy advocate Transport & Environment has published a report asking how big cruise ships...
Iran tries to develop its ports despite sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Iran’s Ports & Maritime Organisation (PMO), the government body in charge of developing and managing...
Port of Barcelona publishes Annual Corporate Report for 2023
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – The Port Authority of Barcelona has published its Annual Corporate Report for 2023. It includes traffic...
Update: Makhachkala port road saga
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – The cost of building the hugely delayed 6.2 km access road to Russia’s Caspian Sea port of...