Novorossiysk port hit by Ukrainian drones again
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Ukraine’s sea and air drones attacked Russia’s largest port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea in...
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Port of Antwerp-Bruges presents “Methatug”!
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has introduced the Methatug, a tugboat which runs on methanol. It’s is part of the port’s programme to become climate-neutral port by 2050. The development was financed by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. Methatug The vessel is the first tugboat powered by…
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Port of Alexandroupolis signs contract for new road construction
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – The Port of Alexandroupolis has signed a €4 million contract with Tekal SA to connect the new...
Venice Blue Flag agreement renewed
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – The Venice Blue Flag agreement has been renewed, a voluntary agreement aimed at reducing emissions from...
APM Terminals Barcelona commissions 17 Konecranes carriers
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Yesterday, APM Terminals Barcelona commissioned 17 Konecranes NSC 644 EHY hybrid straddle carriers. The...
Navantia to develop wind concession in Port of Ferrol
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – The Port Authority of Ferrol-San Cibrao has approved the non-substantial modification of the concession owned...
Noatum Maritime opens offices in Istanbul, Izmir, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Noatum Maritime, part of AD Ports, has opened its first office in Turkey. The Istanbul operation will be...
Russia, Iran discuss the new Astraport Shipping company
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Representatives of Russia’s Astrakhan Region and the Iranian Consul General in Astrakhan, Mahdi...
Port of Valencia hosts PAULA project presentation
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Optimisation, digitalisation and decarbonisation are the keys to the PAULA innovation project. This...
Spain refuses admission to Israel-bound vessel to Cartagena port
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – The Spanish government has refused a request by the ship Marianne Danica to dock at its Mediterranean port of...
IPCSA holds annual meeting in Tanger Med port
International Port Community Systems Association gathers for annual members’ meeting in Tanger Med Port Complex – May 16, 2024 Innovation, AI, supply...
Joint Statement on the EU-UK agreement on Gibraltar
Joint Statement on the progress of the EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar – Brussels, 16 May 2024 European Commission Executive Vice-President...
Romanian prime minister attends DP World event
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu attended the opening of the “DP World – 20 years of efficiency...
French startup Carbon plans Marseille solar plant
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – French startup Carbon plans to inaugurate the first part of a solar module production facility in autumn...
British Steel to supply Mersin port rail project
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – British Steel has won a multi-million-pound contract to supply rail for a new high-speed electric railway in...
Port of Bilbao signs agreement with ports of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Bilbao Port Authority and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway (USA) ports have signed a Memorandum of...
China ports container volume rises 10 % in first quarter of 2023
China ports container volume rises 10 % in first quarter of 2023, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index increase in April 2024 – May 16, 2024 In the first...
European Commissioner for Agriculture visits the Port of Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Two days ago, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, visited the Black Sea...
Port of Constanta plans “Port Community System”
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – The development of a Port Community System (PCS) has taken a step forward with the presentation of a...
Contract to construct the Brindisi Intermodal Hub awarded
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has awarded the contract for the construction of the Brindisi Intermodal...
ZPMC transports cranes to Izmir Çiğli Port Project in Turkey
Izmir, Istanbul (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – The vessel “Zhen Hua 36” has departed from the terminal of ZPMC Changxing facility in Shanghai....
Port of Koper hosts new LNG ship of Mitsui OSK Lines
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Last Friday, The Port of Koper welcomed the vehicle transshipment ship Cerulean Ace, which is powered by...
Kalmar to supply Uniport Livorno with three heavy terminal tractors
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Kalmar has signed a contract with Uniport Srl. for the delivery of three Kalmar TR618i heavy-duty terminal...
Kongsburg Maritime to supply thrusters for tugs bound for Tunisia
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine has awarded a contract to Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime to supply...
Latin America trade mission visits Spain
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – A delegation of Latin American port leaders is visiting Spain. The trade mission comprised 15 representatives...
Contship Italia – Container terminal throughput, Q1 2024
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, the Contship Italia Group’s container terminals handled 375,854 containers...
Revenue and earnings performance of HHLA down in Q1 2024
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – Revenues and earnings of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) were both down in Q1 2024. HHLA turnover...
DP World has opens three major new sites in Romania
Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – DP World has opened three major new sites in Romania, two in Constanta and one in Aiud. Constanta, the...
Hapag-Lloyd reports “good start” in Q1 24 results
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – Hapag-Lloyd has reported its results for the first quarter of 2024. Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO, Hapag-Lloyd,...
Russia beefs up military presence in Libya, Africa
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – An investigation by the independent Russian website Verstka, the U.S. government funded Radio Free Europe/Radio...
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116 kg of cocaine seized in Vado port, Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – A total of 102 blocks of cocaine have been seized inside a container in Vado port. The drugs initially...
