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Port of Vigo sees record cargo traffic in May

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2021 – In the month of May this year, the Port of Vigo exported a total of 211,915 tons of merchandise. This is the...

Future of Cagliari port container terminal remains uncertain

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2021 – The Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility has hosted a meeting to discuss the...

New multimodal urea terminal has been opened in Batumi seaport

“The implementation of such an important project in the Batumi seaport as the multimodal urea terminal is an example of the fact that we are already a...

Recygroup International awarded contract to clear grain from the Port of Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) June 20, 2021 – The French environmental engineering company Recygroup International has been awarded a €1.4 million...

A.P. Moller – Maersk first block train from Southern West Europe to Asia

Madrid, Spain – This new Maersk´s intermodal service has moved its first 37 x 40 containers in 32 days. The cargo was sent by truck from Cartagena,...

COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals throughput – May 2021

Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Terminals S.L.U. CSP Zeebrugge Terminal NV Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. Kumport Liman...

Valenciaport already moves more than 100,000 export containers in May

València, June 15, 2021 – More than 100,000 containers dedicated to exports left Valenciaport’s docks in May, a figure that represents an...

Approximately 1 million tons of cargo transported from the BTK railway line

Adil KaraismailoÄŸlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, has stated that approximately 1 million tons of cargo has been transported from the...

Nador West Med scheduled for completion in 2022

Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 15, 2021 – The construction of the Nador West Med port complex is now 55% complete and is scheduled for completion in...

New Kars logistics centre to start operations

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 15, 2021 – A new logistics centre in the Turkish city of Kars will soon become operational and will have key transport...

Thessaloniki Port Authority announces significant changes to voting rights

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) June 14, 2021 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) has announced notifications received from Belterra Holdings, from...

The first freight train from Guangzhou, China, is headed for Odessa

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 14, 2021 – A cargo train has left the Chinese port of Guangzhou heading to Odessa in Ukraine carrying 50 containers....

Will European Corridor VIII ever connect Bari and Brindisi to Durres and Vlora, and to Burgas and Varna?

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) June 11,2021 – The reconstruction works in Bulgaria for the key railway element of Pan-European corridor VIII that started...

Port of Baku starts the construction of a strategic fertiliser terminal

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – The Port of Baku has announced the start of construction of a fertiliser terminal at its new facility...

Analysis – A new Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor to link port of Baku with Turkey’s Samsun and Trabzon, could diminish Poti port

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – Construction of the Azerbaijani section of the railway to Azerbaijan’s landlocked exclave of...

SAIC Motor to distribute vehicles through the port of Tarragona

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – Maxus, an Asian brand of the SAIC Motor group, with distributor Automax Spain and BERGÉ GEFCO will...

U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s remarks at Patras regional growth conference

Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) June 8, 2021 – U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt has attended the Patras Regional Growth Conference, a public platform for...

Containerships Borealis has become the first LNG-powered ship to dock in the Port of Bilbao

The container ship Containerships Borealis, one of the newest and largest ships in the Containerships fleet, has become the first LNG-powered ship to dock in...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports seeks minority shareholding in Container Terminal Tollerort of HHLA

Hamburg, Gwermany (Ports Europe) June 7, 2021 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited, are discussing the purchase of a...

Eco Catania vessel delivered to Grimaldi group

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) June 7, 2021 – The Eco Catania, the fifth of the twelve hybrid Ro-Ro ships belonging to the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation...

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