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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.
Qatar’s QTerminals wins concession at Olbia port, Ukraine
QTerminals has won the concession competition at Olbia port, said the Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy – January 24, 2020 “QTerminals,...
Chinese interested in ports of Catania and Augusta in Sicily
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2020 – The local FocuSicilia has reported that a delegation of Chinese investors has visited has visited the...
COSCO Shipping Ports sees 4.8% increase in TEU handled in 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 21, 2020 – In 2019, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd handled a global total of 102.7 million TEU, up 4.8% on the previous...
Ukrainian Railways signs agreement with China’s CRCC
Memorandum of Understanding between Ukrzaliznytsia and Chinese company CRCC signed, – Vladislav Krykliy – January 20, 2020 On January 20, 2020, in...
Venice port receives delegation from Chinese newspaper
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2020 – A delegation from the Chinese daily newspaper Guangming Daily has visited the port of Venice. The...
YILPORT announces new business plan for 2020 and beyond
YILPORT Holding announces new business plan for 2020 and beyond – January 16, 2020 Robert Yuksel Yildirim, the Founder and Chairman of YILPORT Holding,...
Koper port hosts delegations from COSCO and OOCL
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 14, 2020 – Port operator Luka Koper dd has hosted representatives of the international shipping lines COSCO and...
Cosco Shipping Lines Spain increased its traffic volume by 2% in 2019
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 14, 2020 – In 2019, Cosco Shipping Lines has said that the shipping company increased by 2% the volume of...
YILPORT Huelva discusses expansion with port authority
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 14, 2020 – Following talks between Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva (APH – Port Authority of Huelva) and Turkish...
Greece set to tender ten regional ports in 2020
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) January 12, 2020 – Greek Shipping Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis said this week that the government would be...
New projects with Chinese company CRBC in Serbia
Government of Serbia – January 10, 2020 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana...
Koper port sees over 20% fall in Q4 2019 cargo traffic
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 12, 2020 – In the period October-December 2019, cargo traffic was 5.05 million tons, down 20.9% from 6.3 million...
China and Turkey use Baku port as transit point
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2020 – China has started shipping dried fruits to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway. In late...
Greek Prime Minister visits Washington as U.S. boosts East Mediterranean interests
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the United States between January 5-8 and met with the...
Anaklia port project thrown into doubt by government cancellation
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – At a news conference, Maya Tskitishvili, Georgian Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure,...
Bulgaria takes 20% stake in Gastrade, including the Alexandroupolis LNG facility
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) January 8, 2020 – Bulgaria’s state-controlled Bulgartransgaz is to purchase a 20% stake in Gastrade which is...
YILPORT to continue to focus on growing logistics services in 2020
Yilport – Press Release – January 6, 2020 A subsidiary of YILPORT Holding, Transitex is a freight forwarder and logistics solutions provider...
Analysis – Cruise ships return to Black Sea
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 7, 2020 –Varna expects six cruise ships’ visits in 2020, after a two-year lull during which no big liners docked...
Baleà ria shipping company sets up high-efficiency natural gas supply in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 7, 2020 – The Baleà ria shipping company has set up a high-efficiency natural gas supply in Valencia port using...
Cypriot Association of Maritime Agents comments on Limassol and Larnaca ports
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 7, 2020 – At the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Maritime Agents, held in Limassol, the re-elected...