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ICTSI handled 6.27 million TEUs in Jan-Jun2023, +9%

Manila, Philippines (Ports Europe) August 15, 2023 – ICTSI handled consolidated volume of 6.27 million TEUs in the six months ended June 30, 2023, +9%...

Update: Russian seaports cargo by category and port in Jan-Jul’23

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 15, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-June 2023 period increased by 9.3% compared to the first...

Valenciaport increases use of rail transport

València, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) 2,180 trains, an average of 87 per...

Russian ports handled 526.8 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Jul’23

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 13, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-July 2023 increased by 9.3% compared to the same period last...

Montenegro – cargo report – Q2 2023

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) August 11, 2023 – In the second quarter of 2023, the seaports of Montenegro handled 470,004 tonnes of cargo, down -27.9%...

Swiss Ports sees inland water traffic up +19.1% in first half of 2023

Basel, Switzerland (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the inland Swiss ports of Kleinhüningen, Birsfelden and Auhafen Muttenz...

Lisbon port sees traffic up over 6% in first half of 2023

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – In the first six months of 2023, around 5.5 million tons were handled in the Port of Lisbon, up +6.3%...

Baku port keeps expanding, new fertiliser terminal by year-end

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – The master plan for the second phase of expansion of Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku, prepared...

Cargo activity of Moroccan ports for the first half of 2023

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 6, 2023 – The overall volume of commercial traffic handled by Moroccan ports, in the first half of 2023,...

Sanctions slash the value of Russia’s exports by 33%

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – The value of Russian export decreased by 33% in Q2’23 compared to the same period last year and by 12%...

Spanish ports – cargo handled Jan-Jun 2023 – ranking

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – Total traffic of the ports that make up the state-owned system n the first half of 2023 reached 274 million...

HAROPA: Review of 1st half-year to 2023: recovery underway

In a general context of decline of french and european ports, HAROPA PORT recorded a drop in maritime traffic in the first half-year but maintained its market...

Spanish ports handled 274 million cargo tonnes in the first half of 2023

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – Total traffic of the ports that make up the state-owned system n the first half of 2023 reached 274 million...

Port of Lisbon grows 6.8% in the first four months of 2023

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – In the first four months of 2023, the Port of Lisbon handled 3.6 million tons of cargo, an increase of...

Portuguese ports report increased cargo traffic of +13.8% in April

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – In April 2023, Portugal’s mainland commercial port system handled 7.8 million tonnes of cargo, an...

Port of Barcelona sees first-half cargo traffic down -10.6%

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the Port of Barcelona handled 32.5 million tonnes of cargo, down -10.6% on the...

Belarus says Russian ports now used for transshipment

Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) July 25, 2023 – A total of 19 Russian ports have been handling cargo from Belarus for transshipment to ultimate...

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