The Suez Canal Authority (SCA, Egypt) announces an increase in transit fees for the canal starting January 15, 2024. The transit fee for tankers transporting crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas, as well as for the passenger fleet, will be increased by 15%.
In order to meet the demand for grain transportation across Europe, the logistics company Innofreight has developed a new type of container – GrainTainers. In early October, during the visit of Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, the company presented loaded wagons at the Dobra terminal in Slovakia.
As part of the European Solidarity Roads program, the Greek government proposes to launch a railway connection between the country and Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania to connect with Ukraine.
In early October, the Polish Węglokoks SA Group, which unites companies from the mining, metallurgical, energy and logistics sectors, closed a deal to acquire shares in the Port Północny transshipment and warehouse company in Gdańsk. The company now owns 80.43% of the port’s shares.
A new grain terminal has recently been put into operation at the Bulgarian port of Varna. The project was implemented by two companies – Port Varna EAD and Grain Terminal Varna-West AD, with some €25 million invested.
As of October 20, navigation on the Sulina and Bystre canals has been suspended due to unfavourable weather conditions. However, no restrictions have been imposed within the harbor.
Approximately 10,000 wagons with various goods were found waiting for a transfer through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on October 11 compared with about 11,000 wagons in late September.
On October 17, three bulk carriers used the temporary corridor of the Ukrainian Navy. In particular, the vessels Bull (82k DWT, flying the flag of Liberia), Ramus (6.1k DWT, flying the flag of Palau) and Bahar K (8.3k DWT, flying the flag of Vanuatu) departed from the ports of Greater Odesa.
The Port of Gdansk Authority has announced the signing of a grant agreement that provides the port with funding of almost €100 million for the project “Improving the Port of Gdańsk infrastructure and analysing the implementation of a low-carbon OPS system for the sustainable development of the TEN-T network”.
After an environmental impact assessment and cross-border procedures with the German side, the Regional Environmental Protection Office in Szczecin issued an environmental decision that effectively gives the green light for the construction of a container terminal in Swinoujscie.