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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 bank opens Vienna branch with new Silk Road focus
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – The Chinese bank ICBC has opened a subsidiary branch in Vienna, ICBC Austria Bank GmbH, operating as a...
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation visits Rijeka port
Zagreb, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts Darko Horvat reported that a delegation of the China...
EU coordinator for the Baltic-Adriatic TEN-T Core Network Corridor visits Austria
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Anne Elisabet Jensen, European coordinator for the Baltic-Adriatic TEN-T Core Network Corridor has visited...
Analysis – Thessaloniki port seeks exit from Piraeus shadow; Chinese and Russian interests
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) May 19, 2019 – After acquiring 67% of the second largest Greek port of Thessaloniki in March 2018, the consortium of new...
Uzbekistan dispatches first transit cargo through Aktau Port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) May 18, 2019 – A cargo train belonging to the Uzbekistan Railways (Uzbekiston Temir Yollari), carrying 20-foot TEU...
Georgian Prime Minister speaks about the development of country as multi-dimensional hub
News – Prime Minister’s Press Office – Mamuka Bakhtadze: We have ambition to be multi-dimensional hub in our region. We must become a hub for Doing...
Valencia port climbs one spot in Europe’s container ports ranking
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Valencia port has climbed one place in the European ranking of container ports and, according to...
Croatia’s Pazin court launches bankruptcy proceedings against Uljanik Group
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Croatia’s Pazin court has launched bankruptcy proceedings against the Uljanik Group, the parent of...
Gioia Tauro optimistic with start of port developments
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Gioia Tauro Port Authority commissioner, Andrea Agostinelli, has reported a number of developments which...
Luka Koper wins Daimler’s car transit tender for third time in a row
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – The Port of Koper has proved successful also in the third international invitation to tender launched by the...
A Chinese delegation of vehicle manufacturers visits Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – A delegation of automotive companies from China and Hong Kong visited Barcelona port last week to study the...
Maersk and MSC to relocate operations away from Malta’s Freeport
Freeport, Malta (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – Malta Freeport has said that the shipping companies Maersk and MSC plan to reduce their operations at...
Bankruptcy proceedings for Uljanik shipyard is not the end; Chinese interest
News Release – Government of Croatia – Opening of bankruptcy proceedings for Uljanik shipyard is not the end – May 13, 2019 Prime Minister...
Italy’s government approves €75.5 million financing for Fincantieri Palermo shipyards
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Italy’s government has approved a €75.5 million ($85 million) loan for the overhaul of Palermo...
P&O Ports appointed operator of Novi Sad port, Serbia
Novi Sad, Serbia (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – P&O Ports, part of DP World, has been awarded a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement to operate...
Georgian Vice Prime Minister visits Anaklia port project
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – Vice Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Maia Tskitishvili,...
PSA Peugeot Kenitra factory set for mid-year launch
Tanger Med, (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – French automaker PSA Peugeot aims to start production at its Kenitra factory in mid-2019, with CEO Carlos...
EBRD finances innovative logistics hub in Turkey
News – EBRD finances innovative logistics hub in Turkey: Private Turkish-German venture opens new gateway to transport cargo – May 9, 2019 Turkish...
Eurogate, Contship complete MINTT share acquisition
Tangier Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – Eurogate International GmbH and Contship Italia SpA have completed a transaction to enter the capital...
China’s CSIC sees Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik as gateway to Europe
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) sees Croatia’s Uljanik shipyard as a gateway to Europe,...