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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.
Turkey’s Marmura terminal to receive LNG for Bulgaria
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 11, 2023 – The U.S. company Cheniere will deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) the Marmara Ereglisi LNG import...
Trieste Marine Terminal handled 185,921 TEU, up +3.3% in Q1 2023
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2023 – Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) handled 185,921 containers (TEU) inQ1 2023, up +3.3% on the same period of...
China is still on the fence about the Middle Corridor bypassing Russia
Prague, Czech Republic (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – Despite the oft-touted momentum behind the Eurasian Middle Corridor circumventing Russia, China...
Russia’s North-South corridor is struggling and is overrated
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is sold by Moscow’s propaganda to the local audience...
Only in Albania: Sea ports replaced by apartment buildings
Vlora, Albania (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – A 350 million euro marina for 400 yachts will replace the second biggest commercial port in Albania in the...
LNG terminal near Danube Port of Bratislava opposed by eco activists
Bratislava, Slovakia (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – The 40 million euro liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, to be built by 2026 near Slovakia’s Danube...
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces improved results for 2022
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) has announced results for the financial year 2022....
Europol publishes report about organised crime and ports
The Hague, Netherlands (PortSEurope) April 6, 2023 – Europol has published a report entitled “Criminal Networks in European Ports – Risks...
Russian grain hub in Iran’s ports of Bandar Abbas or Bandar Khomeini
Bandar Abbas, Iran (PortSEurope) April 4, 2023 – A Russian grain transport hub will be created in the Iranian ports of Bandar Abbas or Bandar Khomeini,...
Valenciaport recovers container traffic in March, growth above two digits
Valencia, April 3, 2023 – Positive change in trend in Valenciaport traffic which, after a few months with constant drops in the movement of containers...
WSJ: U.S. helped prevent China build container terminal in Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) April 4, 2023 – Three years ago, Chinese state-owned companies Ningbo Zhoushan Port (70% in the consortium), Tianjin Port...
DeloPorts terminals in Novorossiysk set traffic records
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) April 4, 2023 – DeloPorts‘ KSK and NUTEP terminals have established new monthly cargo handling records in March...
No progress in LNG terminal projects in ports of Bar and Vlora
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – The Western Balkans’ first two liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, planned in the Adriatic ports of...
Turkey’s Marport received $200 mln in financing from IFC
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 31, 2023 – Marport Liman İşletmeleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. is to receive a $200 million financing package...
Port Bronka – another murky privatisation in Russia
Bronka, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Bronka maritime transshipment complex in the Big Port of St. Petersburg, the only deep-water terminal in...
Port of Seville and Endesa to develop sustainability project
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Seville Port Authority and Endesa have signed an agreement for the design and planning of a project for...
Is sanctions busting North-South Corridor viable?
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world, Russia and Iran, are the driving force behind the creation...
New universal transshipment complex in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A universal transshipment complex will be built in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, the...
Sanctions force the largest ever dredging of Volga-Caspian Sea Canal
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia’s state agency RosMorPort will start on April 1 an unprecedented, massive dredging of the...
U.S. Ambassador to Romania, visits the Port of Constanta
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – Kathleen Kavalec, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America in...