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1,000 cargo ships left loaded Odessa ports since August 2023
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 10, 2024 – More than 1,000 cargo ships have left loaded Ukrainian Black Sea ports following the termination of the...
Demand for LNG bunkering to surpass capacity in 2025
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 10, 2024 – Global demand for LNG bunkering is projected to increase to 5.7 million metric tonnes (MMT) in...
Maersk’s Morocco Bridge to Europe
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 10, 2024 – The new Morocco Bridge is a multimodal service that connects Morocco to Spain and the rest of Europe....
Russia’s railways lack enough capacity to Black Sea ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 9, 2024 – The capacity of Russia’s Black and Azov Sea ports is four times bigger than the transport capacity of the...
Port of Leixões issues tender for new inspection centre
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Port of Leixões has issued an 8.1 million euro public tender for building a new inspection centre...
Setúbal, Lisbon sign agreement with Port of Santos, Brazil
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Portuguese ports of Setúbal and Lisbon have signed an agreement with the Brazilian port of Santos....
Port of Siracuse is to join the local Port System Authority
Siracuse, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Port of Siracuse is ready to enter the governance of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare...
130 kilos of marijuana found in a truck at the port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – A stash of 130 kilos of marijuana was discovered in a truck arriving at the port of Livorno from Spain. The...
Dredging will improve Ribadeo port, Galicia
Ribadeo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The current dredging of the access channel, the Mirasol dock, and the fishing dock will improve...
Ports of Greece sees record year for cruises in 2023
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – In 2023, 49 Greek ports received 5,230 cruise ships and just over 7 million passengers. This is equal to...
Port of Valencia proceeding with second solar plant
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) is proceeding with the construction of its second solar photovoltaic...
Port of Barcelona has received the first OPS substation
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has received the first OPS (cold ironing) substation of the future network of...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale see cargo down -4.7% in 2023
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSPMAM – Southern Adriatic...
Baleària reports record numbers of passengers in 2023
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Baleària shipping company carried 5.2 million passengers, 1.4 million vehicles and 7.4 million linear...
Gibraltar Port Authority bans Russian ships
Gibraltar (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) has issued a port circular entitled ” Russain vessels banned from...
Europol: EU Drug Markets, Analysis – 2024
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 7, 2024 – Europol has published its annual report entitled “EU Drug Markets, Analysis – 2024”....
Port of Tarragona handled 33.03 mt of cargo in 2023, up +9.9%
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2024 – The Port of Tarragona handled 33.03 million tonnes (mt) in cargo in 2023, up +9.9% on 2022 (30.05 mt)....
Bilbao, Portsmouth sign a Memorandum of Understanding
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2024 – The Port Authority of Bilbao and Portsmouth International Port have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to...
Fincantieri signs MoU with Alexandria Shipyard, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 7, 2024 – The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alexandria...
More drugs seized in St. Petersburg port
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) March 7, 2024 – Some 11 kg of cocaine were seized in Russia’s Big Port of St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea, the...