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Albanian ports handle more cargo in Q1, but will be turned into leisure marinas
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Albanian Adriatic seaports handled 14.2% more cargo in the first quarter of 2023. Durrës, which accounts for...
Fire in fuel depot in Russia’s strategic port of Taman
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – After the huge fire at a fuel depot in Russia’s strategic Black Sea port of Taman in the early morning of...
Italian seaports’ cargo returns to pre-Covid levels
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Italian seaports handled a total of 490.1 million tons of goods, up +1.8% on 2021, +10.4% on 2020 and just below...
Albania seaports see Q1 2023 cargo traffic up 14.3%
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, Albanian seaports handled a total of 1.61 million tons of cargo, up +13.2% on...
Port of Bilbao to join Coastlink Conference
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – The Port Authority of Bilbao has been invited to take part in one of the panel discussions to be held at the...
Den Hartogh, Metrocargo Italia transports tank containers between Italy and France
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Royal Den Hartogh Logistics, a leading logistics operator in the chemical industry, has contracted Metrocargo...
Russia begs Indian businesses to move to its SEZ
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Russia is trying to lure India into helping it replace Western goods as well as equipment and...
80% less containers in Russia’s Baltic ports – growth in Far East
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – In 2023, port container terminals of Northwest Russia will have only 20% of their capacity utilised....
Thessaloniki Port Authority signs collective labour agreement
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 -uThe agreement regulates the terms of wages and working conditions of the company’s dockworkers’...
Piraeus Port Authority attends 7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) joined the 7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum in Thessaloniki on April...
QTerminals extends Antalya Port concession for another 19 years
Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – QTerminals has signed a 19-year extension to the concession agreement for the operation of Antalya Port...
Batumi Sea Port attends trade promotion in Uzbekistan
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – On April 28, 2023, a conference “Trade relations of Uzbekistan: the role of alternative...
German ambassador visits Batumi Seaport
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Ulan Tleugali, General Director of Batumi Seaport LLC, has met with Peter Fischer, Ambassador of the...
Croatia approves takeover of Luka Rijeka by Czech company
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – The Board of Directors of the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (Hanfa) has approved the...
Luxury cruise companies look to smaller, island destinations
Luxury cruise companies are turning their attention to smaller, off-the-beaten-path destinations, according to discussions at the 7th Posidonia Sea Tourism...
7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum meets in Thessaloniki port
7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum Brings Cruise Industry Leaders Together for first cruise event ever in Thessaloniki – April 26, 2023 Global cruise...
Russia pushes again for opening long-delayed industrial zones in Egypt
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Moscow is desperately trying to create two long-delayed Russian industrial zones (RIZ) with a...