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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.
U.S. select committee highlights Chinese threats to ports
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Last week, Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar,...
Russia’s Quark fund invests in Arctic Vitino port along NSR
Beloye More, Russia (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Russia’s closed-end mutual investment fund Quark became a 50% co-owner of Nord Star, the...
Albania promises €54 mln for NATO naval base in Porto Romano
Tirana, Albania (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Albania is promising to invest about 54 million euro in the creation of a NATO naval base on the...
Safetrans sends largest-ever container ship along Northern Sea Route
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – The Safetrans Line Panamax container ship “Flying Fish 1” left Bronka, St....
Sanmar delivers Boğaçay series tug to Moroccan operator JL Tug
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – Sanmar has delivered a multi-purpose tug to the port of Jorf Lasfar, Morocco, a deepwater commercial...
ISLA acquires Sicilian port terminal operator EST
Catania, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – Palermo-based Italian Shipping & Logistics Agency (ISLA) has acquired Catania-based...
German delegation visits Thessaloniki Port Authority
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 9, 2024 – A German delegation of politicians and businessmen has today visited Thessaloniki Port Authority...
MSC Cruises remains interested in Bari, Brindisi ports
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 9, 2024 – MSC Cruises remains interested in investing in Bari and Brindisi ports despite apparent rejection from the...
Russian President Putin launches coal terminal in Sukhodol seaport
Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched operations at the coal terminal in the Sukhodol...
Hamburg parliament approves MSC stake in HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Yesterday evening, the Hamburg Parliament gave its final approval to the Mediterranean Shipping...
Europol publishes EMPACT 2023 Results – Factsheets
The Hague, Netherlands (Ports Europe) September 4, 2024 – EUROPOL has published its EMPACT 2023 Results. This includes “Factsheets” on 15...
Israel begins general strike, ports affected
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – Yesterday, a countywide strike started, affecting many sectors in the country. The action is part of a...
Fusina Ro-Ro, Ro-pax terminal in Porto Marghera will soon for sale
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – The Fusina Ro-Ro, Ro-pax terminal in Porto Marghera, managed by Venice Ro-Port Mos, will soon be put up...
Sanmar delivers second tug to the Italian operator SCAFI
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – Sanmar has delivered its second tug to the Italian operator SCAFI, a leading company in the Italian...
Yet another dredging of Astrakhan port on shrinking Caspian Sea
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – More than 46 million rubles (463,000 euros) are allocated for yet another dredging of Russia’s...
240 kg of cocaine seized in Portugal’s Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – 240 kg of cocaine was seized in the container terminal of Portugal’s North Atlantic port of Sines,...
Verdi organises demonstration against proposed MSC-HHLA deal
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – Last Saturday, the German trade union Verdi organised a demonstration in Hamburg against the planned...
Total traffic at the Port of Barcelona up 11% in July
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona’s total traffic grew by 11% in July, reaching a record 42 million tonnes....
Update: BMF Port Burgas vs Romanian government for Moldova’s Giurgiulesti Port
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Romanian government approved on August 28 the start of negotiations with the European Bank for...
No return cargo for China’s containers from Russia
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 28, 2024 – The impossibly huge containerised trade imbalance between Russia and China leads to accumulation of hundreds...