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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.
Italy’s Assoporti assigns operational roles to port authority presidents
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 16, 2019 – A reorganization of Assoporti (Italian port association) is to include the formal attribution of...
Analysis – Recep Tayyip Erdogan says tender for Canal Istanbul project to be held soon
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 13, 2019 – The tender for the Canal (Channel, Kanal) Istanbul project, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of...
Multimodal transport and digital transport corridors to develop trade between GUAM countries
Multimodal transport and digital transport corridors will facilitate the rapid movement of goods between GUAM countries and the development of our economies,...
JinkoSolar signs agreement with COSCO to use Piraeus port as a distribution hub for Europe
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) December 11, 2019 – China’s JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., one of the largest global solar module manufacturers, has...
Meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt
Government of Greece – December 10, 2019 Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met today with Maximos in the U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt in...
Aktau port joins Regional Forum on Trade and Transport
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 10, 2019 – The chief manager of the marketing and sales department of the port of Aktau, Òšalioli Òš, took part...
EBRD agrees loan to support Tekirdag port in Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 10, 2019 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to loan $17.5 million (€15.79...
DP World Sokhna to facilitate trade, logistics in Egypt
DP World Sokhna – December 4, 2019 DP World Sokhna has recently entered into a trilateral partnership with the China State Construction Engineering...
U.S. ambassador attends reopening of Neorion shipyard in Greece
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) December 9, 2019 – The U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, has presented a speech at the event celebrating the...
Germany’s Mosolf Group increases Silk Road automobile services
Kirchheim/Teck, 3 December 2019 – The MOSOLF Group is expanding its services related to the rail link along the New Silk Road. The automobile logistics...
Russian and Iranian ports discuss cooperation
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 8, 2019 – The head of Gilan Ports and Maritime Administration, Iran, Hamidreza Abaei, has met with the...
Ukraine and Azerbaijan discuss Silk Road cooperation
We must work together to develop the Silk Road connection, Vladislav Krykliy – December 5, 2019 Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladislav Krykliy...
Ukraine promotes the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transport corridor at Baku meeting
Together we will develop the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transport corridor as an alternative route to bypass Russia, Vladislav Krikliy – December 6, 2019 It is...
EBRD to help Belarus upgrade key transport corridors
EBRD – December 3, 2019 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to furnish a loan of €259 million for upgrades of key...
Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Varna to dredge channels to attract new cargo
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 3, 2019 – Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea port of Varna will have its two main access channel’s dredged to a depth...
RZD Logistics transports first container from Europe to Japan via Trans-Siberian LandBridge
RZD Logistics – December 2, 2019 RZD Logistics JSC, the leading multimodal logistics operator in the CIS and Baltic countries, has successfully...
European Investment Bank to provide €270 million in financing to Valencia Region
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2019 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide €270 million in financing to the Valencia Region pf...
Chinese company interested in Serbian rail projects
Government of Serbia – December 2, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana...
Rail modernization to Greece is one of Serbia’s priorities
Government of Serbia – December 2, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana...
Duisburg inland port expands its activities in China
Duisburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 2, 2019 – Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) and China Railway Container Transport Corp (CRCT), part of China State...