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Monopolies commission investigates SAS & Moby
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – Yesterday, the Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) opened an investigation into SAS, part of MSC...
Underwater cables in Baltic Sea damaged again
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – A 1,170 km undersea fibre-optic cable connecting the port of Helsinki, Finland to Rostock port,...
Cobasa granted concession in Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – The board of directors of the Port Authority of Santander has granted Consignatarios de Barcos de...
Ports of Catania, Augusta continue redevelopment
Catania, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – The redevelopment of the ports of Catania continues, pending approval of the Master Plan, and...
BMF Port Burgas started major railway expansion
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 19, 2023 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas...
ABB, Dura Vermeer, GMB to expand APM Terminals Maasvlakte II
Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – CareGo, a consortium comprising technology leader ABB and Dutch construction companies Dura...
Captagon pills seized in Port of Ambarli, Turkey
Ambarli, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – Turkish Customs authorities have seized over 1.3 million Captagon pills and 26,520 mixer parts in...
Abandoned ship removed from Port of Elefsina
Elefsina, Greece (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – The abandoned tanker “PROMITHEAS” (IMO 7414286) has been permanently removed from the bay...
US Army battalion passes through Port of Setúbal, Portugal
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – The MV ARC Endurance ship pulled into the port of Setubal on November 5, carrying over 750 pieces...
MSC meets conditions to acquire 49.9% of HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – As of November 14, 2024, all closing conditions for the takeover offer of Port of Hamburg...
Port of Trapani forecasts increased cruise passengers
Trapani, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – In 2025, the port of Trapani is expected to welcome approximately 25,000 passengers from 58...
Ukraine monopolies commission approves MSC-HHLA deal
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – On 14 November, the Antimonopoly Commission of Ukraine (AMK) approved the deal for Mediterranean...
Port of Ancona receives go-ahead for dredging
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – The Marche Region has sent the Central Adriatic Sea Port System Authority (AdSP) the environmental...
New Black Sea railway ferry line Varna-Poti
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – The Georgian-flagged Ro-Ro ferryboat AIA (IMO: 9120384) opened a few days ago a line between the Bulgarian...
5 tonnes of cocaine destined for Valencia port seized in Guayaquil
Guayaquil, Ecuador (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – More than five tonnes of cocaine were seized in Ecuador’s port of Guayaquil by the National...
2.6 times more containers via Middle Corridor in Jan-Oct’24
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – Container shipments along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle Corridor),...
Cargotec sells MacGregor to Triton funds for €480 million
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – Helsinki-headquartered Cargotec Corporation decided on November 14 to sell its MacGregor business...
1.2 tonnes of cocaine seized in Spain’s Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) November 16, 2024 – Over 1,160 kg of cocaine hidden inside a shipping container that arrived at Spain’s port...
Four tonnes of cocaine seized off the Canary Islands
Puerto Naos, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) November 16, 2024 – Four tonnes of cocaine were seized on November 12 by Spanish authorities from a...
Russia’s ports handled 4.6 mln TEUs in Jan-Oct’24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2024 – Russian ports handled 4.6 million TEUs in the first 10 months of the year, which is 12% (or 490,000 TEUs)...