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The largest offshore installation methanol vessel launched
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 20, 2024 – Van Oord’s new offshore installation vessel Boreas was successfully launched at the China’s Yantai CIMC...
Russian oil refinery in Libyan port
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – The eastern Libya government, controlled by General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar, who is fighting against...
Port towing service tender for Fiumicino
Fiumicino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The Mediterranean port of Fiumicino on the Tyrrhenian coast announced a tender for port towing service valued...
APM Terminals automates gate lifts in Vado Ligure
Vado, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – APM Terminals has announced that all gates at the Vado Gateway port system have now been automated. Optical...
Port of Valencia sees improved cargo in April 2024
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – In January-April 2024, Autoridad Portuaria de València (APV) handled 26.2 million tonnes of cargo, up...
Fiat Topolino arriving at the port of Livorno seized
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The Customs Agency and the Financial Police has seized 134 examples of the electric Fiat Topolino microcar...
Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results, Oct 23-Apr 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The table below prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in millions...
Genoa and Busan sign “twinning agreement”
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The two port-cities of Genoa and Busan in South Korea have signed a “twinning agreement”. Busan is...
Algerian minister calls for port development
Djen Djen, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The Minister of Transport, Mohamed El-Habib Zahana, commented yesterday on the need to raise operational...
Ports of Livorno and Piombino schedule cold ironing
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The port authority of Livorno and Piombino is starting processes on the project to electrify the docks, also...
Port of Aviles is preparing a strategic plan to meet expansion
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The Port Authority of Aviles is preparing a strategic plan with a clear objective to attract new companies...
Russian ports handled 288.4 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Apr’24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-April period decreased by 4.3% compared to the first four...
Fairplay Towage orders two ASD tugs from Damen
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – Fairplay Towage Group has ordered two more tugs from Damen Shipyards. One will be an ASD Tug 2813 and the...
KOTUG & Skeye test new tug drone
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) May 19, 2024 – KOTUG International and Skeye have completed a pilot test for the “Tug Drone”. A pilot...
Russia plans logistic infrastructure in Asia, Africa, South America
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 19, 2024 – To bypass Western sanctions, the Russian government will finance the creation of port infrastructure, industrial...
EBRD, USAID to develop connectivity in the South Caucasus
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) May 19, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United States Agency for...
Luka Rijeka sees cargo down -10% in Q1 2024
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 19, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, Luka Rijeka handled 1,341,441 tons of cargo, a decrease of -10% compared to...
Is Russia’s Ust-Luga Baltic port a Chinese terminal?
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 18, 2024 – The giant Chinese supply chain operations and real estate development corporation Xiamen C&D Group is...
Russia as China’s vassal state
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 18, 2024 – Western sanctions are turning Russia into China’s vassal state and a raw-materials appendage of Beijing. The...
Corsica Ferries increases services are Port of Sete
Sète, France (Ports Europe) May 18, 2024 – The Port of Sète announced the extension of the partnership with Corsica Ferries with ferry services to...