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.
Bulgaria pushes for a key position in the Middle Corridor
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Bulgaria looks for ways to insert itself into the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...
Lavrio, the most profitable state port in Greece
Lavrio, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – In 2022, turnover and profits of the Port Authority of Lavrio (ALL SA) exceeded all expectations. This made...
EU funding for Alexandropoulis port
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – The European Commission (EC) will provide Greece with €24 million for the development of the...
Port of Barcelona installs OPS at Hutchison Ports BEST terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – Work to install the first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) for container ships has begun at the Hutchison Ports...
Abu Dhabi Ports is looking at Bulgaria
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – Bulgarian ports are an excellent alternative for the growing land cargo traffic from Asia to Europe,...
Greek Council of State suspends Piraeus Port expansion
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – The Greek Council of State has suspended three investment project which are part of the Piraeus Port...
Ports and power purchase agreements set to grow
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 13, 2023 – While it is not common for ports to have Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) contracts for electricity, some...
Ports and wind power – a mutual relationship
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 13, 2023 – The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a direct impact on the development of wind power in the European...
No EU ports entry for ships helping Russia bust sanctions
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 11, 2023 – The European Commission (EC) is proposing banning vessels that help Russia evade oil sanctions and oil price...
Bigova Bay to invest €400 mln in a luxury tourist resort in Kotor
Kotor, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – Local company Bigova Bay will invest €400 million ($438 million) in a luxury tourist resort...
Glencore considers repurposing plant in Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – The commodity trader Glencore owns Portovesme Srl which operates two production sites and a...
German diplomats in Aktau before their President’s visit
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – On May 4, a delegation of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Astana, headed by the...
Port of Cagliari issues tender to upgrade port infrastructure
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 8, 2023 – The Port of Cagliari has issued a tender to upgrade port infrastructure in the Sardinian port. The...
Georgia’s Poti container terminal with a record TEUs in April
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 8, 2023 – Georgia’s Black Sea container terminal of APM Terminals in the port of Poti handled in April 53,600 TEUs, which...
Snam receives its first LNG at its FSRU docked at the port of Piombino
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo at its Golar Tunda...
Port of Constanta caught up in grain dispute
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – The Black Sea port of Constanța is caught up in a grain dispute concerning Ukraine. Since Russia...
US Ambassador Bridget Brink visits Danube ports of Reni, Izmail in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – U.S. Ambassador Bridget A. Brink visited the Danube river ports of Reni and Izmail on April 26, 2023. The...
Approval for Grimaldi Group acquisition of Barcelona Ferry Terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – The National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved the Grimaldi Group acquisition of...
QTerminals extends Antalya Port concession for another 19 years
Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – QTerminals has signed a 19-year extension to the concession agreement for the operation of Antalya Port...
Russia pushes again for opening long-delayed industrial zones in Egypt
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Moscow is desperately trying to create two long-delayed Russian industrial zones (RIZ) with a...