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.
Valencia looks to increase trade with Northern Morocco
València, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2022 – The Port of València is looking to increase its cargo trade with the ports of Northern Morocco. To...
Government supports LNG terminal in Piombino port, against city’s wishes
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2022 – The government is to challenge a court appeal by the city of Piombino to stop an liquefied natural gas...
New line to deliver Egypt’s food and agricultural products to Russia via Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 27, 2022 – DalRefTrans company, part of the giant Russian FESCO Transport Group, is planning to launch a new...
Rostov-on-Don to invest in border control following Russia’s cargo shift
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) November 27, 2022 – Rostov-on-Don is to invest in border control following Russia’s cargo shift to the southeast....
Taman will be only Russian port exporting ammonia by end-2023 – UralChem asks Putin for access to Ukraine’s Odessa port
Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) November 23, 2022 – Taman will be by end-2023 the only Russian port that will be able to export ammonia. UralChem has asked...
Anaklia deep sea port project freeze is a huge lost economic opportunity
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 22, 2022 – It is now commonly understood – except by the Georgian Dream government – that the development of...
MSC acquires 80% of Trieste Marine Terminal
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 21, 2022 – International shipping and logistics company MSC has acquired an 80% stake in Trieste Marine Terminal...
Suez Canal Container Terminal signs expansion agreement
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 17, 2022 – The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) has signed an expansion agreement with the Suez Canal...
Neogreen Hydrogen to invest in green hydrogen plant in Sines, Portugal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 14, 2022 – Canadian company Neogreen Hydrogen and local Frequent Summer are to invest more than €1 billion in a...
RUSCON starts Russia, Turkey ferry service
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 14, 2022 – RUSCON is to start a Russia-Turkey ferry service this month. NUTEP Container Terminal will handle...
Bulgarian deputy minister visits Port of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 14, 2022 – The Deputy Prime Minister for Public Order and Security and Minister of Interior of Bulgaria, Ivan...
SACE guarantees Salerno Container Terminal investment
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 14, 2022 – SACE is providing a financial guarantee to cover a €5 million loan granted by Intesa...
Kanal Istanbul project to include large logistics port
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 13, 2022 – The Kanal Istanbul project to include a large logistics port on he Black Sea, according to Adil...
Yilport presents Liscont investment
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 10, 2022 – Yilport is to present Liscont investment of around €200 million with the visit of CEO Robert...
Greece is set to cancel privatisation of Port of Alexandroupoli
Alexandroupoli, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2022 – Greece is set to cancel the privatisation of Port of Alexandroupoli. This was announced by Prime...
Falck signs agreement to use Port of Taranto
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2022 – Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have signed a contract to use the container terminal...
EBRD researches sustainable transport connections between Central Asia and Europe
As trade volumes, particularly container traffic, between Asia and Europe continue to grow and as geopolitical events disrupt existing trade corridors, major...
QTerminals ends interest in Port of Cagliari
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2022 – The Qatari terminal operator QTerminals is to end interest the concession of the container...
Albanian deputy prime minister agrees to construction of port of Durrës
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) November 6, 2022 – Albanian deputy prime minister Belinda Balluku said the government had agreed to the construction of...
Salvini calls for EU investment in Strait of Messina bridge, Sicily
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) November 4, 2022 – On October 22, Matteo Salvini, leader of the League party and deputy prime minister, was sworn in as...