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Record day for cruises in Messina, Italy
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Today was a record day for cruise ships in Messina with four vessels docking at the Sicilian port....
India signed 10-year deal for Iran’s Chabahar port
Chabahar, Iran (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – India has signed a 10-year contract to operate Iran’s Chabahar deep water port, eight years after...
Constanta port could benefit from new offshore wind energy law
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Romanian parliament has adopted the country’s first offshore wind energy law. The Port of...
Chinese cranes also for NUTEP in Russia’s Novorossiysk Port
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Deprived of access to Western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning en...
Bulgarian navy again destroyed sea mine near Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Bulgarian navy destroyed with a controlled explosion yet another naval mine floating about 3 km from the...
Bloomberg: Cocaine superhighway to Europe
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Cocaine seizures through Antwerp port have grown more than 20-fold over the last decade,...
Algeria creates new shipping company, Cnan El Djazair
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Algerian government has decided to merge the Cnan Nord and Cnan Med shipping companies to form...
Ports of Barcelona and Shanghai announce cooperation
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona and the Port of Shanghai have signed an agreement for cooperation in projects...
Croatia: cargo traffic at seaports down -24.9% in Q1 2024
Zagreb, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, Croatian seaports handled 4.4 million tonnes, a decrease of -24.9% compared...
Foundation stone for Fiumicino commercial port laid today
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility, Matteo Salvini, will lay the foundation stone...
Chinese EV brand Arcfox sets up logistics centre in Port of Ferrol
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Atium Logistic Group and China’s Arcfox have jointly set up a logistics centre for the storage and...
Update: Why is there no Sochi-Trabzon ferry?
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Western sanctions isolated Russia is pushing for years to re-launch a cargo-passenger ferry from its Black Sea...
Yachting cocaine route Bulgaria-Greece busted
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Over 10 tonnes of cocaine were transported per year by yachts between Bulgaria’s Black Sea marinas in...
Port of Rotterdam to build a scalable quantum internet connection
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Port Authority of Rotterdam is part of a consortium building a scalable quantum internet...
Port of Santander commissions dredging research
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS) has commissioned the Institute of Environmental Hydraulics of...
New breakwater for Port of Bilbao receives funding
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The construction of the central breakwater of the Port of Bilbao is now entering the final part of its second...
Corruption charges set to end Vado regasification terminal project
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – Last Tuesday, Giovanni Toti, the centre-right governor of Italy’s northwest Liguria region, was placed...
Second attempt to lease Sochi port, Russia
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – The entire port infrastructure of Russia’s Black Sea cruise and yacht Port of Sochi will be made again...
Spain’s Port of Marin plans €15 million cruise investment
MarÃn, Spain (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – The Galician Port of Marin is planning a €15 million investment to develop the local cruise ship industry....
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces dividend for 2023
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has announced a dividend payment of €1.30 per share (gross) for...