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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.
Three of Europe’s poorest countries struggle to open pan-European corridor VIII connecting Adriatic and Black Seas
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – After years of neglect and inactivity, the transport ministers of Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania...
Gioia Tauro’s Medcenter to receive €6.2 million from Invitalia
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – Invitalia, the National Development Agency, is to provide a grant of €6.2 million ($7.2 million) to...
U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s On the Record Briefing with Greek journalists following the 3rd U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – Yesterday, at an event at the Ambassador’s Residence, U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt spoke with local...
Port of Trieste issues statement on Green Pass action
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – Last Friday, the authorities introduced rules, the Green Pass, requiring all workers either to show proof...
Russia to sell its 20% in port of Novorossiysk, the country’s largest by cargo turnover
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 17, 2021 – The Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Russia’s largest by cargo turnover, will be reinstated in the...
Thessaloniki Port Authority and Amazon Web Services to coordinate innovation drive
Press Release – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) – October 13, 2021 During the 85th Thessaloniki International Fair, a meeting between executives...
Pfizer opens two new centres in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 13, 2021 – In an important development for the port-city, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis yesterday...
Ports of Genoa and Miami sign a cooperation agreement
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 13, 2021 – Genoa and U.S. port of Miami (PortMiami) have signed an agreement covering the themes of sustainability,...
Beirut port explosion investigation stalled again
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 12, 2021 – An investigation into the causes of the Beirut port explosion in August 2020 has again been halted. Two...
Ranking: Turkish container ports – January-September 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 12, 2021 – In the first nine months of 2021, Turkey had five ports which handled over 1 million TEU, with Ambarlı...
Turkey: Total cargo handling by ports January-September 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 12, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in September 2021 its ports handled 44.92...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan promotes Kanal Istanbul
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 11, 2021 – Speaking at the 12th Transport and Communication Council at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport, President...
Fincantieri’s Palermo shipyard to build naval ship for Qatar
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 11, 2021 – The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has reported that a vessel commissioned by the Qatar...
Analysis – Was the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project torpedoed in the name of a free zone near Poti port?
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 8, 2021 – Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, has been opposing...
Who was behind the chemicals that destroyed the Port of Beirut in 2020?
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 11, 2021 – A chemical-trading network controlled by Ukrainians and hidden behind a veil of proxies and shell firms...
Spanish ports will invest €4,556 million in 2021-2025
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 8, 2021 – Spanish state-owned port authorities plan to invest a total of €4,556 million ($5,264 million) in the...
Greek state completes the transfer of the 16% stake of Piraeus Port Authority to COSCO SHIPPING (Hong Kong) Co., Limited
The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), a member of the HCAP Group, completed yesterday the transfer through Athens Stock Exchange of the 16%...
Yildirim considers CMA CGM share sale
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 6, 2021 – Last week, Lloyds List reported that Robert Yuksel Yildirim, President and CEO of Yildirim Group of...
Piraeus Port Authority to expand Herakleous Pier Car Terminal
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 3, 2021 – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has announced announced a €20 million ($23.19 million) investment to...
Ranking: Top 10 Italian ports – Cargo traffic – First semester 2021
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) October 3, 2021 – In the first half of 2021, Gioia Tauro was the leading port in Italy by cargo volumes, of 18.09 million...