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.
Ukraine and Qatar plan further transport infrastructure cooperation
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 18, 2020 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladislav Krykliy has held a bilateral meeting with the Minister...
Georgia welcome involvement of US companies, American or European investors in Anaklia project
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 17, 2020 – Natia Turnava, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, has been reported as saying that its...
Analysis – Local Goldair to join U.S. companies in bid for regional Greek ports concessions?
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) February 17, 2020 – U.S. interest in investing in the privatisation of Greek regional ports is intensifying as the...
Trammo in talks to construct new terminal in Batumi port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – TRammo Inc of the U.S,. is in talks to invest $20 million in Georgia and build a new terminal in the...
Egypt holds talks with EUROGATE to progress logistics zone in Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – Transport Minister Kamel el Wazir has met with senior management of Germany’s EUROGATE Group and...
Analysis – Morocco to invest heavily in ports’ infrastructure
Dakhla, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – At the end of last year, Morocco’s Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water short-listed...
U.S. government and companies eye Sines port’s LNG potential
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 14, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette has visiting Sines port and confirmed interest in the LNG...
DP World set to acquire TIS Container Terminal in Black Sea port of Yuzhny
Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 14, 2020 – DP World has announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority 51% stake in TIS (TransInvestService)...
Luka Rijeka signs Bulk Cargo Terminal Bakar development contract
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 14, 2020 – Luka Rijeka has signed the contract to forward the “Improvement of the infrastructure of the...
U.S. delegation visits Port Authority of Alexandroupolis, Greece
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) February 13, 2020 – Counselor to the U.S. DFC Chief Executive Officer, Caleb McCarry, has visited the Port...
Analysis – The Port of Mariupol: A Chinese piece in Ukrainian-Russian Azov Sea puzzle
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 13, 2020 – It is widely expected that China will invest in Ukrainian Port of Mariupol as part of its Silk Road...
Portugal’s Sines port commences ambitious expansion works
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Work has started on the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean sea port of Sines, the first step to increase...
YILPORT’s Transitex opens office in Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – Transitex, an Iberian logistics and transport company, has opened an office in Bilbao, in Northern...
Digital Route seminar held in Aktau port including OSCE participation
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – The Digital Route project has held a seminar in the port of Aktau, Kazakhstan, with the participation...
Attica Regional Governor visits Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Attica Regional Governor, Giorgos Patoulis, has visited Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) to meet with...
Analysis – In a snub to Russia, Iran and Syria sign maritime cooperation agreement
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Defying pressure from Moscow, Russia’s dependant Syria has signed an agreement on maritime cooperation...
Love is in the Sea Air – 5G arrives at Ports
News Release – BWCS – Love is in the Sea A – 5G arrives at Ports – February 10, 2020 The news that Belgian telecoms company Proximus is...
Port of Barcelona sees 2019 turnover slightly down
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 10, 2020 – Port de Barcelona has reported its traffic and financials for the year 2019. Turnover was €172...
Six multinationals interested in building Enfidha deepwater port in Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2020 – In January 2017, l’Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (OMMP) declared that Tunisia would...
Bordeaux port, Storengy and Nexeya sign agreement to developing hydrogen sector
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) February 7, 2020 – Storengy, Nexeya and the Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux have signed a memorandum of understanding...