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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.
Hutchison Ports to work on new container terminal in Egypt
Hong Kong-based port operator Hutchison Ports has entered into an agreement with the Egyptian Navy to develop and operate a new container terminal in Egypt...
CMPort sees revenue down over 8% in first half of 2020
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) August 28, 2020 – China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort) has announced unaudited consolidated interim...
Turkey looks to build Cypriot port base
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 27, 2020 – The increased and controversial activities of Turkish ships in the Eastern Mediterranean has led the...
Port of Constanta handles large quantities of ammonium nitrate
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) August 26, 2020 – In the wake of the devastating explosion in Beirut’s port caused by carelessly stored ammonium nitrate,...
EBRD supports concession project in port of Olvia
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 25, 2020 – Ukraine has awarded the second concession for seaport development and management since June 2020 for the...
duisport to invest in the port of Trieste
Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) is ready to invest in the hinterland of the North Italian seaport together with the Port Authority of Trieste and the regional...
Copasir report indicates Chinese interest in Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) August 24, 2020 – The President of Copasir, Raffaele Volpi, has said that a summary document, from the country’s...
CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd resume services to Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – International shipping companies CMA CGM of France and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd have resumed services...
AP Moller – Maersk increases EBITDA by 25% in Q2
Copenhagen, Denmark (PortSEurope) August 19 – The Danish shipping group AP Moller – Maersk reported a Q2 2020 drop in revenues to $9 billion from $9.6...
COSCO Shipping Ports – July 2020 container throughout
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) August 18, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported July 2020 container throughout for its terminals together with...
Piraeus Port Authority seeks to expand vehicle handling
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) August 18, 2020 – In order to increase its share of the vehicle handling market, the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) will...
Analysis – Russia “discovers” its strategic Caspian Sea ports
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – After years of neglect, it seems that Moscow is slowly discovering the potential of its three Caspian Sea...
A positive surprise: Beirut port container terminal reopens
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 12, 2020 – Container shippers are resuming calls of their ships to Beirut only four days after the explosion there, that...
Montenegro plans new container terminal for Bar port
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) August 11, 2020 – The Montenegro government has announced the construction of a new container terminal in the Adriatic port...
9,600 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in open air in Ukraine’s Pivdennyi port
Pivdennyi, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 10, 2020 – According to local media, in the Ukrainian northwestern Black Sea port of Pivdennyi there are some 9,600...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 27/2020 – Green light (with caution) to cruises in Europe
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 27/2020 – Green light (with caution) to cruises in Europe – August 7, 2020 The news of the moment is...
Analysis – Port of Tripoli must replace destroyed Beirut as entry gate to Lebanon
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 8, 2020 – The second busiest Lebanese port of Tripoli is to take over the functions of Beirut port, obliterated by a...
Analysis – The aftermath of the Beirut port obliteration
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 7, 2020 – The port of Beirut, Lebanon’s busiest port, is not going to recover for many months after what is...
Beirut explosion calls for attention at lack of port security: The Conversation
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 6, 2020 – The huge explosion in the port of Beirut calls to attention the tremendous consequences of a lack of port...
OYAK and NYK to build $110 mln port in northwest Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 3, 2020 – In 2019, Oyak, the Turkish military’s pension fund, in a joint venture with Japan’s Nippon Yusen...