Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Ashdod port reviews year’s activities
Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 2017 – In January-August 2017, 1,040,000 TEUs were handled by the port, an increase of 4% compared to the same...
President of Aktau Port attends business forum in Tashkent
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – Aktau Port President A. Turikpenbayev attended an exhibition of Kazakh goods and Uzbek-Kazakh...
Ekol starts Trieste-Zeebrugge block train service
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – At the beginning of September, Ekol Lojistik A.S. started a block train line between Zeebrugge,...
Tenerife port loses 2.76% of total port traffic in the first eight months of 2017
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – The Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has reported a drop in its total traffic of -2.76% in the first...
Damietta port reports improved August figures
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Damietta Port hit a new record last August where cargo handling volume increased by 40% from 2.5...
Slovenia and Vietnam sign cooperation protocol
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Slovenian Economic Development and Technology Minister Zdravko Počivalšek and Vietnamese Minister...
A Coruña port presents its advantages to Chinese investors
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The president of A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña), Enrique Losada, received...
Pasaia port’s cargo traffic keeps declining
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Pasaia port cargo traffic returned to negative figures at the end of August, with losses of 21.9% compared...
Balearic ports cargo traffic rises 7% y/y in H1 2017
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Balearic Islands ports handled 6.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2017, up 7% on...
Cádiz port cargo traffic rises 5.76% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Cádiz port handled 2.634 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 5.76% on the year....
Castellón port’s cargo traffic rises in Jan-Aug 2017, backed by containers
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Castellón port has said its cargo traffic in the first eight months of 2017 rose by 10.1% on the year...
Valencia, Tianjin ports to facilitate trade relations between both hinterlands
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Valencia port and the Chinese harbour of Tianjin have set the basis for the signing of an agreement to...
Avilés port cargo traffic rises 2.56% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Avilés port handled a total of 3.12 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 2.65%...
Italy’s poor intermodal capacity limits MoS competitiveness
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Given its advantageous geographical location in the Mediterranean, Italy should represent a hub for...
Spain’s Boluda Lines to launch regular line linking Cape Verde to Spain in October
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Spanish company Boluda Lines, the international freight transport subsidiary of Boluda Corporación...
Huelva port, Renfe Mercancías sign cooperation deal
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has signed a cooperation agreement with Spanish...
International shippers visit 10 Downing Street
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – A delegation of leading figures from the shipping industry has visited Downing Street in...