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Croatian seaports see traffic up +10% in 2022

Rijeka. (PortSEurope) March 29, 2023 – Croatian Ports saw traffic increase over 10% compared to 2021, according to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics...

Iskenderun port to restart commercial operations in April

Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – The Port of Iskenderun is expected to restart commercial operations after April 8. This was reported by...

Spain: Slight drop in short sea shipping in 2022

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – The weakness in foreign traffic means that the volumes of short sea shipping have fallen slightly in 2022,...

Spanish ports: Total cargo handled, February 2023

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – Spanish state-owned ports handled 42.49 million tons of cargo in February 2023, down -3.3% compared to the...

Spanish ports handled 42.49 mln cargo tons in Feb 2023, -3.3%

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – Spanish state-owned ports handled 42.49 million tons of cargo in February 2023, down -3.3% compared to the...

Delays at Mersin port affect regional exports

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 23, 2023 – Delays at Mersin port are affecting regional exports said Southeastern Anatolia Cereals, Pulses and...

French seaports see cargo traffic increase of over 5% in 2022

Paris, France (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – In the fourth quarter of 2022, cargo traffic handled by the main French ports fell by 2.4% compared to the...

Port of Barcelona doubles car handling at year start

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona has doubled car handling in January and February 2023. In January and February new...

Sanctions busting parallel imports in Russia expand greatly

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Desperately trying to help Russian industry and businesses to survive western sanctions, the country’s...

Russia claims increase in ports’ cargo handling in Jan-Feb’23 despite sanctions

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Russian seaports handled 140.3 million tonnes of cargo in January-February 2023, 2.6% more compared to the...

Eurostat: Majority of EU freight transport in 2021 via sea

In 2021, maritime transport accounted for more than two-thirds (68%, 5 135 billion tonne-km; tkm) of the EU’s freight transport, the lowest share recorded...

Slovenia ports see reduced cargo in January 2023

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – In January 2023, 234 ships arrived in or departed from Slovenian ports, down nearly -5% fewer. Cargo...

DeloPorts terminals in Novorossiysk report higher January traffic

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 10, 2023 – DeloPorts terminals in Novorossiysk have reported higher January traffic numbers. This includes the...

Ports of Genoa returns to pre-Covid cargo numbers in 2022

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) March 10, 2023 – The Ports of Genoa returns to pre-Covid cargo numbers in 2022, with significant gains in container and...

Port of Rijeka reports higher cargo and TEU in 2022

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) March 9, 2023 – The Port of Rijeka reports higher cargo and TEU in 2022: 6.3 million tons of cargo, up +14% on 5.53 million...

Georgia cargo figures recover in 2022

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – Georgia cargo figures recovered in 2022 reported the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of...

Impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the port of Rotterdam

News – Port of Rotterdam – February 28, 2023 The war in Ukraine has led to a number of sanctions by the European Union and others against Russia....

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