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Port of Naples questions Axpo LNG project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – The Port Authority of Naples has postponed an evaluation into the potential risks of a project proposed by...
Court of Accounts criticises Port of Constanta management
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – The Romanian Court of Accounts’ has produced a highly critical report on the Port of Constanta...
Attempted smuggling of 209 kg of cannabis via Igoumenitsa port
Igoumenitsa, Greece (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – An unidentified truck driver, who tried to smuggle 209 kg of cannabis via the northwestern Greek port of...
EU set to close its ports to ships helping Russia, new sanctions
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – The European Union (EU) is set to ban the use of EU ports by ships transporting goods that might help...
Maersk keeps its Russian firms two years after they ceased operations
Copenhagen, Denmark (PortSEurope) May 7, 2023 – Danish logistics giant AP Moller seems to expect a swift return to the Russian market, which the company said...
Dredger Willem Van Rubroeck stops off at Ferrol port, Galicia
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – Last Friday, the dredger Willem Van Rubroeck docked at the outer breakwater of the Port of Ferrol, an area...
Asyaport is top TEU transit port in Turkey in Q1 24
Tekirdag, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – In January-March 2024, Asyaport handled 545,509 TEU containers, compared with 361,404 TEU in the same...
Self-propelled iMSPO system from igus for shore power
Cologne, Germany (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – Shore power supply enables ships to dispense with diesel-powered engines during cargo handling and instead...
Cocaine seized in Hamburg port has tripled in the last five years
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – It has been reported that the amount of cocaine seized in the port of Hamburg has tripled in the last five...
Genoa will soon have a new berth for latest generation of ships
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – Genoa’s Ponte dei Mille Levante will soon be able to welcome the latest generation of ships due to the...
Tall ships will pass under the proposed Messina strait bridge
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – The world’s tallest ships will be able to pass under the future bridge over the Strait of...
Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) grows 3.14% in April
València, May 6, 2024.- The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for the month of April grows slightly in a scenario in which the...
ICTSI Q1 2024 net income grew 36% to US$209.88M
ICTSI 1Q 2024 Net Income grew 36% to US$209.88M driven mainly by international portfolio; Recurring Net Income up 24% to US$191.02M – May 6, 2024 Enrique...
Turkey has stopped all import and export trade with Israel
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – Following an order from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has stopped all import and export trade with...
Höegh LNG to deploy FSRU Hoegh Galleon to Egypt
Ain Sokhna, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd has announced an agreement between Höegh LNG, Australian Industrial Energy Pty...
Hannibal to launch rail service from Milan to Hungary and Romania
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – Hannibal, Contship Multimodal Transport Operator, is set to launch an intermodal rail freight service linking...
Celsa awarded concession in Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has awarded a concession to Compañía Española de Lamination, CELSA, for a...
KSK Grain Terminal reports record handling in April
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – The KSK Grain Terminal in Novorossiysk handled 1.03 million tonnes of grain in April. This is a record...
Port of Ceuta reissues tender for dredging
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – The Port of Ceuta is putting out to tender for the second time the works for dredging in the Levante dock....
Port of Taranto handled 2.66 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1 24, -15.1%
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) May 5, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, the port of Taranto handled 2.66 million tonnes of cargo, down -15.1% compared...