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Bilbao port reports increased traffic in first half of 2016

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Key points: Traffic rises 4.4% in first half of year due to liquid bulks recovery, especially gas and...

Corsica to compensate carriers who distribute traffic across ports

Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Office des Transports de la Corse (Transport Office of Corsica), in partnership with the...

Koper port reports improved cargo figures for first half 2017

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Maritime throughput in January–June 2017 was 11,945,659 tons, up 6% on the same period of 2016. The...

Sines port reports improved H1 2017 cargo throughout

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Sines port has closed the first six months of  2017 with a total of 25.8 million tons of cargo handled,...

Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime capital

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Ernst & Young (EY) has produced a report entitled “Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime...

Leixões port keeps 20% market share in Portugal in Jan-May 2017

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Leixões port maintained its market share of 20% in Portugal in the first five months of 2017, the port...

Pasaia port cargo traffic slumps in H1 2017

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Pasaia port cargo traffic came in at 1.38 million tonnes in the first half of 2017 and if the trend is...

Castellón carries out largest ever clay operation

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – Castellón port received the ship loaded with the largest quantity of clay that has anchored in the harbour...

Rijeka reports improved dry cargo traffic in the first six months of 2017

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) Jul 10, 2017 – The port of Rijeka’s throughput of dry cargo in the first six months of 2017 was 2.434 million tons, an...

Vilagarcía port cargo traffic flat y/y in H1 2017

Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Vilagarcía port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía) has said that cargo traffic in the first...

Ferrol port cargo traffic rises 11.3% y/y in H1 2017

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Ferrol port handled 6.646 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2017, up 11.32% on the year, the port...

Marín to extend Border Inspection Post

Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) plans to extend its Border Inspection Post (BIP) to...

Kuşadası and Bodrum Cruise Port receive Green Port certification

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The Turkish port of Kuşadası and Bodrum Cruise Port have been awarded ‘Green Port’ certification in...

Tarragona port cargo traffic rises 5.2% y/y in Jan-May 2017

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Tarragona port handled a total of 13.44 million tonnes of cargo in the first five months of 2017, an increase...

Vigo port cargo traffic rises 2% y/y in Jan-May 2017

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Vigo port saw its cargo traffic in the first five months of 2017 decline by 2% on the year, while the most...

Cádiz port general cargo traffic rises by 40% y/y in Jan-May 2017

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – General cargo traffic in Cádiz port grew by 40.14% in January-May this year compared to the same period last...

Málaga port handles biggest bulk carrier in its history

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – Málaga port this week operated a call of the ship “Hai Jin”, the largest bulk carrier in the...

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