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Third drug seizure in a month in Belgium’s North Sea Port
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – Drugs were again found in Belgium’s North Sea Port Ghent during the inspection of a coal ship on April 13....
Port of Rotterdam cargo down -4.5% in Q1 2024
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – In the first three months of 2024, the total cargo throughput of the Port of Rotterdam was 110.1...
North Sea Port sees decline in cargo throughput in Q1 24
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – Seaborne cargo transhipment at North Sea Port was down -3.2% in the first quarter of this year compared to...
Russian ports handled 214.3 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1’24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-March 2024 decreased by 3.3% compared to the same period of last...
Príncipe Felipe Pier solar facility now 100% operational – Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – The solar installation at the Príncipe Felipe Pier is now 100% operational. It now provides an average...
Reference: Bunkering in Gibraltar
Gibraltar (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – Gibraltar is the largest bunkering port in the Mediterranean. Its bunkering companies continue to grow, and...
Russia’s Taman port with 415,000 sq.m. coal storage
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – OTEKO, the operator of two marine terminals (bulk and liquid) in Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman,...
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces financial results for 2023
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has announced its financial results for 2023. Consolidated...
Turkey: Seaports TEU traffic – March, Q1 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for March 2024. Below is...
Turkey: Seaports cargo traffic – March 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for March 2024....
EU delegation visits Port of Baku
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – A high-level European Union delegation led by the EU Special Representative for Central Asia, Ambassador...
Port of Antwerp Bruges sees improved Q1 24 traffic
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges handled a total of 70.4 million tonnes of cargo in Q! 2024, up +2.4% compared...
Romania would like to take a shareholding in Greece’s Gastrade
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Media reports suggest that the Romanian government would like to take a shareholding in...
TFG Marine to acquire Spanish bunkering company Vilma Oil Med
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – TFG Marine has agreed to acquire majority ownership of Spanish bunkering company Vilma Oil Med for an...
Port of Sete to house Nezzy2, a floating wind turbine prototype
Sète, France (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Oenewable energy manufacturer Valeco has given the University of Montpellier a 1:10-scale prototype of a...
Tenerife receives the Port Environmental Review System certificate
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – The Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has received the Port...
Six tonnes of cocaine seized near Antwerp port
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Cocaine weighing 5,922 kg was seized on April 10 during a raid by special units on a warehouse on an...
Over 600 million illicit cigarettes seized in EU in 2023
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – In 2002, international operations involving the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) led to the seizure of...
Slovenia seizes over 15,000 tonnes of undeclared cigarettes
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Slovenian customs officials seized more than 15,000 tonnes of undeclared cigarettes at Koper port in...
60 kg of drugs seized in Greek port of Igoumenitsa
Igoumenitsa, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Greek coast guard authorities seized more than 2 million euro worth of narcotics and arrested a lorry...