Top News
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.
JP Morgan considers sale of 49% of CSP (Spain)
València, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2020 – Reports in Spain suggest that funds JP Morgan Asset Management and Stichting Pensionenfonds ABP are...
Anaklia Development Consortium accuses government of favouring Poti port
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 28, 2020 – The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) has issued a news announcement entitled, “Government...
Analysis – France expected to beat China in the race for the Port of Beirut – Hezbollah is the main obstacle
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – Two months after the deadly explosions that destroyed most of Beirut port, Lebanon’s largest, it is...
Málaga port sees positive signs
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – After months of lower traffic trends, the port of Málaga is seeing increasing numbers of containers...
YILPORT issues press release denying COSCO link in Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – YILPORT, the Turkish port operator, has issued a press release stating that it and/ot its affiliate San...
APM Terminals Poti and Poti New Terminals Corporation sign agreement for joint development of a new bulk cargo facility
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 26, 2020 – APM Terminals Poti (APMT) and Poti New Terminals Corporation (PNTC) have signed an agreement for the joint...
Turkish and UAE companies interested in Haifa port
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) October 25, 2020 – Reports from Bloomberg and local source suggest that Turkish and UAE companies may be interesting in...
Bulgarian government pays to hand over business of its biggest Black Sea port to a controversial local politician
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 25, 2020 – Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea port of Varna will have its two main access canals dredged to a depth of up...
Five groups interested in Kavala port privatisation
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) October 24, 2020 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...
Global Ports Holding signs sale and purchase agreement for Port Akdeniz
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, is pleased to announce that following a period of exclusive...
La Spezia port to handle first LNG bunkering operation
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2020 – In the coming weeks, La Spezia port will carry out its first liquified natural gas (LNG) bunker...
Prime Minister Mitsotakis visits Alexandroupolis port
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the port of Alexandroupolis where he made the...
Ukraine and Turkey are ready to deepen strategic partnership
The dialogue between Ukraine and Turkey is developing dynamically, the countries are ready to deepen the strategic partnership and develop cooperation in all...
Filyos port plays role in Black Sea gas exploration
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Turkey Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has been operating Black Sea gas exploration activities from a...
Cargo traffic in Valenciaport registers best ever September ever
Valenciaport continues the upward trend that began in August – where for the first time a Spanish port exceeded half a million TEUs in one month –...
Alexandroupolis port privatisation attracts four expressions of interest
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) October 18, 2020 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek...
Cargo traffic down nearly 30% at Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) October 16, 2020 – In August this year, total cargo traffic was 1.3 million tons, down 29.4% ión the same month of 2019....
Poland and Ukraine agree to develop transport corridor
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 14, 2020 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and the Seaport of Gdansk JSC have signed a memorandum of intent to...
Kotlin Shipping Company to start container service linking Europe via Caspian Sea
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 14, 2020 – The Kotlin Shipping Company will start a container service linking the EU and Russia with Asia via the...
Government secures critical freight flows as UK nears end of transition period
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) October 14, 2020 – The UK government has signed agreements with four ferry operators to provide capacity equivalent...