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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.
Ports of Valencia and Hamburg sign an alliance to promote the use of hydrogen
The Ports of Valencia and Hamburg have signed an alliance for the development of hydrogen projects applied in the maritime sector. A synergy between the main...
Port of Las Palmas to host world’s first farm dedicated to the cultivation of octopus
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) November 4, 2021 – The company Nueva Pescanova is to invest over €50 million in a plant to produce...
Port of Taranto promotes cruise ship offer at Savona event
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 3, 2021 – The Port of Taranto has attended the 2021 edition of the Italian Cruise Days in...
Turkey forecasts 1.6 million cruise ship passengers in 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 2, 2021 – Hakan Genç, president, Turkish Port Operators Association (TÜRKLİM), has said that the...
Top container ports in the world in 2020
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2021 – The top nine container ports in the world in 2020 are all in Asia and seven of the are in China....
Yilport to propose a fully automated installation in the new container terminal at the port of Huelva
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2021 – Yilport Holding is to propose a fully automated installation in the new container terminal at the port of...
Libyan ambassador visits port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2021 – Libya’s ambassador to Italy, Omar Abdelsalam al Tarhouni, as visited the port of...
The new U.S. policy towards Black Sea security
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) November 1, 2021 – The further development of the Black Sea ports of Ukraine, Georgia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey is...
Port of Novorossiysk again with the highest cargo turnover among Russia’s ports with 104.79 million tonnes in Jan-Sep’21
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 29, 2021 – Cargo turnover of Russia’s seaports during the first nine months of 2021 was 622.05 million tonnes...
Representatives of the Uruguayan firm Grupo RAS visit the Port of València
València, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2021 – A delegation from Uruguay’s Grupo RAS company has visited the facilities of the Port of València...
APM Terminals sees Barcelona port concession extended
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has extended the concession of APM Terminals by eight years to 2036. In return,...
Port of Ashdod can now handle megaships
Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) October 27, 2021 – The Port of Ashdod is completing renovation on the western side of Platform 21. This allows...
Greek minister comments on COSCO and Piraeus port
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) October 26, 2021 – Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Giannis Plakiotakis, has described COSCO’s investment in...
Fincantieri has expressed interest in the restructuring of Greece’s Elefsis shipyards
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has expressed interest in joining an investment group to lead the...
Chernomorsk set for the next PPP in the Ukrainian port sector
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – After successfully signing concession contracts for the ports of Kherson and Olvia, the Ministry of...
Ukraine’s Chornomorsk Port to boost its competitiveness with a PPP – EBRD and IFC assist
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 22, 2021 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and International Finance Corporation...
New gas pipeline to Port of Gela in Sicily approved
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 21, 2021 – The planning authority in Malta has approved a plan to build a natural gas pipeline between Malta...
Cisco opens new centre in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 15, 2021 – The Greek government and U.S. company Cisco have launched a collaborative framework under Cisco’s...
Vasco Shipping Services has started new services for COSCO Shipping to West Africa and USA
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – Vasco Shipping Services, a company belonging to the VASCO group, has started the commercialization of a...
Top Russian ports – a review
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – There are 67 seaports in Russia located on 12 seas, from the Black and Baltic to the Pacific and...