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.
Port of Barcelona increases traffic and turnover in 2021
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona has reported with turnover of €151 million ($171.8 million) in 2021, an...
KEME Energy to invest €5.2 million in green hydrogen production in Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 16, 2022 – KEME Energy plans to invest €5.2 million in building a green hydrogen production plant in Sines. It...
Yildirim will end its interest in bidding for a tender to manage a terminal in Haifa port, Israel
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 15, 2022 – Turkey’s Dünya newspaper has reported that the Turkish company Yildirim will end its interest in...
Port of Venice sees 2021 cargo traffic up nearly 8%
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2022 – In 2021, the Port of Venice handled over 24.2 million tons of cargo, up +7.9% compared to 2020, with the...
Kalypso shipping company to connect Ravenna with Chattogram in Bangladesh
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2022 – Kalypso, a new shipping company owned by RifLine, has chosen Ravenna  as a port of call connecting...
Terminal Container Ravenna closes 2021 with 185,000 TEU, up 12% on 2020
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2022 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) ended 20201 with a container handling volume equal to 185,000 TEU, up...
Dnevnik: Why (pan-European) Corridor 8 has not connected the Balkans for three decades
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 14, 2022 – A key priority for Bulgaria is the construction of the missing stretches of Corridor 8 (one of the 10...
Analysis – Ukraine and Russia’s meddling Much ado about nothing, political theatre at the expense of ports’ business
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 14, 2022 – We are not going to have a Russian invasion in Ukraine. It already has happened in 2014 with the...
Port of Baku increase cargo throughput by over 14% in 2021
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 10, 2022 – Last year, the volume of total cargo handled by Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC (Baku Port)...
Port of Taranto hosts Italy’s first offshore wind turbine
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) February 9, 2022 – Located within the Port of Taranto, work on the first first offshore wind turbine in Italy, and the...
ZIM adds Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port to vehicle transport service
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – Israel’s ZIM Integrated Shipping Services will include the port of Chornomorsk in the Ro-Ro Vehicle...
Port of Beirut considers two bids to manage container terminal
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – The Port of Beirut is reviewing bids from two companies to operate the port’s container terminal...
New Maersk rail service starts between ports of Algeciras and Marin
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 4, 2022 – The first refrigerated train has completed the almost 1,700 km between the ports of Algeciras and...
EU approves €22.4 million Italian scheme to support port companies
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – The EU Commission has approved the €22.4 million Italian scheme to support companies holding port...
Turkish ports see slow recovery of cruise ship industry
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 3, 2022 – After five months of zero cruise ships visiting Turkish ports, the industry started a slow recovery in...
In January Ukrainian seaports handled 14.96 million tons of cargo, up 4.9 million tons (+49%)
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 3, 2022 – In January this year Ukrainian seaports handled 14.96 million tons of cargo, up 4.9 million tons (+49%)...
Spain’s top performing cargo ports in 2021 – ranking
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – The 46 Spanish, state-managed ports handled 544.53 million tons in 2021, up +5.6% compared to 515.57...
Tunisia’s Port of Radès seeks investment
Radès, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – The Ministry of Transport has announced the appointment of Foued Othman as the new CEO of l’Office de...
Turkey: Total cargo handling statistics – 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 1, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported total cargo statistics for Turkish seaports...
TAR court rejects Spinelli group appeal against PSA-Sech merger in Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – The judges of the TAR (tribunale amministrativo regionale, regional court) have rejected the appeal of the...