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All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.

Cargo keeps declining in Georgian ports in Q2 2023

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 11, 2023 – The Georgian Black Sea ports of Poti and Batumi handled more than 3.5 million tonnes of cargo in Q2 2023,...

Russia’s Caspian ports of Astrakhan, Olya increase cargo turnover in Jan-Jul 23 by 69.5%

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 7, 2023 – Russia’s Caspian Sea ports of Astrakhan and Olya increased cargo turnover in the January-July 23 by...

Port of Aktau increases freight handling

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 4, 2023 – In the January-July period, more than 2.6 million tonnes of dry and oil bulk cargoes were...

Aktau and Kuryk ports increase freight traffic

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 1, 2023 – In January-August 2023, the volume of freight shipped through Caspian Sea Aktau and Kuryk ports...

China ports container volume rises 4.5% from January to July 2023

From January to July of 2023, the cargo volume of Chinese ports was 9617.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.0%; the container throughput of Chinese...

Port of Livorno cargo traffic decreased -3.2% in the first half of 2023

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 30, 2023 – Total traffic in the first half of 2023 for the Port of Livorno was 15,410,621 tons of goods, 3.2% less...

Russia: FESCO reports increased container traffic in first half of 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 30, 2023 – FESCO Transportation Group has published operating and financial results for the six months ended 30 June...

Port of Barcelona cargo traffic down -11.3% in year to July

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2023 – In January-July 2023, the Port of Barcelona has reported total cargo traffic of 37.91 million tons...

Spain: Seaports – January-July 23 cargo report

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 25, 2023 – In the period January-July 2023, Spanish seaports handled 320.1 million tons of cargo, down -4% on the...

Port of Marseille reports reduced cargo in first half of 2023

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 25, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the port of Marseille Fos handled 35 million tonnes (mt) of cargo....

Ports of Genoa sees slight fall in July cargo traffic

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 24, 2023 – In July 2023, the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure handled a total of 5.77 million tonnes, down -0.2%...

DP World reports increase in Q2 TEU handling

Dubai, UAE (Ports Europe) August 23, 2023 – In the second quarter of 2023 DP World handled 20.3 million TEU at its container terminals, with gross...

Valenciaport shows signs of cargo traffic recovery

València, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – The trend of contraction in Valenciaport’s freight traffic is moderating and the July figures...

Azerbaijan’s ports handled 7.45 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Jul’23

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea ports increased the transshipment of goods in the first seven months of the year...

Turkey: Monthly seaports cargo report – July 2023

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – The Turkish authorities have published cargo figures for July 2023. Turkey: Seaports cargo report –...

Albania seaports: Cargo & passengers traffic report – Q2 2023

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – In the second quarter of 2023, the seaports of Albania handled 1.713 million tons (mt) of freight. This...

Port of La Spezia cargo traffic down -4.2% in first half of 2023

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2023 – In the first six months of the year, 6,445,618 tons of goods passed through the La Spezia terminals,...

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