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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.
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 15/2020
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 14/2020 – The COVID emergency can push the ports towards a sustainable and resilient future. The Ports of Genoa...
COSCO’s European container terminals see fall in April traffic
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited has published container throughput for April 2020 showing a global 5.3% fall...
Minister Karaismailoğlu to visit Filyos Port construction
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu is to visit Zonguldak to see the...
Morocco reports 6.9% rise in port traffic in Jan-Apr 2020; 4.9% in April
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – Traffic passing through the ports managed by Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) was reported...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 14/2020
Covid-19 Update – Issue 14/2020 – Ports of Genoa – May 15, 2020 Global economic trendsAccording to UK based analysts Oxford Economics, the pandemic will...
Egypt’s port of Alexandria expands to speed-up cargo processing
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 15, 2020 – Egypt’s largest port, Alexandria, is in the middle of an ambitious upgrade and expansion programme that...
Anaklia Development Corporation promotes benefits of its deepsea project for Georgia
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2020 – The Anaklia Development Corporation (ADC) has published the below announcement. ADC is currently in...
Valenciaport pays around €10 million to support port against virus impact
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) May 14, 2020 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has reported that it...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 13/2020 – Rethinking supply chains in the time of COVID-19
Covid-19 Update – Issue 13/2020 – Ports of Genoa – May 12, 2020 Global trade is declining and shipping carriers are reducing the supply of...
More delays for the Russian Industrial Zone near Egypt’s Port Said
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – Moscow is expecting to sign the developer contract for the Russian Industrial Zone (RIZ) near Egypt’s Port...
Piraeus Port Authority denies absence of environmental licences
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has issued a press release in response to other press articles alleging...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Israel, China on the agenda?
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will make a brief visit to Israel tomorrow to meet with Prime Minister...
Tenders for the ports of Alexandroupolis-Igoumenitsa set to progress
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...
Turkish ports: Total cargo handling down over 9% in April 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – Total cargo handling at Turkish ports in April 2020 totalled 39.33 million tons, down 3.95 million tons on...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 12/2020 – tourism & cruises in search of a new normal
Covid-19 Update – Issue 12/2020 – Ports of Genoa – May 8, 2020 Global Economic TrendsTourism is one of the most affected sectors of the pandemic, in...
Turkmenistan leads Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor discussion
On May 7, 2020, a quadrilateral, virtual working meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the project of intergovernmental...
Spanish port traffic fell by 4.7% in first quarter of the year
The economic measures for port companies facilitate a saving of €100 million in reduction of rates and an injection of liquidity of another €250 million in...
Croatian ports to receive European funding, SUSPort programme
As part of the INTERREG VA Italy – Croatia CBC Program 2014-2020 Cross-Border Cooperation Program, the European Regional Development Fund has approved...
U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s Op-Ed for “Ta Nea”
News – The U.S. and Greece: Partners in the Pandemic and the Day After – May 2, 2020 Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, our team...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 11/2020 – Weak demand & difficult times for world trade by sea
Covid-19 Update – Issue 11/2020 – Ports of Genoa – May 5, 2020 Shipping & LogisticsChinese container marketIn the first quarter of this year, whilst...