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Iran wants to use INSTC to move coal from Russia to India

Mumbai, India (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – Iran has announced plans to transport coal from Russia to India via Iran’s railway network, said the...

Jan de Nul, Fortescue to connect Africa, Europe for green electrons

Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – Belgian marine contractor Jan de Nul and Australia’s Fortescue will work jointly on a project to lay...

Delo Group asked to build deep-water port in Arkhangelsk

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – The head of Russia’s Arctic Arkhangelsk region government Alexey Alsufiev asked TransContainer (part...

Kazakhstan’s Ersai terminal received first dry cargo ships

Kuryk, Kazakhstan, June 11, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Ersai marine terminal, part of the Caspian Sea port of Kuryk, has received the first two dry cargo...

Port of Barcelona looks to the blue economy sector of Quebec

A delegation from the port, led by its president, Lluís Salvadó, travels to Canada this week. The objective is to promote joint projects in the fields of...

FAO Report: Global fisheries and aquaculture production reaches a new record high

Aquaculture surpasses capture fisheries in aquatic animal production for the first time, the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 says – June 7,...

Baku hosts inaugural Caspian Blue Horizons Workshop

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC, ADA University and IDEA (International Dialogue for Environmental...

Port of Cadiz starts work on “cold ironing”

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – The Port Authority of the Bay of Cadiz (APBC) has started work on the connection between the Las Cortes...

Hamburg Parliament to vote on HHLA – June 26

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – There remains significant opposition to MSC taking a 49.)% stake in Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG...

Container Port Performance Index 2024 – Top Italian ports – Ranking

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence have published the fourth edition of Container Port...

Port of Barcelona: environment impact of 2nd container terminal

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – The Port Authority of Barcelona (APB) has released public information on the environmental impact of its...

Valencia Containerized Freight Index decreases by -12.98% in May

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – In May 2024, the Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) which is based on the export prices...

Port of Antwerp completes first dredging of Southern Canal Dock

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp has completed the first stage of the dredging of the Southern Canal Dock at the...

Russia’s strategic Korsakov port to be privatised

Korsakov, Russia (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – Russia’s Far East Sea of Okhotsk Korsakov port (Sakhalin region) will be privatized by the founder of the...

DP World wants Russia’s Arctic Northern Sea Route

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – DP World needs Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR), which is changing the rules of the game in...

Turkish shipyard launches second ferry for Scottish Isles

Yalova, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – The Cemre Shipyard has launched a second ferry to Caledonian MacBrayne in Scotland. The vessel, MV Loch...

Port of Gioia Tauro to demolish three large cranes

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) June 9, 2024 – Three large cranes, no longer used by operator Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), will be demolished....

Arkhangelsk port as China’s cargo transport hub

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2024 – Hard pressed by sanctions and isolated from the West, Russia is handing over its logistics “crown...

U.S. and EU-sanctioned friend of Putin to buy Makhachkala port

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) June 8, 2024 – The U.S., UK and EU-sanctioned Suleyman Abusaidovich, Russia-based billionaire, oligarch, and...

More cargo, less crude oil in Algeria’s Bejaia port in Q1’24

Bejaia, Algeria (Ports Europe) June 8, 2024 – Algeria’s Mediterranean port of Béjaïa (Bejaia) increased cargo handling by +5.11% in the first quarter of...

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