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.
Italian ports without the security requirements required by the Hamburg Convention
News – Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) – April 8, 2020 With regard to the request for aid from the ship “Alan Kurdi”,...
Ship registration is simplified – Ukraine
News – Ship registration is simplified, Vladislav Krikliy – April 8, 2020 From now on, 30% of shipowners are exempted from compulsory vessel...
Italian government meets with transport organisations
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) hosts meeting about economic support measures to support transport and logistics sectors, damaged by the...
Meeting between Ferretti Group and the government on the future of the nautical sector
News – Meeting between Ferretti Group and the Government on the future of the nautical sector – April 7, 2020 A first meeting was held in Taranto...
Turkmenistan and Georgia discuss transport corridors
On April 1, 2020, a meeting was held in videoconference format between the representatives of Turkmenistan and Georgia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...
ALIS logistics association appeals for government assistance
ALIS (Associazione Logistica dell’Intermodalità Sostenibile/Logistics Association for Sustainable Intermodality) writes letter to transport ministry...
APM Terminals Poti receives first stage approval for expansion
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 30, 2020 – APM Terminals Poti has received approval from the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development for the...
Italian government proposes investment in transport in the south
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2020 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has published in the Official Journal details of an allocation...
Italian ports seek government support
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2020 – The sixteen presidents of the Italian ports system (AdSP – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale) have...
Portuguese ports implement contingency plan for emergencies
News – APS – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, S.A. – March 24, 2020 Following the preventive measures decreed by the...
China sends medical support to Greece
News – Greek Parliament – March 21, 2020 Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis has participated in a ceremony held at El. Venizelos...
Analysis – Strategic and overambitious Iranian move in Russian Caspian, financed by China, or much ado about nothing
Lagan, Russia (Ports Europe) March 23 – A group of Iranian companies, financed by China, wants to invest in the development of the small southern Russian...
Greece takes measures to minimize passenger travel to the islands
Measures to minimize passenger travel to the islands announced by Greek Minister of Maritime and Island Policy Mr Yiannis Plakiotakis – March 20, 2020...
Italy stops passenger ships: no more cruises
Coronavirus. Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport stops passenger ships: no more cruises. Decree signed by Minister De Micheli, with the Minister of...
BPA – Coronavirus Emergency Bill: Keeping our trading gateways open should be a priority
Responding to the publication of the Government’s policy paper on its new Emergency Bill the British Ports Association has said that keeping the UK’s...
ESPO calls for EU to keep goods moving
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 18, 2020 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has called on the European Commission to implement plans to...
Azeri Minister meets with Israeli Ambassador
Azeri Minister Ramin Guluzade meets with Israeli Ambassador – March 10, 2020 Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade...