Libya
Libya is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa between Tunisia and Egypt. The Mediterranean Sea forms its Northern border. The de facto capital is port-city of Tripoli and the other major city is Benghazi, also a port. The country is experiencing widespread protests and clashes, as the country’s public services worsen with chronic power cuts. the country has rival administrations and no stable government. (Updated 04.07.2022)
Turkey interested in construction projects in Libya
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın has said that Ankara is considering the possibility of a range of...
New Koper port-Libya shipping service starts in July
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – A new service will be launched linking the North Adriatic Slovenian port of Koper and Libya (port unnamed),...
U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s Interview with Greece’s MEGA TV
MEGA TV – Yiannis Moutsos – May 27, 2020 MEGA TV: Mr. Ambassador, thank you very much for this interview. It’s quite an honor to have you at MEGA as...
Analysis – Russia uses Libya’s partition to gain control of its Mediterranean ports
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) May 4, 2020 – The year-long siege of Tripoli, seat of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), by the...
Tuniship vessel docks in Tripoli port, Libya
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 29, 2020 – The first vessel in a new direct shipping line between the port of Sfax and the port of Tripoli, has...
Sfax-Tripoli (Libya) shipping service starts
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 25, 2020 – The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the new direct shipping line between the port of Sfax and...
Tunisia to launch weekly freight trips to Libya
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 9, 2020 – Ministry of Transport and Logistics has announced that a cargo shipping line between Tunisia and Libya will...
Analysis – After Syria’s Tartus port, Russia eyes Libya’s Mediterranean port of Tobruk
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – The advance of the army of general Khalifa Belqasim Haftar towards Tripoli raises again the issue of Russia’s...
Libya relaunches exports of Sharara oil from Zawiya port
Zawiya, Libya (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – The first export of crude oil produced in Libya’s Sharara field after the lifting of the force majeure...
Libya’s Al Waha cuts oil output as bad weather causes port closures
Al Sidra, Libya (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – Oil company Al Waha, a subsidiary of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC), reduced its crude oil...
Libya to hold Bulgarian ships in its territorial waters
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Libya will hold every Bulgarian ship that has entered its territorial waters, according to an order by the...
WestMED: European Commission makes €1.4 million available for local support
Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 WestMED: European Commission makes €1.4 million available for local support Meeting on 3 October in Algiers,...
Libya’s Tripoli port handles first ship since 2012
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – Tripoli port has resumed operations with the arrival of a ship with an Italian name, the first to moor at...
Libya’s NOC suspends oil exports from Zawya port
Zawya, Libya (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Libya’s National Oil Company (NOC) suspended on July 16 the shipment of crude oil from Zawya port. The...
Latvia’s Alpha Shipping launches line connecting Barcelona, Castellón to North Africa
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Latvian company Alpha Shipping has started offering a regular direct service linking the ports of Barcelona...
Libya’s NOC to relaunch oil exports from four ports
Ras Lanuf, Libya (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has suspended the force majeure declared in four ports in the...
Libya’s NOC closes Hariga, Zuetina oil ports
Zuetina, Libya (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has declared the suspension of crude oil loadings at the Hariga...