Filyos port link expected to boost Karabük industry exports
Karabük, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2026 – Turkey’s Energy Minister said improved access to the Port of Filyos could significantly boost exports from...
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Tunisia port cargo falls 2.7% in 2025
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 8, 2026 – Tunisia’s commercial seaports handled 27.08 million tonnes in 2025, down 2.73% year-on-year. Data from Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports shows declining hydrocarbons and agri-bulk volumes offset growth in containers and general cargo. Hydrocarbon traffic reached 8.03 million tonnes, falling 6.93% compared with 2024. Liquid…
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Cyprus Ports Authority to submit Larnaca port and marina plan by end April
Larnaca, Cyprus (Ports Europe) April 8, 2026 – Cyprus Ports Authority is preparing a proposal for developments at the Port of Larnaca and Larnaca marina,...
Mersin logistics centre to open April 9 with industry & government participation
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2026 – A new logistics facility in Mersin will open April 9, aiming to strengthen regional freight infrastructure. The...
Spain commits 300 million euro infrastructure programme for Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2026 – Spain’s Ministry of Transport will invest more than 300 million euros in the Port of Tarragona by 2029. The...
Iberia Baltic Express links Leixões with Baltic ports in weekly ONE service
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 8, 2026 – Ocean Network Express will launch the Iberia Baltic Express (IBX) in May 2026, providing a direct...
Southern Caspian corridor delivers first Russia–Kyrgyzstan cargo
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) April 8, 2026 – The first test cargo shipments from Russia to Kyrgyzstan using a southern Caspian transport corridor have...
Event: Coastlink Conference 2026, May 6-7, 2026
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) April 8, 2026 – This year’s Coastlink Conference will take place in The Humber, May 6-7, 2026. Coastlink is...
CEVA renews logistics contract with But-Conforama in France
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 8, 2026 – CEVA Logistics renewed a two-year logistics contract with But-Conforama Group covering maritime imports,...
Ukrainian drones hit for the 5th time in 10 days Russia’s Baltic Ust-Luga port
Ust-Luga, Russia (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – Ukrainian drones hit yet again on April 7 Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth...
Wheat vessel arrives at Iran’s Amirabad port to boost reserves
Amirabad, Iran (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – A vessel carrying more than 4,000 tonnes of imported wheat arrived at Amirabad port in Mazandaran province, on...
Altıntel port plans Dilovası capacity increase
Dilovası, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – Altıntel Liman ve Terminal İşletmeleri A.Ş. plans to expand its terminal at Dilovası on Izmit...
Chioggia port plans dredging and cruise infrastructure
Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – Port of Chioggia discussed dredging works and port area redevelopment to support cruise growth. Local...
Marseille Fos port to inaugurate cruise shore power system
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – Port de Marseille Fos will inaugurate shore power facilities (OPS, cold ironing) for cruise ships on April...
Sanmar Shipyards, Med Tugs tugboats deal for use at Piraeus port
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – Sanmar Shipyards and Med Tugs agreed to build two escort tugboats for deployment at Port of Piraeus. The...
Genoa–Savona cruise port system reports 346 million euros impact and 2,700 jobs
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – The Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has presented a study showing the cruise sector generated 346 million...
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in JV to dredge Caspian Sea
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will create a joint venture to acquire a dredging vessel and carry out dredging...
Gas tanker delivers 2,030 tonnes to Baniyas oil terminal, Syria
Baniyas, Syria (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – The Syrian Petroleum Company said technical teams linked the vessel GAS HELENA to the terminal. They began...
Syria-Jordan resumes transit via Aqaba–Latakia corridor
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – The shipment moved overland from Jordan before reaching Latakia on April 5. Authorities said the move aims to...
FESCO consolidates St Petersburg–Kaliningrad cabotage at single terminal
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – FESCO’s Baltic cabotage service between the Port of St. Petersburg and the Port of Kaliningrad...
Rhenus strengthens Asturias port links through Guttrans collaboration
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – Rhenus has agreed a collaboration with Guttrans to strengthen services linking Asturian ports, including...
Katoen Natie expands logistics and production hub at Muuga port, Estonia
Tallinn, Estonia (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – Katoen Natie operates a specialised production and logistics platform at Muuga Harbour, positioning the site...
Noatum Ports delivers cranes for new Safaga port multipurpose terminal, Red Sea
Safaga, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 7, 2026 – Noatum Ports delivered three ship-to-shore cranes and six rubber-tyred gantry cranes to its new terminal at Port...
Ukrainian drones hit Russian Novorossiysk port and a missile carrier
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) April 6, 2026 – Ukraine attacked Russian navy missile carrier Admiral Makarov in the Black Sea port of...
Dutch customs intercept 1.4 tonnes of cocaine at Rotterdam port
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) April 6, 2026 – The Dutch Customs Service seized more than 1,400 kilograms of cocaine during a large-scale container...
Ukrainian Odesa and Lithuania’s Klaipeda ports to cooperate
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 6, 2026 – Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa and Lithuania’s Baltic Sea port of Klaipeda signed a memorandum of...
Chinese-built electric buses arrive at Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 6, 2026 – A shipment of 125 electric buses built by China’s Yutong arrived at the Port of Piraeus for Athens...
İzmir and Qingdao sign port city cooperation agreement
İzmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 6, 2026 – İzmir Ticaret Odası and Qingdao Municipal Commerce Bureau signed a cooperation agreement to expand trade,...
Ukrainian drones sink a Russian cargo ship in Azov Sea
Strilkove, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 6, 2026 – Ukrainian drones hit and sank a Russian Volgo-Balt cargo ship carrying wheat in the contested Sea of...
France launches €62.2 million maritime decarbonisation funding call
Paris, France (Ports Europe) April 6, 2026 – The French government has launched a €62.2 million funding programme to support the decarbonisation of...
Global Ports increases Bodrum cruise port stake to 90%
Bodrum, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 6, 2026 – Last month, Global Liman İşletmeleri A.Ş., part of Global Yatırım Holding A.Ş., has increased its stake...