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.
Simplified procedures for the electrification of docks of Italian ports
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) A single authorization, issued by the Region, for the construction of works and infrastructures for the...
Vice-President of the Government of Catalonia visits the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 14, 2022 – The Vice-President of the Government of Catalonia and Minister for Digital Policies and Territory, Jordi...
Piraeus Port Authority holds annual meeting with government privatisation authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 14, 2022 – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has held the annual meeting with government privatisation authority, the...
Bulgaria and Romania to revive ferry service; help Ukraine cargo
Ruse, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 14, 2022 – Bulgaria and Romania have agreed to revive the Ruse-Giurgiu ferry service. It will help ease the permanent...
Croatian minister attends business forum in Portorož and the port of Koper
Minister Butković attends business forum in Portorož and the port of Koper – April 13, 2022 A business forum entitled “Public Investment in...
USA sanctions Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation
Washington, USA (PortSEurope) April 8, 2022 – Yesterday the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) redesignated...
Italy: “The government will find new funds for the Pnrr construction sites. We will act on high prices”
Interview by Minister Giovannini released to the Corriere del Veneto 7 April 2022 – Below is the text of the interview that Minister Enrico Giovannini...
Minister Giovannini inaugurates the new large ship terminal in Marghera, Venice
News Release – Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) – April 6, 2022 “I am particularly pleased to be here today, because it is...
Japanese ambassador to Spain visits the Port of Valencia
The Japanese ambassador to Spain, Hiramatsu Kenji, visited the facilities of the Port of Valencia this morning where he held a meeting with the president of...
Georgian government claims Anaklia deep sea port project will go ahead
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 3, 2022 – The Anaklia deep sea port project in western Georgia will go head and there is renewed investor interest,...
Proposal for Ukraine to be admitted to the Three Seas Initiative
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) March 31, 2022 – A joint statement by the chairpersons of European parliaments’ foreign affairs committees has...
Lebanon allows Iran to resume port visits
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) March 31, 2022 – Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Hamiyeh, has held a meeting with a delegation from Irisl, the...
Port of Algeciras hope for better relations with Morocco
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) March 31, 2022 – The president of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, said...
NOC Chairman receives UK Deputy Ambassador to Libya Kate English
On Monday afternoon, 21 March 2022, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Mustafa Sanalla, received at the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC)...
Italian ports look to benefit from government strategy to reduce gas imports from Russia
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – The Italian government is exploring two extra liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification facilities. This is...
Prime Minister of Spain visits Port of Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – Pedro Sánchez, prime minister of Spain, has visited the Port of Ceuta, located in a Spanish autonomous city...
Bulgaria and Turkey discuss rail cooperation
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 18, 2022 – Turkey State Railways (TCDD) and Bulgarian National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) have discussed...