Ports

Countries ready for alliance of Mediterranean ports

European, African and Asian countries with ports in the Mediterranean Sea have agreed to form an alliance, in order to promote the area’s trade on a global level. With talk going on during the events of the Medports Forum, in Marseille (France), authorities from Mediterranean countries decided to form an organization for trading cooperation. As […]

Port of Baku to bring in more investors in free trade zone

Authorities at the Port of Baku have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding, in order to bring in more business into Azerbaijan. Located at the line between Asia and South-Eastern Europe, the country of Azerbaijan will be able to benefit from increased business, thanks to recent negotiations at the capital city of Baku’s International Port. […]

Black Sea ports witness growth in container traffic

Recent data has revealed a general growth of the number of TEUs passing through some of the Black Sea ports, in the first nine months of this year. According to an economic analysis, the highest ranking country for Black Sea activities is Ukraine. The seaside country stands to see an improvement of 32,52% in the […]

New investments for the Koper container terminal

Port operator Luka Koper is investing in upgrading its container terminal and has acquired two new Rail-Mounted Gantries, which will be assembled in the next months and installed on dedicated rails, which are currently being constructed. Each RMG weighs 300 tons and is electrically powered, which allows quiet operation and no direct gas emissions. They […]