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BilbOPS to be presented at Connecting Europe Days 2024
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2024 – The BilbOPS project to electrify the docks of the Port of Bilbao (cold ironing) will be featured in the...
Work to resume on the LNG Vasilikos facility, Cyprus
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) March 27, 2024 – Despite delays, the government aims to complete construction of the liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal...
Port of Alexandroupolis receives green light for development
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe)- March 27, 2024 – The Port of Alexandroupolis has received the green light to proceed with development work this...
First train leaves Kazak terminal in Xian, China for Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 27, 2024 – The first train has departed a Kazakhstan-owned logistics centre in China’s dry port of Xian along...
Anti-corruption authority challenges Genoa port breakwater process
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe)- March 27, 2024 – Italy’s anti-corruption authority (ANAC) has challenged the procedures for awarding the Genoa...
Ships crashing into bridges call for new port safety standards
Baltimore, United States (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – The giant container ship crash on March 26 with the column of the bridge at the entrance to...
Largest ever cocaine seizure in Bulgaria’s Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – More than 170 kg of cocaine were seized in Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Burgas – the largest ever amount...
Analysis: Quo Vadis, Russian Black Sea Navy?
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – In the past several days, Ukraine reported hitting with missiles a total of four Russian Black Sea Navy...
Port Authority of Valencia launches the ZAL project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has finally launched the ZAL (Logistics Activity Zone) project. The...
What is the relationship between inland waterways and seaports?
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started in February 2022, we have heard more about inland waterways...
German inland cargo shipping will hit a new all-time low in 2023
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – In 2023, inland waterways in Germany transported -5.9% fewer goods than in the previous year, according...
Port of Ravenna receives green light for solar installation
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – The Port of Ravenna has received green light for solar installation from the Ministry of the Environment...
Port of Las Palmas inaugurates expanded La Isleta logistics zone
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – The Port Authority of Las Palmas has inaugurated the development of the La Isleta...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – February 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-February 2024. In the first...
Spanish ports see +2.4% cargo increase in Jan-Feb 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – Ports of general interest moved 88.70 million tons of cargo in the first two months of the year, +2.4% more...
Djen-Djen container terminal construction restarted, ready in 2025
Djen-Djen, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – Container terminal construction at Algeria’s port of Djen-Djen, under the management of South Korean...
Eni, Fincantieri and RINA establish partnership for maritime transport decarbonisation
Fincantieri – Press Release – March 25, 2024 Eni, a global energy company, Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, the only...
Russia dredges occupied Mariupol port
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – Dredging work is underway in the Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Mariupol in the...
Port of Ravenna sends delegation to Port of Giurgiulesti, Moldova
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – A delegation of the Port of Ravenna in Moldova ended on 21 March 2024 with a visit to the Port of...
Protecting marine life around the new Genoa breakwater
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – The Webuild-led consortium and the Genoa Aquarium (Acquario di Genova) have set up a partnership to protect...