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.
Russian oil refinery in Libyan port
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – The eastern Libya government, controlled by General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar, who is fighting against...
Ports of Livorno and Piombino schedule cold ironing
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The port authority of Livorno and Piombino is starting processes on the project to electrify the docks, also...
Luka Rijeka sees cargo down -10% in Q1 2024
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 19, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, Luka Rijeka handled 1,341,441 tons of cargo, a decrease of -10% compared to...
APM Terminals Barcelona commissions 17 Konecranes carriers
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Yesterday, APM Terminals Barcelona commissioned 17 Konecranes NSC 644 EHY hybrid straddle carriers. The...
DP World has opens three major new sites in Romania
Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – DP World has opened three major new sites in Romania, two in Constanta and one in Aiud. Constanta, the...
Chinese cranes also for NUTEP in Russia’s Novorossiysk Port
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Deprived of access to Western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning en...
Algeria creates new shipping company, Cnan El Djazair
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Algerian government has decided to merge the Cnan Nord and Cnan Med shipping companies to form...
Chinese EV brand Arcfox sets up logistics centre in Port of Ferrol
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Atium Logistic Group and China’s Arcfox have jointly set up a logistics centre for the storage and...
Yachting cocaine route Bulgaria-Greece busted
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Over 10 tonnes of cocaine were transported per year by yachts between Bulgaria’s Black Sea marinas in...
New breakwater for Port of Bilbao receives funding
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The construction of the central breakwater of the Port of Bilbao is now entering the final part of its second...
Corruption charges set to end Vado regasification terminal project
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – Last Tuesday, Giovanni Toti, the centre-right governor of Italy’s northwest Liguria region, was placed...
Greek Navy deters Russian oil ship-to-ship transfers
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 11, 2024 – In the last two weeks, the Greek Navy has issued two NAVTEX notices for military exercises in the Laconian...
Olya Port and SEZ development pushed by Putin
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) May 9, 2024 – The long-delayed project for the development of Russia’s Caspian port of Olya is moving much faster after the...
Coalition publishes the Hamburg Declaration to fight illegal drugs
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 8, 2024 – Yesterday, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser hosted a ministerial conference of the coalition...
Port of Taranto identifies areas to develop wind energy
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – The Management Committee of the Ionian Sea Port System Authority held an extraordinary meeting on May 3 to...
EU set to close its ports to ships helping Russia, new sanctions
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – The European Union (EU) is set to ban the use of EU ports by ships transporting goods that might help...
Asyaport is top TEU transit port in Turkey in Q1 24
Tekirdag, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – In January-March 2024, Asyaport handled 545,509 TEU containers, compared with 361,404 TEU in the same...
KSK Grain Terminal reports record handling in April
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – The KSK Grain Terminal in Novorossiysk handled 1.03 million tonnes of grain in April. This is a record...
Further questions for the bridge over the Strait of Messina project
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 4, 2024 – The executive project of the bridge over the Strait of Messina will arrive “not before...
World Bank executive visits Georgia, protests in Tbilisi
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2024 – Eugene Rhuggenaath, the Executive Director of the World Bank EDS 19, has visited Georgia to discuss...