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Valenciaport shows signs of cargo traffic recovery

València, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – The trend of contraction in Valenciaport’s freight traffic is moderating and the July figures...

Iberdrola applies for dock electrification concession in Port of Pasaia

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – The energy company Iberdrola has applied for a concession to supply electricity to ships at the...

EBRD to approve $125 mln loan to Damietta Port’s 2nd terminal project

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to approve a $125 million loan to...

Kernel acquires grain facilities in Chornomorsk and Reni

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – Agroholding Kernel has acquired storage facilities for transshipment of vegetable oils in the Black Sea...

Danish DFDS moves closer to acquiring Turkey’s Ekol Logistics

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – The Danish logistics giant Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (DFDS) has moved closer to acquiring...

QTerminals acquires Kramer Group, Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) August 21, 2023 – Qatar’s QTerminals has acquired a majority stake in Rotterdam-based Kramer Group. The...

Next railway corridor: China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan project

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) August 21, 2023 – One of the main topics of China’s Premier Li Qiang visit to Kyrgyzstan in October will be the...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drives up trade with Turkey

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 20, 2023 – Figures from the Turkish government show that since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in July...

New route for Russia-Iran container trains

Formachevo, Russia (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – RZD Logistics, the largest Russian multimodal logistics operator, a subsidiary of state-owned Russian...

Azerbaijan’s ports handled 7.45 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Jul’23

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea ports increased the transshipment of goods in the first seven months of the year...

Turkey: Monthly seaports cargo report – July 2023

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – The Turkish authorities have published cargo figures for July 2023. Turkey: Seaports cargo report –...

Ship reaches Istanbul from Odessa using “humanitarian corridor”

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – The first ship to use a temporary corridor to and from Ukraine’s seaports entered Turkey’s...

150 kilos cocaine found in Port of Gioria Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – Approximately 150 kilos of very pure cocaine were seized by the Fiamme Gialle in the port area of...

Turkey rumoured to have 99-year lease for Libya’s Khoms port

Khoms, Libya (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – Based on unconfirmed reports, Turkish TV channel TGRT said that Turkey leased the port of Khoms (Al-Khums) in...

Albania seaports: Cargo & passengers traffic report – Q2 2023

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – In the second quarter of 2023, the seaports of Albania handled 1.713 million tons (mt) of freight. This...

HHLA sees container traffic down -14.6% in first half

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – Container throughput at HHLA’s container terminals decreased year-on-year by 14.6% to 2.87 million...

British Ports Association welcomes Brexit dividend with the removal of EU port services rules

The British Ports Association has welcomed the news that the legislation on port services provision will be revoked in the UK by the end of the year. It...

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