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Update: Dredging of Kuryk by Jan de Nul to add 2 m draft
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Dredging work by Belgium’s company Jan de Nul is underway in the waters of the Kazakhstan’s Caspian...
Over 34 kg of cocaine seized in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – 34.4 kg cocaine valued at more than 1 million euros was discovered by Greek officials with the help of...
Port of Trieste starts cold ironing processes
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – The Port Authority of Trieste has started the procedure for the assignment of the engineering and...
Best Container Terminal Barcelona receives new cranes
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – The Best Container Terminal at the Port of Barcelona, the first semi-automated terminal of the Hutchison...
ECS webinar: Resilience in the supply chain
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) has organised on Friday, September 13, at 11:00 CET a 75...
Kazakhstan, world’s largest landlocked country, is shopping around for ports
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – Kazakhstan, the world’s largest landlocked country, with a Caspian coastline and ports but no access to...
China and Russia create “Ice Silk Road” in the Arctic
Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) – On August 5, 2024, China and Russia launched a rail-sea service, Arctic Express No 1, which will transport...
$660 million liquefied ethane gas facility in Egypt’s Dekheila port
Dekheila, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 4, 2024 – A $663 million facility to receive, store, and process liquefied ethane gas (LEG) will be built in...
Chinese ships in Russian Far East inland waterways
Khabarovsk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 4, 2024 – In further proof of Russia’s dependence on China, Moscow will allow Chinese ship Jianghong Fuxing to...
Kazakhstan wants to use Republic of Congo Pointe-Noire port
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 3, 2024 – Kazakhstan is interested in using the Republic of Congo port of Pointe-Noire, Kazakh President...
Spain-Morocco submarine railway tunnel plan reopened
Punta Paloma, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2024 – In a development that could reshape transport and trade between Europe and Africa, Spain and Morocco...
50 year old Bulgarian-Romanian Danube power plant project resurrected
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – According to Bulgarian media, a 50-year-old project for a hydropower plant on the Danube River, a road...
Port of Gioia Tauro set to receive cranes from China
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – The Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) will soon welcome a ship from China carrying four new cranes...
Port of Bilbao sees 10% growth in cargo in H1 2024
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – Between January and June, the Port of Bilbao has handled 18 million tonnes, which is 1.6 million more than...
Turkey’s first FPSO unit on its way to Filyos port
Filyos, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – Turkey’s first floating natural gas production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has set off from...
Port of Bilbao awards Central Pier construction contract
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Bilbao has awarded the contract for the works of the...
Luka Ploče handled 2.22 mln tons of cargo in H1 2024, -14%
Ploče, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, Luka Ploče handled 2,227,315 tons of cargo, a decrease of 14% in comparison...
Port of Rijeka handled 2.92 mln tons of cargo, -4.6%, H1 2024
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, Luka Rijeka handled 2.92 million tons of cargo, a decrease of -4.6% compared...
Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) fell by -3.01% in July
The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for the month of July has decreased – August 2, 2024 This price index, which is based on the export...
First batch of Leapmotor electric vehicles on their way to Europe
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – The first batch of Leapmotor International electric vehicles, the C10 SUVs and T03 cars, set sail this week...