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Alleged corruption at Port of Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2024 – The court investigating the alleged irregularities in connection with the awarding of contracts in the...
Luxury cars seized by police in Port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2024 – The Port of Gioia Tauro appears to be a focal in the smuggling operation of luxury cars from Canada...
Cyprus receives FSRU from China
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 18, 2024 – The Cypriot floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Etyfa Prometheas has been delivered by...
North Sea Port sees cargo traffic down -11% in 2023
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – North Sea Port handled considerably fewer goods by sea last year than in the peak year of 2022. Total...
Cargo traffic on Russia’s Northern Sea Route increases in 2023
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 18, 2024 – Cargo traffic on Russia’s Northern Sea Route was 36.25 million tons in 2023, according to...
North-South corridor obstacles according to Russia
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) January 18, 2024 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) project aims to reduce the time and cost of cargo...
Port of Huelva to host Europe’s largest green methanol plant
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2024 – A joint venture of Cepsa and C2X will build and operate a green methanol production plant in the Port of...
Parties meet to discuss safe navigation in the Strait of Messina
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The establishment meeting of the technical table for the safety of navigation in the Strait of...
EU fisheries control system gets a major revamp
New rules for a reinforced control system enter into force today – Tuesday 9 January 2024. The revised rules modernise the way fishing activities are...
ESPO welcomes European Parliament’s support for the strategic role of Europe’s ports
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The European Parliament adopted on January 17 the Berendsen report, an own-initiative report on...
Port of Sète handled 5.7 million tonnes of cargo in 2023
Sète, France (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – In 2023, the Port of Sète handled 5.7 million tonnes of cargo, a ninth consecutive record. Solid bulk...
Valenciaport issues rail tender for Poniente and Levante docks
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – Valenciaport has published the tender for the rail track doubling work and the implementation of the...
ESPO highlights concerns about the Red Sea conflict
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has issued a press release highlighting the concerns of...
Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – 2023
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has published its container (TEU) traffic figures for 2023. In 2023,...
Shell suspends Red Sea shipments
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – The energy company Shell has announced that it is suspending all Red Sea shipments due to...
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd in operational cooperation
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – A.P. Moller-Maersk has announced the signing of an agreement for a new long-term operational...
Update: Russian ports handled 883.8 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – Cargo handled by Russian ports in 2023 increased by 5% compared to 2022 despite Western sanctions to the...