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Deutsche Bahn wants to sell DB Schenker for €15 billion
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – Deutsche Bahn wants to sell its DB Schenker division for around €15 billion. Possible bidders include...
Ports of Bari, Brindisi take steps to support agri-food
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – Improvement of the agri-food logistics capacity and obtaining the single authorisation Zes (special economic...
Turkmenbashi announces 50% discount on all transit cargo transportation
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – Turkmenbashi International Seaport has announced a 50% discount on all types of transit cargo....
Georgia, Ukraine join EU’s Connecting Europe Days event
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – Representatives from Georgia and Ukraine joined the European Union’s Connecting Europe Days 2024...
MSC Cruises plans over 400 calls to Greek ports in 2024
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – MSC Cruises has said it will have six ships calling to Greek ports, making over 400 calls to nine...
Valenciaport awards OPS – cold ironing contract
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – Valenciaport has awarded an OPS-cold ironing contract to SAMPOL Ingeniería y Obras SA. The contract is...
Port of Valencia receives four bids for new container terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has received four bids for the tender to construct the new container...
New Europol report on criminal networks active in the EU
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – Europol has presented its first report on the most threatening criminal networks active in the EU. The...
COSCO Shipping Lines visits Safiport, Turkey
Kocaeli, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – A delegation from COSCO SHIPPING Lines has visited Derince-based Safiport. It was comprised by Daniel...
Russian company acquires part of Viterra’s Taman grain complex
Delivery by Sea (Dostavka Morem) holding became the indirect owner of more than 25% of Taman Grain Terminal Complex, which has a capacity of 5.5 million tonnes...
EU transport sector and ports plead for funding
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – 44 European transport organisations, representing the key spectrum of Europe’s transport network,...
12 approved by IG P&I eBL service providers
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – The International Group of Protection and Indemnity Clubs (IG P&I) has...
Car-ferry, Ro-Ro berth reconstruction in Makhachkala port, Russia
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) April 7, 2024 – A 32.57 million rubles (325,000 euro) tender for the development of documentation and the construction...
First ship with containers arrived in Chornomorsk since Feb 2022
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 6, 2024 – The first ship with containers since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February...
Balkan Shipyard assembles Damen dredger in Turkmenbashi
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – The Balkan Shipyard and Ship Repair Plant will soon start assembling a Damen CSD650 cutter...
CMA CGM to open Tangram innovation centre, Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of CMA CGM, will inaugurate Tangram, a training and innovation centre...
Port of Taranto sees cargo down -7.8% in first two months
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – In January-February 2024, the Port of Taranto handled 1.9 million tonnes of cargo, down -7.8% on the same...
First caissons fixed for deep-water container terminal in Burgas
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – The first of nine caissons was fixed in the seabed as part of the new quay/berth 28 in Bulgaria’s Black...
Global Ports Holding is preferred bidder for Casablanca Cruise Port
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – A Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH) consortium has been named the preferred bidder to operate the new...
Eurasian Development Bank sees regional infrastructure needs
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – Last month, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) published a report entitled “Infrastructure in...