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.
Spain dismantles drugs cartel in Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Spanish authorities said that they eliminated the largest criminal organisation smuggling and...
Spain plans to expand Naval Station Rota, Cadiz
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The Spanish government plans to redevelop the Rota Naval Base in Cádiz. It will take eight years to...
Yilport receives finance for cranes at Liscont terminal, Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Mitsui E&S Co, Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Yılport Holding have signed a...
Jan De Nul completed dredging in Kazakh Kuryk port
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Belgium’s Jan De Nul has completed, ahead of schedule, the four-month dredging project in the...
Shrinking Caspian – stranded ports, half empty ships
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The Caspian Sea is within weeks of reaching its lowest level on record, an Azerbaijani official said,...
Uniontrasporti presents cost benefit analysis for Messina bridge project
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Just over 9 billion euros in investments versus benefits of almost 11 billion euros with a net result of...
Update: Islamist HTS 100 km from Russia’s navy only Med Sea base
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) December 1, 2024 – After capturing Syria’s largest city of Aleppo, insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)...
Russia might lose its navy’s only Mediterranean port facility in Tartus
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) November 30, 2024 – Russia’s only naval base outside the former Soviet Union in Syria’s Eastern Mediterranean Sea port of...
Iran: Seaports cargo report – October 2024
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) November 26, 2024 – The Iranian Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) has reported Iran’s port cargo statistics for October...
Plagen plans methanol plant near Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – South Korean clean energy company Plagen has signed an initial agreement to develop a green methanol...
French CGT union proposes port strike December 9-10
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The CGT trade union is calling for 48-hour strike at the country’s ports. The call is a response...
Grimaldi ferry terminal in Barcelona port adopts cold ironing
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) system for the Grimaldi ferry terminal on the Sant Bertran quay,...
Tanger Med sees Jan-Sep 2024 turnover up 11%
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 24, 2024 – In the first nine months of 2024, Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has reported turnover of over 3...
Vezzani requests car terminal concession, Porto Marghera
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) November 22, 2024 – Vezzani Spa has applied for a new car terminal concession in Porto Marghera’s former Sirma area....
Restructuring plan for Vittoria shipyard approved by Court of Rovigo
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) November 22, 2024 – The restructuring plan for the Vittoria shipyard has been approved by the Court of Rovigo. “The...
Cocaine seized in Port of Vigo, Galicia
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) November 20, 2024 – On Tuesday, the Customs Surveillance Service (SVA) and the Civil Guard discovered suspicious packages on...
Port of Constanta reduces Ukrainian grain exports
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – In January-October 2024, the port of Constanta exported 5.6 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain, down...
Monopolies commission investigates SAS & Moby
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – Yesterday, the Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) opened an investigation into SAS, part of MSC...
BMF Port Burgas started major railway expansion
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 19, 2023 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas...
MSC meets conditions to acquire 49.9% of HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – As of November 14, 2024, all closing conditions for the takeover offer of Port of Hamburg...