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Russia’s Northern Sea Route – only for Russia

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe), December 1, 2023 – The Northern Sea Route (NSR, SevMorPut) is unlikely to compete with the southern route through...

TransContainer, Global Ports launch East-West container service

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer and container terminal operator Global Ports have launched a new scheduled...

FEPORT, ETA, EMPA and ECASBA question EU emissions scheme

FEPORT, ETA, EMPA and ECASBA members call on the EU Commission to immediately commission a study on the risks of cargo diversion from European ports and...

Port of La Spezia new cruise pier contract awarded to consortium

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – A contract for the construction of the new cruise pier in La Spezia has been awarded to a...

EU supports new LNG plant for Bar port, Montenegro

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) October 9, 2023 – The European Union (EU) will support building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Adriatic...

Trieste Marine Terminal reports increased TEU handing in October

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – Trieste Marine Terminal handled 69,684 containers (TEU) in October 2023, compared to 59,650 TEU in the...

Maersk chooses MITO, Cagliari, to connect with North Africa

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – Maersk will utilise MITO, the international container terminal in Cagliari of the Grendi...

PUMA new warehouse customer for Maersk in Rijeka

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – German company PUMA is the latest customer to start using a Maersk warehouse near Rijeka, Croatia. On...

Eiffage Concessions, Sodeports win Toulon port contract

Toulon, France (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – A consortium of Eiffage Concessions and Sodeports has won a contract for the refurbishment,...

Royal Caribbean sells stake in Barcelona Cruise Port to GPH

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – Royal Caribbean Group has confirmed the sale of its minority stake in the cruise concessionaire...

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation plans network of strategic ports

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – The draft concept for the creation and operation of a “Partnership Network” of major...

South Korean STX with a port and industrial zone project in Egypt’s Gargoub

Mersa Matrouh, Egypt (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – South Korean trading company STX Corporation signed a strategic partnership agreement with the...

U.S. Customs Service will send a consultant to the Port of Constanta

Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Next year, the U.S. Customs Service will send a consultant to the Port of Constanta, Romania. The...

Port of Bilbao inaugurates six new eco-efficient hybrid RTG cranes

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – The port of Bilbao has inaugurated six new eco-efficient hybrid RTG cranes acquired by CSP Iberian...

Ports of Augusta and Catania to start dock electrification projects

Catania, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Two large dock electrification projects for the ports of Augusta and Catania were awarded by...

DP World with a new logistic park near Suez Canal

Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – DP World, a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based global supply chain solutions company, has broken ground at...

EU ETS excludes 44% of cargo ships and 22% of CO2 emissions

Stockholm, Sweden (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – The paper The cost impacts of Fit for 55 on shipping and their implications for Swedish freight...

FESCO plans container feeder line in Africa

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Deprived of opportunities to operate in Europe due to Western sanctions, FESCO, one of the largest...

EU: Inland waterway transport hits a decade low in 2022

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Between 2012 and 2022, transport on the EU’s inland waterways was erratic. Since 2017,...

Port of Valencia uses hydrogen-powered ReachStacker

València, Spain (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – The Port of València is the first port in the world to use a ReachStacker or stacker capable of...

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