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.
Turkey’s Safiport to receive Chinese cars
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 8, 2023 – Safiport has handled the delivery of 4,000 Chery cars by a Ro-Ro vessel of China’s COSCO Shipping....
Croatian, Danish prime ministers visit container terminal in Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) March 7, 2023 – The Croatian Prime Minister and Danish counterpart have visited the Zagreb Deep Sea container terminal in...
USAID: three new partnerships to support Ukrainian grain
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced three new partnerships to help Ukraine with the logistics challenges caused by Russia’s...
Progetto Internazionale 39 to develop Taranto ZES
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) March 5, 2023 – The enterprise Progetto Internazionale 39 has won the contract to manage Piattaforma Logistica del porto di...
Sanctions cause cancellation of two grain terminal projects in Azov Sea
Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) March 5, 2023 – Western sanctions have forced Russia to abandon construction projects for new grain terminals in the Azov Sea...
The International North-South Transport Corridor saves time
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 3, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is the topic of a speech by Evgeny Vinokurov, Deputy...
Belarus wants to buy St. Petersburg Bronka terminal this year
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) March 2, 2023 – Belarus plans to complete the purchase of the Bronka maritime transshipment complex in the Big Port of St....
Ferretti ready to buy the San Vitale shipyard in Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – Forlì-based Ferretti Group is ready to buy the San Vitale shipyard in Marina di Ravenna from the local...
COSCO, Joman Logistic to jointly operate road service in València
València, Spain (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – COSCO Shipping Lines Spain (CSL Spain) has entered into a strategic agreement with the transport...
Prospects for the International North-South Transport Corridor
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is the topic of an article by Mohammed Athar Javed,...
Construction starts on the first Bulgarian deep water container terminal
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas West...
Military equipment for northeast Europe starts arriving in Alexandroupolis
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – As of March 4, tanks, armoured vehicles, helicopters and other equipment destined for NATO bases in...
Russia forced to rely on China and Iran to deepen Volga Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Russia was forced to beg China and Iran to send dredging equipment to realise another of Russian...
HHLA Project Logistics opens a new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – HHLA Project Logistics has opened a new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan. HHLA sees this a logical...
The Middle Corridor as a preferred route
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Geopolitical conditions suggest strongly that the Middle Corridor will see more use than the Northern...
Constanta – CEE cargo hub. 16th largest port in Europe
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanța benefits from an advantageous geographical positioning on the...
BMF Port Burgas with a dry port in Bulgarian capital Sofia
Bozhurishte, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 26, 2023 – The private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2...
Chinese company visits Port of Bar, Montenegro
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) February 24, 2023 – Representatives of Chinese company China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) have...
Port of Barcelona takes step towards dock electrification
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 23, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona will launch a tender to build an electrical substation that will become the main...
Yilport Holding acquires Port of Šibenik, Croatia
Šibenik, Croatia (PortSEurope) February 22, 2023 – Yilport Holding has taken over the operations at Port of Šibenik, located on the Adriatic coast of...