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Armenia is looking for investors & an operator for its first dry port

Gyumri, Armenia (Ports Europe) July 20, 2024 – Landlocked Armenia is negotiating with international companies and organisations to attract investment and...

660 kg of cocaine in two seizures in Spain’s Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – A criminal network importing cocaine from South America hidden in double bottoms of metal containers has...

Tunisia seeks partner for Enfidha port development

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – Tunisia is seeking a partner to build the Enfidha deep-water port, said Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri, Minister of...

Port of Barcelona sees cargo up 8.4% in H1 2024

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – In the first five months of 2024, total cargo traffic was 29.3 million tonnes, up +8.4% compared to the...

CMA CGM partners with Google for AI-based solutions

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – French shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM has signed a partnership with California-based Google (part...

Port of Barcelona sees increase in cruise passengers in H1 2024

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Barcelona received 323 cruise ships. Whilst the number of ships...

DP World & Evyap Group merge to create new trade hub, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – DP World and Evyap Group have merged port assets in the Sea of Marmara to create a new international...

Port of Algeciras sees containers up +2.67% in H1 2024

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Algeciras handled 2.39 million containers (equivalent TEUs), up...

Port of Rotterdam sees stable cargo in H1 2024

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – The Port of Rotterdam recorded total cargo in H1 2024 of 220 million tonnes (Mt), down -0-3% on...

World’s largest cable-laying vessel, Steerprop’s propulsion system

Rauma, Finland (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Expected to be delivered in 2026, the “Fleeming Jenkin” will be the world’s largest...

More than 4 tonnes of cocaine for Antwerp seized in Paraguay

Asuncion, Paraguay (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – More than 4 tonnes of cocaine bound for Belgium’s port of Antwerp were discovered on July 16 by...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) – TEU traffic – June & Q2 2024

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Terminals S.L.U. (CSP Spain) has published container (TEU) traffic for June...

Russian TEU turnover in H1’24 increase 14.6% to 2.6 mln

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Container turnover of Russian sea ports in the second quarter of 2024 increased by 11.8% compared to...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges sees total cargo traffic up +3% in H1 2024

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges reported total cargo handled of 143.2 million, up...

Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – June & Q2 2024

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has announced its container (TEU) for June and Q2 2024. In June 2024, the...

Nibulon will start using ships of Ukrainian Danube Shipping

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Local agricultural company Nibulon will start using ships of Ukrainian Danube Shipping (UDS) for inland...

EU to invest in three transport projects in Croatia

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – The European Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over 7 billion euros through the...

XPO starts transport corridor between Antwerp, Belgium, Istanbul

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – XPO, a leading provider of sustainable end-to-end logistics solutions, is expanding its multimodal...

Maersk Europe Market Update – July 2024

Ocean and Key Ports Update – July 18, 2024 As the situation in the Red Sea remains highly volatile, and continues to stretch into the third quarter of 2024,...

European Commission announces seaport investments, CEF

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – The European Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over €7 billion through the...

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