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Limassol’s Vassiliko terminal expansion
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 3, 2024 – A revised plan for the expansion of Terminal 2 (Vasiliko, Vassiliko) in southern Cyprus’...
Belarus exported 15 million tonnes of cargo through Russian ports in 2023
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 3, 2023 – The total transhipment of Belarusian export cargo through Russian ports by the end of 2023 was about 15...
Sparkle launches GreenMed, a new submarine cable system
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and a global operator, is launching a project to...
Port of Koper reports record for car handling
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Luka Koper achieved an extraordinary feat just before the end of the year by breaking the vehicle...
Maersk suspends of ship transits through the Red Sea
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Maersk announced today the suspension of all ship transits through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden....
MSC set to buy 50% of Hutchison BEST terminal, Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company is fset to acquire 50% of the Barcelona container terminal...
Reference – Russia’s Arctic and Far East ports projects
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – The past year consolidated the trends formed in 2022 (when Russia was hit by Western sanctions for its...
Kazakhstan plans dredging of Ural-Caspian Canal
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Kazakhstan plans to start dredging of the Ural River-Caspian Sea Canal in 2024 and include the...
Russia’s Makhachkala port blocked by silt
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Since the beginning of December, heavy winds blocked the dry cargo harbour channel of Russia’s port of...
Port of Manfredonia signs infrastructure development contract
Manfredonia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 31, 2023 – On 21 December 21, 2023, an agreement was signed between Sogesid SpA, represented by the CEO Eng....
Arab Bridge Maritime multimodal land-sea route bypasses Red Sea
Aqaba, Jordan (Ports Europe) December 31, 2023 – A multimodal transport route will connect the Gulf states through Egypt’s Mediterranean ports with...
FESCO grows fast aided by sanctions
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 30, 2023 – The export of vegetable oils and grain by FESCO Agro service in 2023 increased more than eight times...
SCZone with investments of $1.85 billion in last six months
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) December 30, 2023 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) received $1.85 billion worth of investments between July 1 and December...
New unconfirmed report about a sea mine hitting a cargo ship in the Black Sea
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – The Panama-flagged Greek-operated bulk carrier Vyssos was reportedly hit a floating sea mine close to...
FESCO sends ship to Antarctica
Cape Town, South Africa (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – On 22 December the ship left the port of Cape Town (South Africa) with cargo for Indian...
Ruscon completes renovation of container and logistics terminal in Moscow
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – Ruscon, a multi-modal transportation operator, has completed the initial phase of renovations of its...
QTerminals Antalya, 26 cruise ships, 33,697 passengers in 2023
Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – QTerminals Antalya, Turkey’s leading commercial cargo and cruise port, welcomed thousands of...
AD Ports to develop Egypt’s Red Sea port of Safaga
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports has a signed a 30-year concession with the Red Sea Ports Authority (RSPA) to...
Lebanon’s Port of Tripoli receives new crane equipment
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) December 28, 2023 – A vessel arrived at Tripoli carrying crane equipment for the port. It is the third ship-to-shore...
EBRD lends finance to develop Port of Borusan
Borusan, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 28, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of US$ 33.2 million...