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The key news from Ports Europe covering business and geopolitical issues. Some of these articles appear in the email newsletter published every Wednesday. This will include any new Analysis articles.
Chinese and Italian delegates attend Central-Eastern European Economic Forum in Poland
Warsaw, Poland (PortSEurope) September 9, 2019 – Pino Musolino, President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP...
Greece to produce regional port sustainability reports
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) September 7, 2019 – The Greek Minister of Maritime Policy, Yiannis Plakiotakis, has said that the government will carry out...
Brothers in … sanctions: Russia, Iran, Syria
Sevastopol, Crimea (PortSEurope) September 6, 2019 – Russia, via occupied Crimea, has offered U.S. sanctions-hit Iran use of its Black Sea ports to transport...
Port Authority of Thessaloniki hires consultants to analyse Pier VI expansion
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) September 6, 2019 – Port Authority of Thessaloniki S.A. (ThPA) has signed a contract with a joint venture of Hill...
Configuration and Prospects of the Piraeus Shipping Cluster – study
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) September 5, 2019 – The University of Piraeus has published a study called “Configuration and Prospects of the...
Japan’s Yazaki to open fourth plant in Morocco
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) September 4, 2019 – Yazaki Corporation, an automotive parts supplier, plans to open a new plant in Kenitra, Morocco, in...
China Merchants Group signs agreement with RINA for cruise ship projects
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) September 4, 2019 – CMIT – Europe, a subsidiary of China Merchants Industry Holdings (CMIT), has signed an agreement...
Greek Shipping Ministry welcomes updated €800m Piraeus port master plan
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) September 3, 2019 – The Greek Shipping Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis has expressed his satisfaction with a new updated...
Luka Koper reports first half net profit reduction
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) September 3, 2019 – Luka Koper.d.d., the operator of Koper port, has reported its financial results for the first six...
British ports welcome funding but looking political agreement between the UK and EU
30 August 2019 Following the announcement today that the UK Government has opened a new grants scheme for infrastructure modifications at ports in...
Analysis – Alexandroupolis is leading port of interest in Greek regional harbour privatisation
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) September 2, 2019 – Greece’s portfolio of 10 regional ports slated for privatisation includes...
Ukraine interested in participating in the Three Seas Initiative
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) September 2, 2019 – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has just finished an official visit to Poland from August...
Analysis – In a win for Russia, Anaklia deep sea port project descends into chaos
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) August 30, 2019 – Russia is winning the protracted game around the idea for Anaklia – the first deep-water port on the...
Georgia’s Strategic Game Changer
Georgia’s Strategic Game Changer – Infrastructure project will have enormous political, economic and security impact By Vazha Tavberidze, the...
Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan to set up INSTC working group
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) August 28, 2019 – The transport ministries of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan have agreed to establish a working group in order...
Hamburg and Shanghai ports intensify cooperation
In the presence of Shanghai Party Secretary LI Qiang, Hamburg’s First Mayor Dr. Ing. Peter Tschentscher and Shanghai Vice Mayor XU Kunlin today signed a...
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company to test Batumi-Constanta ports container service
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) August 27, 2019 – At a meeting of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor International Association in...
Barcelona port reports record railway activity in July
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) August 27, 2019 – Barcelona port has broken, this July, its historical record of railway circulations in a single month...
Valenciaport has doubled its rail traffic in the last 6 years
News – In 2018, 8.52% of Valenciaport import-export traffic used the train as a means of transportation compared to 5.11% in 2012 – August 16, 2019...
State Hydrographic Service of Ukraine refreshes campaign against Russia’s actions
News – Russia unlawfully produces sea navigational charts for the territory of Ukraine and so, causes threatens for shipping in the Black Sea and the Sea...