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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.
Turkish Petroleum’s Filyos Port base in Black Sea to employ 2,000
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – At a result of Turkish Petroleum’s (TPAO) natural gas activities in the Black Sea, the...
Tanger Med reports overall tonnage up 23% in 2020
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has reported that overall tonnage handled in 2020 was 81 million...
Two UAE companies named as investors in controversial Durrës Port project
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – In December 2020, Albania’s Top Channel broadcaster surprised everyone by announcing that the...
CMA CGM reported to be interested in multi-purpose terminal in Alexandria port
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 24, 2021 – The Al-Mal newspaper reported last week that the French shipping group CMA CGM is negotiating the...
Ukraine discusses port investment with Turkish companies
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 22, 2021 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Vladyslav Krykliy, has held a working meeting with...
Taranto port sees increase in Q4 2020 cargo traffic
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – In the fourth quarter of 2020, Taranto port handled 4.11 million tons of cargoes, up +5.0% on the same...
Port of Baku increases cargo traffic by 20% in 2020
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – Baku International Sea Trade Port (Baku Port) registered total cargo of 4.8 million tons in 2020, up...
France’s Recy group sign recycling study contract with Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The Port of Beirut has signed an agreement with the Rey Group of France to prepare a study on recycling...
CMA CGM to make regular use of Lebanon’s Tripoli port
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The Port Authority of Tripoli has reported that CMA CGM, the French shipping line, will use the port as...
Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals to be sold to investors
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, January 18t, 2021 – Crestline Investors, Inc., a global institutional private capital investment management firm, and Blue Ocean...
Albania’s port of Durres is attracting attention and investments
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) January 17, 2021 – In December 2020, Albania’s Top Channel broadcaster surprised everyone by announcing that the Albanian...
Main EU ports see cargo traffic down 27% in Q2 2020
At 755 million tonnes, the gross weight of goods handled in the main EU ports decreased by 17.0% in the 2nd quarter of 2020 compared to the same quarter of...
HHLA PLT Italy starting on schedule
The announced acquisition by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) of 50.01 percent of the multi-function terminal Piattaforma Logistica Trieste (PLT) in the...
UTLC ERA tests new corridor for goods delivery by express container trains from China to Europe
The new service will allow to diversify cargo flows and reduce the load on the border infrastructure – December 28, 2020 United Transport and Logistics...
La Méridionale offers new Ropax service between Marseille and Tangier ports
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 5, 2021 – The French shipping group, La Méridionale, has started a new Ropax service between between Marseille...
Construction of a new berth 1 at Odessa seaport completed
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 – Construction of a new berth 1-z has been completed in Odessa sea trade port, part of an investment...
Black Sea gas to support Filyos port development
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 – Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez said last week that the discovery of 405 billion...
Rijeka: AGCT reaches 300,000 TEU milestone
Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) reaches 300,000 TEU milestone – Rijeka, 04.01.2021 Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, AGCT reached a...
Analysis – Georgia helped Russia sink Anaklia Deep Sea Port project – can Poti replace it?
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) January 3, 2021 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port project did not have a chance fighting for its survival against Georgia’s political...
Black Sea countries: regional cooperation on blue economy will help “build back better” after COVID-19 pandemic
News Release – European Commission – 21/12/2020 At their 11 December ministerial meeting, in the presence of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius,...