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Kalmar to supply Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam with straddle carriers
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – Kalmar will supply Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam with two fully electric and...
Delayed ammonia terminal in Taman only in test mode in June
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Additional land plots have been included in the boundaries of Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman. They are...
4,350 kg illegal drugs seized on ‘Atlantic cocaine route’
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – A speed boat with 4,350 kg of cocaine from South America was intercepted 920 km south of the Canary...
One killed, 8 hostages, 2,300 kg cocaine near Canary Islands
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Eight hostages were freed in November 2023 from Sea Paradise, a Panama-flagged towing...
Port of Antwerp-Bruges ordered to pay €41 million to DP World
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – A split ICSID tribunal has ordered the Port of Antwerp-Bruges to pay €41 million plus costs and...
Greek tanker fined for pollution in Port of Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – A tanker operated by a Greek company being held since Thursday in the Port of Marseille for marine...
Piraeus Port Authority: 5th Balkans & Black Sea Forum
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has hosted this year’s 5th Balkans & Black Sea Forum (BBSF...
HHLA sees container traffic down -7.5% in 2023
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has announced preliminary unaudited results for 2023. Group...
Caspian Sea water levels study to inform Aktau Port adaptation
News – HR Wallingford – February 20, 2024 Over the next 18 months, HR Wallingford will be carrying out a study for The World Bank to assess how...
Piraeus Container Terminal handled 281,800 TEU in January 2024
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) S.A. handled 281,800 TEU in January 2024, down -12.7% on the same...
Romanian government approves Constanta Port dredging
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Romanian government has approved an ambitious $229 million dredging project at the Port of...
EU launches EUNAVFOR ASPIDES to support safety in the Red Sea
The Council launched today EUNAVFOR ASPIDES. The objective of this defensive maritime security operation is to restore and safeguard freedom of navigation...
Port of Genoa handles largest ferry in the Mediterranean
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Port of Genoa has welcomed the Moby Fantasy ship, the largest ferry in the Mediterranean region. The...
Belgium: Customs seizes 10 million cigarettes in Zeebrugge
News Release – Belgian customs have intercepted a container with almost 11 million (10,830,000) Chinese cigarettes in Zeebrugge, worth 5.2 million euros...
St. Petersburg port and drugs
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – More than 1,200 kg of cocaine was seized in the Big Port of St. Petersburg in January in a...
Increased demand for the Middle Corridor
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Changes in global cargo flows have led to increased demand for the Trans-Caspian International...
Port of Barcelona moved 64 million cargo tons in 2023, -9.8%
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has moved 64 million tons during the last year, a decrease of -9.8%. This was a...