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.
Innsomnia, KPMG to establish startup incubator in Spanish port system
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – A consortium of Valencia-based company Innsomnia and consultancy KPMG has been awarded a contract to...
Bulgaria cancels 2003 multimodal transport agreement with Georgia and Armenia
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Bulgaria cancelled in March the tripartite multimodal transport agreement signed in distant 2003 due to its...
Noatum Ports rebranded Cosco Shipping Ports (Spain)
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Following its acquisition by Cosco Shipping Ports Limited in June 2017, Noatum Ports SLU has been...
Ukraine together with the EU will develop the infrastructure of Azov region – Volodymyr Omelyan
March 20, 2019 – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine – Ukraine together with the EU will develop the infrastructure of Azov region –...
Analysis – China and Italy sign new Silk Road agreement – the aftermath
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – A total of 19 institutional agreements and 10 commercial agreements were signed during the state visit of...
Eni starts wave power energy generation at the Ravenna offshore site
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – The Italian energy company Eni SpA has installed and activated the Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter...
COSCO looks to inland Serbian ports to link to Europe
Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – COSCO considers the region of Southeastern Europe (SEE) to be one of its strategic markets and intends to...
Is Malta missing out on the new Silk Road?
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – After the Italian ports of Genoa and Trieste joint the China’s new Silk Road project, the attention...
Luka Kotor signs concession agreement for Kotor port
Kotor, Montenegro (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Montenegrin company Luka Kotor has signed a concession agreement to operate Kotor harbour for a period of...
COSCO meets with Valencia port management
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia),...
Germany criticises Italy’s cooperation with China
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – The German government is concerned about China’s increasing influence in the EU. Foreign Minister Heiko...
China eyes investments in Italy’s Porto Empedocle
Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – A Chinese technical delegation has studied the profiles of Sicilian ports, including Porto...
Trieste port signs agreement with China Communications Construction Company
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Occidentale (Genoa) and China Communication Construction Company sign cooperation agreement
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – A part of the wider agreement signed in Rome between Italy and China for the development of relations...
Serbia to open financial offer of P&O Ports for Luka Novi Sad on March 22
Novi Sad, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – Serbia’s economy ministry plans to open the financial offer of P&O Ports in a tender for the...
Rijeka free port celebrates anniversary and looks to future
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – The Northern Adriatic port city of Rijeka has been celebrating the 300th anniversary of its status as a...
Koper port increases export capacity to Austria businesses
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – At a business event near Koper, 26 Austrian companies active in the logistics, transport, IT and civil...
Cruise ships avoiding the Black Sea due to Crimea annexation
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Major cruise companies are avoiding Black Sea ports due to the uncertain geopolitical situation after the...
Sintraport’s strike in Barcelona may spread to other ports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – While the longshoremen’s conflict remains latent in Spanish ports, it is now the transporters who...
ÖBB and Trieste port sign agreements to increase cooperation
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has signed two two memoranda of understanding (MoU) were signed to...