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Parties meet to discuss safe navigation in the Strait of Messina

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The establishment meeting of the technical table for the safety of navigation in the Strait of...

EU fisheries control system gets a major revamp

New rules for a reinforced control system enter into force today – Tuesday 9 January 2024.  The revised rules modernise the way fishing activities are...

ESPO welcomes European Parliament’s support for the strategic role of Europe’s ports

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The European Parliament adopted on January 17 the Berendsen report, an own-initiative report on...

Port of Sète handled 5.7 million tonnes of cargo in 2023

Sète, France (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – In 2023, the Port of Sète handled 5.7 million tonnes of cargo, a ninth consecutive record. Solid bulk...

Valenciaport issues rail tender for Poniente and Levante docks

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – Valenciaport has published the tender for the rail track doubling work and the implementation of the...

ESPO highlights concerns about the Red Sea conflict

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has issued a press release highlighting the concerns of...

Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – 2023

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has published its container (TEU) traffic figures for 2023. In 2023,...

Shell suspends Red Sea shipments

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The energy company Shell has announced that it is suspending all Red Sea shipments due to...

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd in operational cooperation

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – A.P. Moller-Maersk has announced the signing of an agreement for a new long-term operational...

Transport corridor: Armenia-India through Iran to open in May

Yerevan, Armenia (PortSEurope) January 17, 2024 – The transport corridor through Iran, linking Armenia and India, is scheduled to open in May 2024, the...

Update: Russian ports handled 883.8 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – Cargo handled by Russian ports in 2023 increased by 5% compared to 2022 despite Western sanctions to the...

MSC Cruises ship receives LNG in Port of Cadiz

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – The Port of Cadiz has welcomed the cruise ship MSC Euribia for the first time, a vessel belonging to MSC...

Russian ports handled 886 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) January 16, 2024 – Russian ports handled the record 886 million tonnes of cargo in 2023 despite Western sanctions, which is...

La Spezia Container Terminal plans expansion

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – The La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) is planning an expansion which has the authorisation of...

Maersk ship arrives at Trieste after Red Sea attack

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – The Maersk Hangzhou ship arrived at Pier VII, Trieste Marine Terminal this week, after being attacked in...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees 2023 container traffic slightly down

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – Trieste Marine Terminal SpA handled 742,708 containers (TEU) in 2023, down -1.74% on 755,932 TEU in the...

FESCO transported almost 25,000 TEU with India, China in 2023

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – In 2023, FESCO Transport Group transported 24.,00 containers (TEU) as part of the regular sea...

Delo Group terminals in Novorossiysk set transshipment record

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – NUTEP container terminal and the KSK grain terminal have both set a record for transshipment...

Antitrust authority approves Grimaldi takeover of Terminal Darsena Toscana

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – The Italian Antitrust authority has approved the Grimaldi takeover of Terminal Darsena Toscana. In...

Cranes from China for Vladivostok port

Vladivostok, Russia (PortSEurope) January 16, 2024 – Deprived of access to Western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning...

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