Protests by Turkish lorry drivers against Schengen stay restrictions have intermittently disrupted freight traffic towards Bulgaria and Greece since 28 October 2026. Waiting times at Kapıkule had already exceeded four days. Ankara has opened talks with Sofia and the European Commission.

The conclusions of a conference in Bulgaria call for unified management of the river-to-sea corridor, built around three existing funded programmes: Comex², Fairway Danube II and Dismar. Meanwhile, two vessels for Bulgarian-Romanian navigation marking operations were named on 22 October.

Eleven associations from nine countries are calling for negotiations on the European directive governing commercial vehicle weights and dimensions to be concluded. Their priorities are 44-tonne vehicles, modular combinations and the payload capacity of electric lorries.

Enilive has opened a secure parking area in San Giuliano Milanese with 64 spaces for heavy goods vehicles, CCTV surveillance and access control. It is the brand’s first facility in Italy to achieve Gold certification under the European SSTPA standard. The service station also supplies HVO biofuel.

The Southern Adriatic Sea Port System Authority has launched a call for expressions of interest in a multipurpose terminal covering 75,000 square metres in the port of Brindisi, with 550 metres of quay frontage, in an area being vacated by Enel.