Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Spanish ports handled 228.3 mt of cargo, -3.6%, in Jan-May 2023
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – In January-May 2023, Spanish state ports handled 228.3 million tons of cargo, a decrease of -3.6% compared to...
France reports Q1 2023 cargo traffic down -6.9%
Paris, France (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, total cargo traffic passing through the main French ports in mainland France...
First phase of Russia’s “great pivot” to the East completed
St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) June 25, 2023 – The first phase of the “great pivot” of Russian foreign trade to the East has been completed:...
Port of Algiers sees +14% cargo increase in Q1 2023
Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 22, 2023 – The Port of Algiers has reported a +14% cargo increase in Q1 2023. In this period the port handled 55,955...
Marsa Maroc reports cargo traffic up +7% in Q1 2023
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, Marsa Maroc handled 12.7 million tons (mt) of cargo, up +7% on the same...
Port of Barcelona reports May traffic down -9% on 2022
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona has reported total cargo traffic of 5.85 million tonnes (mt) in May 2023, compared...
Iran: Seaport cargo report – May 2023
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) has published cargo details for its ports for the month of...
Update: Russian seaports cargo by port in Jan-May’23
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-May 2023 period increased by 11.2% compared to the first five...
EU, U.S., Australia and Japan no longer top importers from Russia
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – All European countries, the United States, Australia and Japan dropped out of the top 10 cargo importers via...
Russian seaports handled 379 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-May’23
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-May 2023 period increased by 11.2% compared to the first five...
41% growth in Russia-China trade turnover in Jan-May’23
Beijing, China (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – Trade turnover between Russia and China in the first five months of 2023 increased in dollar terms by 40.7%...
Russian port capacity reached 1.3 billion tonnes
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – The total capacity of the Russian sea ports is 1.3 billion tonnes per year, according to Ruslan Mukhametov,...
Port of Beirut reports slight rise in February TEU traffic
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – The port of Beirut has reported a slight rise in total container (TEU) handling of 58,537 TEU in February...
Belarus dodging sanctions via ports of sanctioned Russia
Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – International sanction-hit Belarus has managed to establish transport and logistics schemes for the delivery of...
Surprising decline in Georgia’s port cargo handling
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – Georgian ports handled 3.5 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2023, which is -17.8% less than in...
Sanctions force Russia to invest 1.1 billion euro in border checkpoints modernisation
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – Some 95 billion rubles (1.1 billion euro) will be invested in the modernisation of Russian border checkpoints by...
Contship Italia sees TEU traffic down over -16% in Q1 2023
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – In the first three months of 2023, Contship Italia’s terminals handled 358,402 containers (TEU), down...