Government
News about the involvement of government in port activities. Includes government laws applicable to ports, state-owned ports including European Union issues with national government implications. Also includes inter-government meetings, agreements and visits of government officials.
Ukraine and Poland signed a joint statement on Ukrainian grain exports
On May 16, 2022, in Warsaw, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi and his Polish counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of...
U.S. consul Ragini Gupta visits Port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) June 15, 2022 – The Consul General of the United States of America in Florence, Ragini Gupta, has visited the Port of...
Iran looks to expand TRACECA cooperation
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – Iran has held talks with the TRACECA organisation to discuss the expansion of international road...
Russia’s President Putin calls for Caspian Sea port development
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 12, 2022 – Hard pressed by western sanctions for his invasion in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged in...
Russia says that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Russian government has said that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally and...
Italian ambassador in Libya visits Misurata Free Zone
Misrata, Libya (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – Giuseppe Grimaldi, the Italian ambassador in Libya, has visited the Misrata Free Zone (MFZ). MFZ Chairman,...
Italian government approves Port of Genoa breakwater project
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 28, 2022 – The Special Committee of the Higher Council of Public Works of the Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructures and...
Greece-Saudi Arabia Business Forum meets in Athens
In the context of strengthening and deepening the economic and business relations between Greece and Saudi Arabia, the political leadership of the...
Desperate Russia looking to Iran’s ports as a way to bypass western sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 30 – Desperately trying to find a way to avoid harsh international sanctions affecting Russian transport and logistics,...
Kazakhstan and Iran discuss Caspian Sea cooperation
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 24, 2022 – A delegation from Kazakhstan has visited Iran to discuss port cooperation around the Caspian Sea. The Kazak...
Montnegero prime minister visits the Port of Kotor
Kotor, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 23, 2022 – The Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dr. Dritan Abazović has visited the Port of Kotor. He was accompanied...
Iran and Cuba have signed an agreement on ports cooperation
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 20, 2022 – Iran and Cuba have signed an agreement on maritime and ports cooperation. the agreement was signed at a...
Two Russian proxies vie for control of strategic Greek port of Alexandroupoli
Alexandroupoli, Greece (Ports Europe) May 16, 2022 – Two of the four candidates to win the tender to operate the Greek port of Alexandroupoli have links with...
Prime Ministers of Northern Macedonia and Bulgaria visit the Alexandroupolis Port Authority
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) May 6, 2022 – On the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the construction of the Alexandroupolis FSRU...
Greek Prime Minister attends start of the implementation of Alexandroupolis FSRU
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has attended an event to mark the implementation of the...
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Alexandroupolis
“Our government prefers to speak with deeds and not with words. And as we complete the third year in July in the governance of the place, the projects...
Ukraine seeks transport corridors with the Baltic States, Poland & Romania
Tallinn, Estonia (PortSEurope) April 27, 2022 – Estonia’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure, Taavi Aas, and the transport...