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.
Edison supports Costa Morena Est as an LNG site in Brindisi port
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 12, 2023 – Costa Morena Est is the best location for the construction of the LNG facility for the first project in...
Port of Iskenderun continues recovery from February earthquakes
Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 10, 2023 – The Port of Iskenderun continues recovery from the February earthquakes both in terms of facilities...
VinFast & Luka Koper sign agreement for electric vehicle handling
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 10, 2023 – VinFast and Luka Koper have signed an agreement to establish Ro-Ro terminal services for VinFast...
Kyiv claims Ukrainian grain corridor works
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 10, 2023 – Kyiv claims that Ukraine’s Black Sea “humanitarian corridor” is working despite the Russian...
Portugal joins the “2Africa” subsea cable project
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – State agency DGRM has signed a contract with Vodafone which will connect the country with the...
Bulgarian delegation visits Alexandroupolis Port Authority
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – A diplomatic and business delegation from Bulgaria visited Alexandroupolis Port Authority last...
Libya to connect with Medusa submarine cable project
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Last week, Libya International United Telecommunications Company (LUIC) and the Medusa Company signed a...
Low water level in Volga, Don adds to Caspian Sea problem for INSTC
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Sharply reduced water levels of Russia’s giant Volga and Don rivers endangers the operations of the...
Anaklia port saga: Construction will begin in March, by whom to be announced…end-2024
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – The construction of Georgia’s first Black Sea deep-water port in Anaklia will begin in March-April 2024,...
Thessaloniki as a gateway to Southeast Europe for East Port Said, Egypt
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – East Port Said, at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, sees the Greek Aegean port of...
“Game of Corridors” in Central Asia
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) November 2, 2023 – The “Game of Corridors” continues to be played in Central Asia, following the Western sanctions...
New war risk service from Gard
Oslo, Norway (PortSEurope) October 31, 2023 – In response to rising geopolitical tensions, Gard, the largest marine insurer in the world, launched a new,...
Iran to provide ships for Russian North-South corridor via Caspian Sea
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) October 31, 2023 – PJSC Astrakhan Port (Solyanka) on Russia’s Caspian Sea cost, controlled (53.1%) by Iranian shipping...
NGOs against the LNG terminal in Bar, Montenegro
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) October 30, 2023 – 27 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) sent a letter to the President of the European Commission (EC),...
Another Chinese Sany reachstacker for Novorossiysk port
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 30, 2023 – Deprived of access to Western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning...
Update: Israel to cover ships’ war damages
Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) October 29, 2023 – The Israel Tax Authority (ITA) said that compensation would be awarded for “war damage” caused to...
Companies cooperate making Sines the new Atlantic Hub
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 27, 2023 – aicep Global Parques, EllaLink and Start Campus are working together to make Sines the new Atlantic Hub....
Israel’s Port of Ashdod starts to see economic effects
Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) October 27, 2023 – The Port of Ashdod has started to see the effects of the crisis with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The port is...
€317 million tender for project work at ports of Augusta and Catania
Catania, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – A €317 million tender for project work at the ports of Augusta and Catania has been published...
MSC Cruises changes schedule due to the Israel-Hamas crisis
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – MSC Cruises changes schedules due to the Israel-Hamas crisis. Visits to some ports have been...