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Customs agents find 93 kg of cocaine on port of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 11, 2024 -Two days ago, Greek customs agents seized around 93 kilograms of cocaine at the port of Thessaloniki. The...
Authorities seize over €16m worth of cannabis in Rosslare, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland (Ports Europe) August 11, 2024 – Officers of the Revenue and Gardaí have seized over €16m worth of cannabis in Rosslare Europort,...
Russia’s Northern Sea Route to become “Great”
Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 11, 2024 – In line with the practices of the Soviet Union, which economically collapsed in 1991, Russian...
Beirut port: Cargo traffic – June 2024
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – The Port of Beirut has published total cargo traffic for June 2024. In June 2024, total cargo traffic was...
Beirut port: Cargo traffic – May 2024
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – The Port of Beirut has published total cargo traffic for May 2024. In May 2024, total cargo traffic was...
Iran tries to develop its ports despite sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Iran’s Ports & Maritime Organisation (PMO), the government body in charge of developing and managing...
Port of Barcelona publishes Annual Corporate Report for 2023
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – The Port Authority of Barcelona has published its Annual Corporate Report for 2023. It includes traffic...
Montenegro ports see cargo traffic up over 41% in Q2 2024
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – In the second quarter of 2024, the seaports of Montenegro handled 665,850 tonnes of cargo. This is up...
Fake Chinese ball and roller bearings seized in Varna port
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – 11,966 fake ball and roller bearings with different technical applications were seized in Bulgaria’s...
EDECS starts work on Ain Sokhna container terminal project
Ain Sokhna, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – The local EDECS construction company has started work on construction of the new Ain Sokhna container...
Med Marine unveils new tugboat for Svitzer
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Last month, shipbuilder Med Marine presented the MED-A2800 series tugboat, manufactured for Svitzer at...
MSC Cruises adopts OptiCruise to reduce pollution
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Swiss-owned MSC Cruises is to adopt OptiCruise, a new itinerary planning optimisation tool, to reduce ship...
Turkmenistan’s tender for two Ro-Ro railway ferries for Caspian
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Turkmenistan’s Agency for Transport and Communications (TurkmenDenizDeryayollary) announced...
Update: Makhachkala port road saga
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – The cost of building the hugely delayed 6.2 km access road to Russia’s Caspian Sea port of...
Webinar: How ports can prepare against cyber-attacks
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – The all-important topic “Preparing for the inevitable – how ports can prepare themselves...
Belgium inland waterway transport to increase in Q1 2024
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, barges transported 39.9 million tonnes of goods on Belgian inland...
Update – Rome invites applicants to manage nine leading port authorities
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – Last month, the Italian government invited applicants for the job of president of nine of the country’s...
Malaga, fastest-growing cargo port in Spain in H1 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – The Port of Malaga handled 2.2 million tons of cargo during the first half of 2024, up nearly...
Port of Civitavecchia to receive 35 million euros – MIT
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – A total of 35 million euros has been allocated to the port of Civitavecchia to purchase an area...
Port of Valencia exports over 1 million tons of wine in six months
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – In the last six months, 1,032,959 tons of wine have been handled from Valenciaport (APV) destined for...