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.
Continental Timișoara to provide professional technological solutions for ports of Hamburg and Koper
Being one of the 15 partners involved in the European-funded 5G-LOGINNOV project, Continental Timișoara will evaluate and present the added value of 5G...
Anaklia port facing unclear future
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 12, 2020 – The ongoing saga regarding the future of the Anaklia deep sea port project continues with a further...
Genoa port’s Calata Bettolo container terminal set to become operational today
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 12, 2020 – The new container terminal of Calata Bettolo in the port of Genoa is set to become operational today. It is...
New digitial container handling causes concerns in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 11, 2020 – At the start of October, COSCO Shipping Ports Limited launched the HPCS digital application in Piraeus...
Barcelona port bodies to promote construction of new road and rail access
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 8, 2020 – The Ministry of Development, the Government of Catalonia, ADIF, Ports de l’Estat and the Port of...
Rijeka port comments on German entry into Trieste port
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 6, 2020 – In an article in the local Novi List, Denis Vukorepa, Director of Rijeka Port Authority, said that the...
Durres port-Pristina rail link agreed
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) October 6, 2020 – The governments of Albania and Kosovo have signed four agreement including one for the construction of...
British Ports welcomes new Brexit borders infrastructure funding
2 October 2020 The ports industry has welcomed the launch of UK government’s new Port Infrastructure Fund as part of the preparations for life outside the...
Dredging of the Malamocco-Marghera canal in Venice port to start
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 2, 2020 – The relevant authority (PIOPP) has given permission to Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Edison and Q8 to develop small scale LNG coastal storage in Naples port
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) October 2, 2020 – A joint project by Italy’s Edison Spa and Kuwait Petroleum Italia (Q8) for a Small Scale LNG...
Greece extends deadlines for regional ports privatisation
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) October 1, 2020 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek...
Records galore at APM Terminals Poti
APM Terminals Poti (Georgia) continues to break its productivity records and increase operational performance while investing in equipment as part of ongoing...
HHLA invests in the Adriatic port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) September 30, 2020 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is to take a majority stake of 50.01% in Trieste port’s...
Valenciaport, the smartest port
It leads the top 10 smart ports of the Spanish Port System according to the index published by CEDEX magazine – September 29, 2020 Valenciaport leads the...
Piraeus Port Authority promotes shipbuilding investment
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) September 29, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A (PPA) has reported on its development of the port’s shipbuilding...
RINA and China’s SDARI sign MoU for classification of ships in 3D
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) September 29, 2020 – RINA and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have signed a Memorandum of...
Joint Statement on the high level overview of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on September 28, 2020, conducted a high-level review of the US-Greece...
Yilport subject to Brindisi port rumour
Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) September 28, 2020 – Local sources in Puglia are reporting that Turkey’s Yilport could be interested in operating...
EU Parliament says shipping industry must contribute to climate neutrality
To decarbonise maritime transport, Parliament voted to include CO2 emissions from the sector in the EU Emissions Trading System – September 19, 2020 On...
Taşucu port, a key Eastern Mediterranean port in Turkey, seeks expansion
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 25, 2020 – The General Secretary of Mersin Chamber of Shipping, Mesut Öztürk, has called for investment in the...