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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.
Port of Poti opens new PACE group seaport facility
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – Last Saturday saw the official opening of a new terminal in Poti on the Southern Georgian Black Sea...
GPH to transform the cruise experience in Tarragona with a new sustainable terminal
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – Global Ports Holding Plc (LON: GPH) has been awarded a 12-year concession, with a 6-year extension...
Suez Canal expansion to be completed by July 2023
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – Work to expand stretches of the Suez Canal are expected to be completed by July 2023, according to Osama...
Port of Algiers handled less cargo in Q3 2021
Algiers, Algeria – Port of Algiers (Algers) results in Q3 of 2021 were lower compared to the July-September period of 2020, according to the Port of...
Thessaloniki Port Authority and Suez Canal Economic Zone sign agreement
Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) have signed a cooperation agreement with the aim to develop international...
Port System of Sardinia reports traffic figures for 2021, higher than last year, but below 2019
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2022 – The port system of Sardinia has reported traffic figures for 2021, which exceed the numbers...
LNG terminal and U.S. naval base boost Port of Alexandroupolis status
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) January 26, 2022 – The final investment decision (FID) for the FSRU (floating storage regasification unit) in the...
Russia’s government to save sanctions hit ports in occupied Crimea with Syrian cargo
Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 25, 2022 – Severely hit by the sanctions imposed on Ukraine’s Crimea after its annexation by Russia in...
Greek cruise ship sector shows signs of recovery
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2022 – The Covid-19 coronavirus crisis placed more of the global cruise ship industry in the “deep...
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies carry out Marseille Fos’ first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – French global logistics company CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched Marseilles’ inaugural...
Maersk opens its logistics center for South Western Europe at port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – A.P. Moller-Maersk has opened its newly built 8,168 m² facility to provide logistics services to the...
Dredging of Berdyansk port could be linked to a future Ukrainian Navy base in Azov Sea
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 24, 2020 – Dredging works have started in Ukraine’s Azov Sea port of Berdyansk and aim to maintain the passport...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited – Overseas terminals container throughput 2021
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited has published TEU throughput for 2021, with its overseas terminals which...
Brittany Ferries’ LNG-powered vessel Salamanca has called at the port of Bilbao for the first time
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – Brittany Ferries’ LNG-powered vessel Salamanca has called at the port of Bilbao for the first time last...
Brittany Ferries management visit new terminal in Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – The president of the Port Authority of Santander, Francisco MartÃn, has visited the site of the new...
Russia’s Global Ports sees TEU handling up +2.3% in 2021
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – Global Ports Investments PLC has announced its operational results for Q4Â and 2021 which shows that TEU...
Natural gas consolidates its position as a fuel for ships operating in the Port of Barcelona
In 2021, the Port of Barcelona carried out 236 operations to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to ships, totalling 65,050 m³. Despite the fact that many of...
Dredging of Varna port could stop after €222 million spent to improve access to a terminal privatised by a controversial local politician
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 17, 2022 – The dredging of the two main access canals of Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea port of Varna to a depth of up...
PSA International handled record container volumes of 91.5 million TEU in 2021
PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) handled record container volumes of 91.5 million TEUs at its port projects around the world for the year ending 31 December...
A bridge over the Strait of Messina subject to study
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – The Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility (Mims), Enrico Giovannini, has reported that...