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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.
Ranking: Port of Ambarlı is Turkey’s top container port in May 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 13, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container (TEU) handling figures for its ports...
Emirates Logistics opens new centre in Tanger Automotive City free zone
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 13, 2022 – Emirates Logistics LLC has inaugurated a new logistics centre in the Tanger Automotive City free zone....
IRISL with first cargo shipment from Russia to India through the North-South International Transport Corridor
Solyanka, Russia (Ports Europe) June 13, 2022 – The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) has realised the first multimodal cargo shipment from...
Russia’s President Putin calls for Caspian Sea port development
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 12, 2022 – Hard pressed by western sanctions for his invasion in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged in...
Ports of Marseille and Beirut sign cooperation agreement
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Ports of Marseille and Beirut have signed cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening cooperation...
Thessaloniki Port Authority and Patras Port Authority sign a memorandum of understanding
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) June 7, 2022 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) and Patras Port Authority S.A. have signed a memorandum of...
Algeria’s port of Djen-Djen enlargement to turn it into a container hub
Djen-Djen, Algeria (Ports Europe) June 7, 2022 – The enlargement of the port of Djen-Djen, under the management of South Korean group Daewoo, will turn...
Metrans: new service linking Constanța port with inland Europe
Middle Corridor and the Romanian port of Constanta as a New Alternative for the New Silk Road – May 31, 2022 In connection with the conflict in Ukraine,...
Turkey’s Albayrak Group is set up cold storage facility at Misrata Free Zone
Misrata, Libya (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – Istanbul-based Albayrak Group is to set up a cold storage facility at the Misrata Free Zone (MFZ), Libya....
Traffic jam of Ukrainian grain ships in the small Romania’s Black Sea port of Sulina
Sulina, Romania (Ports Europe) June 4, 2022 – Dozens of Ukrainian barges, mostly carrying grain, are waiting for hours and days to enter the small...
The two most sanctioned countries try to cheat the West via a logistics bridge across Caspian Sea
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world – Russia and Iran – are trying to improve transport links...
How Russia will try to mitigate the impact of the western transport sanctions
Ekaterinburg, Russia (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – Understanding Russian strategy about how to circumvent western sanctions in the transport sector and...
TransContainer launches multimodal service for auto parts transportation from Turkey to Kazakhstan
TransContainer of Delo Group will launch new multimodal service for auto parts transportation from Turkey to Kazakhstan via the ports of Istanbul and...
Desperate Russia looking to Iran’s ports as a way to bypass western sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 30 – Desperately trying to find a way to avoid harsh international sanctions affecting Russian transport and logistics,...
Mariupol port is loading its first ship since Russian occupation of the city
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 30, 2022 – The first Russian cargo ship entered the now Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Mariupol on May 28....
Russia looks to Caspian Sea as an alternative for cruise ship tourism
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 29, 2022 – Rostourism is looking at the possibility of launching international cruises on the Caspian Sea after the...
Luka Koper nearly doubles profit in first quarter
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 29, 2022 – In the first three months of 2022, Luka Koper reported a net profit of €16.5 million, up +91% over the...
African Development Bank approves finance for the Nador West Med port in Morocco
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 27, 2022 – The African Development Bank(AfDB) approved a further €57 million investment to finance the ongoing...
Terminal Trieste achieves next milestone with new ZIM services
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG’s Italian multi-purpose terminal “Piattaforma Logistica Trieste” (HHLA PLT Italy) is expanding its network. A...
Global Ports Holding interested in the Port of Alicante
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) May 25, 2022 – The president of the Port Authority of Alicante, Julián RodrÃguez López, met last week with Javier...