Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Cyprus aims to boost maritime fleet in 2017
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 20, 2017 – Addressing the 28th annual general meeting of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, Nicos Anastasiades said that the...
Gijón port cargo traffic rises 6% y/y in Q1 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Port traffic in Gijón grew 6% on the year in the first quarter of 2017 to 7.4 million tonnes. The overall...
Lebanon extends maritime export subsidies programme
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – The Lebanese Council of Ministers is to continue the maritime transport export subsidy program managed by...
Mariupol port grain traffic declines 1.8% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – In January-April 2017, Mariupol seaport handled 141,860 tonnes of grain, which is 1.8% less than in the same...
Port of Barcelona – Traffic Indicators – Accumulated data March 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18,2017 – The Port of Barcelona has published accumulated traffic statistics for March 2017: TRAFFIC INDICATORS...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – March 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports March 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Productivity declines at Valencia port as government prepares new stowage sector law
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The slight decrease in productivity, which began on May 15 in Valencia port, was consolidated on May 16....
Valencia port authority container traffic rises 10% y/y in April
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The ports operated by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), namely Valencia, Gandia and...
Barcelona port container traffic rises 26% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – During the first four months of 2017, Barcelona port handled 864,500 TEUs, a figure that represents an increase...
Vigo port containerised cargo traffic declines in Q1 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Almost a year after Danish shipping giant Maersk decided to relocate its container hub in Spain to Marin port from...
Italy to close Sicilian ports during G-7 summit
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Italy will close the ports on the island of Sicily during the G-7 summit in Taormina on May 26 and 27, the head...
Gold IT Award for MGI and Marseille Fos Port Neptune Port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – MGI and Marseille Fos Port won the highest award in the IT category at the 30th IAPH World Ports...
Kalmar presents its new Port 2060 vision for sustainable future of cargo handling
Helsinki, Finland (PortSEurope) May 13, 2017 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has revised its vision for Port 2060 and is launching a new video to depict how...
Sines port growth causes concerns in Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The growth of the port of Sines is being viewed with suspicion and some fears in Spain, and this time it is the...
Tanger Med managers to visit Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – The recent extension to Tanger Med of the Motorway of the Sea connecting Vigo port to Nantes has attracted the...
Las Palmas port cargo traffic rises 32% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – Las Palmas port cargo traffic increased by 32% during the first four months of 2017, due to the favourable...
Sagunto port cargo traffic rises 17% y/y in Q1 2017
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Sagunto port closed the first quarter of the year with a total traffic of 1.748 million tonnes, an increase of...