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.
ANIA F2i Fund acquires Compagnia Ferroviaria Italiana
News Release – F2i – April 20, 2020 F2i Sgr and Ania, the National Association of Insurance Companies, have announce the acquisition of a majority...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 7/2020
Covid-19 Update – Issue 7/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 21, 2020 According to analysts, the international logistics chain will be seriously affected by...
EBRD to provide €40 mln to upgrade of Moroccan ports
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to furnish a non-sovereign loan of up...
Consortium selected for Koper port pier extension
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – A consortium of Kolektor Koling, Adriaing and Grafist has been selected by Luka Koper, port operator, for...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 6/2020
Covid-19 Update – Issue 6/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 17, 2020 The World Economic Outlook report, recently published by the IMF, predicts a 3%...
Piraeus port sees 15% fall in March container throughout
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2020 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd has published container (TEU) throughput for March 2020, which records total...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd records near 5% fall in container traffic in March
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) April 17, 2020 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd has published container (TEU) throughput for March 2020, which records total...
CMPort: 2019 annual results online press conference
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) April 17, 2020 – Deng Renjie, Executive Vice President of China Merchants Group Limited and the Chairman of the Board of...
Global Ports Holding Plc – Full Year Results 2019
Press Release – Global Ports Holding Plc – Full Year Results 2019 – April 13, 2020 2019 Financial Results Overview Group – Strong...
Ukraine: Risoil acquires TK Exim Oil in Chernomorsk port
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 16, 2020 –Â Risoil SA, an exporter of crude sunflower oil and sunflower by-products, has acquired the TK Exim...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 5/2020
Covid-19 Update – Issue 3/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 14, 2020 While concern about the contraction of global trade in 2020 following the persistence of...
Some European governments plan cruise ship support
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) April 15, 2020 – The European countries of Germany, France, Finland, Italy and Norway have agreed...
Turkey ratifies Lapis Lazuli transport corridor route
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – The Resmi Gazete, the national and only official journal of the country that publishes the new...
Italy: Transport – Coronavirus, all measures to reduce mobility of people extended to May 3
News – Source: Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) – April 13, 2020 The measures adopted by the Ministry of Infrastructures and...
Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 4/2020
Covid-19 Update – Issue 3/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 10, 2020 While control measures for the COVID-19 epidemic seem to be starting to work, concerns...
Piraeus Port Authority replies to unions on PPA-PCT agreement regarding Pier 1
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 12, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) announced April 2 that Piraeus Container Terminal SA (PCT) will assume...
Czech automotive industry under pressure
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 12, 2020 – Hafen Hamburg (Port of Hamburg) has published an article regarding the links between the Czech...
Valenciaport pays €3.6 million in two weeks & provides liquidity to supplier companies
For two weeks now, the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has accelerated the accounting and bill payment procedures to shorten the period of payment to...
Maersk launches new intermodal container service in Russia
Maersk, Ruscon and Transcontainer joined forces in launching an intermodal container service between the seaport of Novorossiysk and Vorsino dry port outside...
Analysis – COVID-19 does not seriously infect ports yet, but panicked politicians might contaminate their business
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2020 – Italy, Spain, France – where the major Mediterranean ports are – have tens of thousands of cases...