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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.
Enagás presents new LNG vessel bound for Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – Enagás’ subsidiary, Scale Gas, and the Norwegian shipowner Knutsen, have presented the first...
Seven berths in Makhachkala port to be repaired
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – Urgent repair of decades old hydraulic structures has started in Makhachkala – Russia’s only...
Albanian government signs up for Durres Yacht & Marina project
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) January 31, 2023 – The Albanian government has officially signed off on the Durres Yacht & Marina project. The...
Port of Gela may benefit from recent gas deal between Eni and Libya
Catania, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2023 – The South Sicilian port of Gela may benefit from the recent government-sponsored deal between...
APM Terminals negotiates Poti Port expansion with government
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – APM Terminal Poti is in final negotiations with the government for an agreed expansion of the Black Sea...
Novorossiysk becomes port for container lines from Southeast Asia
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – Trans Synergy will launch a regular container sea service from Southeast Asia to Novorossiysk port in...
Russian container market collapsed in 2022
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – Russia’s sea ports handled 4.3 million containers (TEU) in 2022, a decrease of 23% compared to 2021,...
Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU handled – 2018-2022
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 29, 2023 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has published the final TEU handling figures for Piraeus Container...
Kernel buys grain terminal in Port Pivdennyi, Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2023 – Agricultural merchant Kernel has purchased a grain terminal in the Port of Pivdennyi, Odessa region....
TengizChevrOil to export more oil via Georgia’s Batumi port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s TengizChevrOil (TCO) plans to boost its crude oil exports via Georgia’s Black...
Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...
Second Caspian feeder line Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan starts with Uzbek cargo
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – More than 100 (40-foot) containers were transshipped through Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea port...
Makhachkala port: cargo handled up 38% in 2023
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) January 25, 2023 – Some 450,000 tonnes of general cargo were handled by Makhachkala port since the start of the year,...
Port Authority of Valencia awards a contract for a second solar plant
València, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2023 – The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has awarded a contract for the construction and maintenance of...
Navantia to invest €43 million in the Puerto Real (Cádiz) shipyard
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2023 – Spanish shipbuilder Navantia will invest €43 million in the Puerto Real (Cádiz) shipyard. It will...
HHLA sees great potential for further growth in the Adriatic region
In 2020, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) signed a contract to take over a majority stake of 50.01 percent in the multi-purpose terminal “Piattaforma...
North-South Corridor – anti-sanctions solution or a pipe dream?
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 23, 2023 – The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is critical to Moscow’s plans to redirect its...
Russia’s Caspian Sea ports’ cargo statistics for 2022 is confusing
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2023 – Cargo turnover of the Russian Caspian Sea-Volga river ports of Astrakhan and Olya for 2022 was 3...
Georgian prime minister meets DP World chairman
Davos, Switzerland (Ports Europe) January 20, 2023 – Yesterday, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, the...
Port of Constanta reports higher cargo traffic in 2022, a record year
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) January 20, 2023 – The Port of Constanta reports higher cargo traffic in 2022, the highest numbers on record. In 2022,...