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KazTransOil exported 287,000 tons of oil via the port of Aktau
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – In January 2024, KazTransOil exported 287,000 tons of oil via the Caspian Sea port of Aktau. This is...
Kazakhstan, Greece talk Middle Corridor cooperation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Greece Erlan Baudarbek-Kozhataev has met with the Mayor of the Greek...
Szczecin-Świnoujście accepted in Offshore Wind Port Alliance
Swinoujscie, Poland (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – The Offshore Wind Port Alliance, created in January 2023 by the largest maritime wind energy ports in...
Montenegrin government to back payment to Chinese bank by shipbuilder
Kotor, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – The government said it will cover a €2.3 million instalment owed by state-owned shipbuilder...
Dredging contract awarded for Port of Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – A contract to dredge the access channel to Stazione Marittima di Venezia has been awarded to a...
Maersk ends interest in new logistics centre in Mercazaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Danish company Maersk has ended its interest in setting up a logistics centre Mercazaragoza, an...
World Bank, HR Wallingford step into shrinking Caspian problem
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Alarmed by the shrinking waters of the Caspian, Kazakhstan invited the World Bank (WB) to conduct a...
Update: Three ports in West European corridor for green hydrogen
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – The Port of Amsterdam, Duisport (Duisburg) and the Port of Bilbao have strengthened their...
Two policemen killed when drug smugglers rammed boat in Barbate port
Barbate, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Two police (Guardia Civil) officers were killed and two others injured in a boat chase of drug...
Authorities find 27 kg of cocaine in container of bananas, Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Officials of the anti-fraud department of the Livorno Customs office have found 25 blocks of pure...
Port of Bilbao reports positive results for 2023
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – In 2023, the Port of Bilbao handled 32.8 million tonnes of cargo, up +0.11% on 2022 figures. The trade...
Algiers handled 2 million tonnes of cargo, 68,446 TEUs in Q3’23
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Algeria’s Mediterranean port of Algiers (Port d’Alger), country’s largest, handling more...
Construction of ore quay to start in Annaba, Algeria
Annaba, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Construction of an ore quay with a length of 1,600 meters and a depth of 16 meters will start by the end...
Possible new Ro-Ro line Burgas to Alexandria or Damietta
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – There is a possibility for the opening of a Ro-Ro (roll-on/roll-off) line between Bulgaria’s Black Sea...
70 kg marijuana seized in Sardinia’s port of Isola Bianca
Olbia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Some 70 kg of marijuana were seized by Italy’s Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) during loading...
Van Oord dredging vessels near Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – The semi-submersible vessel Seaway Albatross is approaching the Bosphorus Strait today on its way...
AD Ports acquired 60% of Dubai Technologies
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 –Â Maqta Gateway, AD Ports Group digital arm and enabler of cutting-edge trade...
No funding for delayed Enfidha deepwater port in Tunisia
Enfidha, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – The project for Tunisia’s Mediterranean deepwater port of Enfidha, delayed by some 20 years, seems...
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to eliminate Middle Corridor bottlenecks
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have agreed an updated road map for the elimination of the bottlenecks...
Algeria’s Mostaganem port handled 1.2 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023
Mostaganem, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Algeria’s port of Mostaganem handled 1.323 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, which is +11% growth...