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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.
Analysis – After Syria’s Tartus port, Russia eyes Libya’s Mediterranean port of Tobruk
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – The advance of the army of general Khalifa Belqasim Haftar towards Tripoli raises again the issue of Russia’s...
Barcelona port handles its first LNG-fired cruise ship
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Barcelona port handled on April 26 its first cruise ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the...
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation delegation to visit Pula and Rijeka shipyards
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – A delegation of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), will visit the Croatian shipyards in Pula...
Analysis – Syria signs 49-year contract for operation, overhaul of Tartus port with Russia’s Stroytransgaz
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – The Syrian authorities have concluded a 49-year investment contract with Russian company Stroytransgaz for the...
Spain’s CCOO calls off ports strike scheduled for April 26
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Spanish trade union CCOO (Confederacion Sindical de Comisiones Obreras) has called off the strike...
Russia takes over Syrian port of Tartus
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Russia is expected to sign by the end of April a 49-year lease contract for the Syrian Mediterranean port...
Puertos del Estado and SPC Spain analyze measures to boost short sea shipping and motorways of the sea
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has had a productive meeting with a delegation...
Eni, CDP, Fincantieri and Terna join forces to develop power plants on an industrial scale
Press Release – Eni, CDP, Fincantieri and Terna join forces to develop power plants on an industrial scale – April 22, 2019 The Chief Executive...
P & O Ports withdraws from Sète container terminal project
Sète, France (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – P & O Ports, part of Dubai-owned DP World, is reported to be withdrawing from the container terminal...
Bulgaria and Iran discuss transport development
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami has visited Sofia, meeting Prime...
METRANS starts new block-train service between Koper port and Enns
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – The Luka Koper port authority has reported a new railway service connecting Enns, in Austria, with Koper...
China Machinery Engineering Corporation signs contract for port of Varna enlargement
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 22, 2019 – China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) has signed a €120 million ($134.93 million) contract...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) takes part in institutional missions in Dubai, Miami
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 22, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Analysis – Anaklia new port: China probably wants it, Russia hates it, U.S. navy might use it, Georgia would benefit from it enormously
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2019 – The project for the future biggest deep sea port in the Black Sea, Anaklia, has reportedly secured financing...
Bulgaria and Georgia to establish twice daily ferry services between their Black Sea ports
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Bulgaria and Georgia will increase ferry services between their Black Sea ports from twice weekly to twice...
Onorato and ARS Altmann to relaunch auto logistics hub at Piombino port
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – The Onorato Group is to build a 300,000 m² terminal for storing cars on the north dock of Piombino port....
Potential Chinese investments in Rijeka, Trieste may threaten Slovenia’s Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Koper port may lose its leading role in the northern Adriatic and become a port of regional importance if...
Trade unions call off strike at Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Spanish trade unions CCOO, UGT and CIG have called off the 24-hour port strike scheduled for April 17, 2019,...
Greece joins China’s ”16+1” Partnership With Central and Eastern Europe
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Greece has officially joined the ”Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European...
DHL Global Forwarding sets up Logistics Hub in Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – DHL Global Forwarding, an international provider of air, sea and road freight services, is to set up...