Top News
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.
La Spezia Container Terminal: Molo Ravano expansion tender
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 7, 2024 – The La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) has published a tender for the expansion of the new Molo Ravano in...
Croatia’s Krk LNG terminal receives first gas from Algeria
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2024 – Last week, the Krk liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on welcomed the 92nd methane tanker since it began...
Hamburg sets up port security centre
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) Juni 3, 2024 – The Port of Hamburg has opened a port security centre (HSZ-Hafensicherheitszentrum) to support the police,...
Morocco to tender LNG terminal for Nador port
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 3, 2024 – The Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development plans to issue a tender to construct a...
How To Maximize The Middle Corridor – Caspian Policy Center
Washington, USA (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – Earlier this month, the Caspian Policy Center hosted “The 8th Annual Trans-Caspian Forum: How to Maximize...
Port of Barcelona see rise in total traffic in Jan-Apr 2024
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – In the first four months of 2024, the Port of Barcelona handled 22.8 million tons, an increase of +8.2%...
Cyprus minister says Qatar interested in Larnaca port investment
Larnaca, Cyprus (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – The Cypriot Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on May 30 that Qatar and other international investors...
Port of Sines closed Q1 2024 with +16% growth
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – The Port of Sines closed the first quarter of the year with +16% growth over the same period last year,...
Georgia’s Anaklia port given to China
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – A consortium of majority state-owned China Communication and Construction Company (CCCC) Ltd., one of the...
Morocco as a green shipping H2 hub
Transport & Environment (2024), Europe-Asia Green Corridors: Case for Morocco as a green shipping H2 hub Endowed with rich solar and wind energy, Morocco...
New accident with Russia’s shadow tanker fleet
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – A Russian oil tanker Hera 1, part of the country’s shadow fleet of some 600 vessels, got stuck on May 23...
Port of Marseille Fos signs agreement with Guangzhou port, China
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Last Friday, the Port of Marseille Fos signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese port of Guangzhou....
Webuild publishes update on new Genoa breakwater project
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – The contractor Webuild has published a press release providing an update on the new Genoa breakwater project....
Tanger Med is one of the world’s top 19 container ports
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Morocco’s Tanger Med port in the Strait of Gibraltar achieved record figures in 2023, the year in which...
Russia plans a new Arctic deep-water port
Belomorsk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – Forced by Western sanctions, transport connection issues with its Black and Caspian seas ports and...
Dragados Offshore establish a concession in Port of Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – Dragados Offshore has received authorisation to set establish a concession in Campamento in the Port of...
Links with South America expose ports to criminal gangs
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Whilst Galicia in Northern Spain is not considered a main gateway for cocaine smuggling into Europe, there are...
Chantier Naval de Marseille commits to “green” steps
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Grand port maritime de Marseille (GPMM) and Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNdM) have agreed a number of...
The road to the Caspian Sea – Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – After years of delays, the project for the construction of an access road to Russia’s Caspian Sea port of...
Jan de NUL carries out dredging in Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – The Belgian company Jan De Nul NV is carrying out dredging in the Port of Santander. The work will be...