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.
Back in the USSR: €45.3 billion promised for the transport system in Russia
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – The following text will transport those familiar with the Soviet Union’s way of budgeting and...
RWE talks offshore wind with Port Authority of Setúbal
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – RWE is working with the Port Authority of Setúbal to develop its port infrastructure to support the...
Tankoa Yachts opens shipyard in port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – After years of inactivity, the La Mattonara area in the port of Civitavecchia is being reborn...
Piraeus Port Authority reports increased revenue, profit in H1 2024
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority has reported increased revenue and profit for the first half of 2024. Piraeus...
CONTSHIP Italia sees TEU handling up 6.9% in H1 2024
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The container terminals of the CONTSHIP Italia handled 822,233 TEU in the first half of 2024, up 6.9% on the...
Ports to play key role in Romania’s Black Sea wind roadmap
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Last May, Romania adopted a new offshore wind industry plan. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has...
Cocaine worth €100 million seized in Hamburg port
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 29, 2024 – More than 2 tonnes of cocaine were seized near Germany’s North Sea port of Hamburg on September 25...
Government gives a present to Thessaloniki port under proxy Russian and Chinese control
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – Despite vastly improved financial results in the first half of the year, Thessaloniki Port Authority...
Sanmar has delivered its fourth tug to Boluda Towage in less than a year
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – Sanmar has delivered its fourth tug to Boluda Towage in less than a year. The tug, which was part...
Ports of Genoa see cargo up 3.4% in Jan-Aug 2024
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – In August 2024, the Ports of the Western Ligurian Sea System handled 4.99 million tonnes of cargo, up...
ThPA & government amend concession agreement
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – The government and Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) have agreed to changes to the concession...
Anti-narcotics office opened in Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – French OFAST (L’office anti-stupéfiants, anti-narcotics office) has opened a nine-officer branch...
Port of Koper receives CMA CGM LNG ship
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – Last Thursday, the Port of Koper car terminal received its first CMA CGM liquefied natural...
Finally, a JV is created for the container hub in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – KTZ Express, Port Lianyungang and Aktau Sea Trade Port finally announced the creation of a joint...
Dnevnik: Russian “floating petrol stations” off Bulgaria’s coast
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 21, 2024 – Russian tankers Nikolay Veliki and Nikolay Gamayunov are refuelling ships leaving Bulgaria’s Black...
Russian navy escapes from Novorossiysk, but where to?
Gelendzhik, Russia (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Russian Black Sea navy is on the run again, leaving the country’s largest port of...
Collapse of railway cargo to Russia’s Murmansk port
Murmansk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – Railway cargo shipments to Russia’s Arctic Port of Murmansk (part of Port Alliance) decreased by a...
Update: Further strikes planned by Portuguese port pilots
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Port and harbour pilots are on the second day of a strike for better retirement terms. The current...
Georgia, China sign Middle Corridor MoU
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Last Friday, Georgia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the...
193 kg of cocaine seized in Le Havre port
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – 193 kg of cocaine was seized by the police near the French port of Le Havre on September 11. Authorities...