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AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) sees 1H 2022 traffic slightly down

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) sees 1H 2022 traffic slightly down – 19 million tons of...

Port of Novorossiysk to Turkey – the new cargo route

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – Turkey is the big winner from the western sanctions against Russia, especially in the transport...

Spanish port traffic exceeds pre-pandemic levels

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – Total port traffic between the months of January and June reached 284.69 million tons, an increase of +7.3%...

Russia seeks increase of cargo handling capacity at sea ports, sanctions start to bite

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Cargo handling capacity of Russian seaports in 2022 will increase by 65.2 million tonnes (5.2%) compared...

China ports container volume rises 3.0% in the half year of 2022

China ports container volume rises 3.0% in the half year of 2022Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease slightly in July 2022 – July 29, 2022 In the...

Ports of Spain handled 48.07 million tons of cargo, up +7.06%

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2022 – In June 2022, the state-owned ports of Spain handled 48.07 million tons (mt) of cargo, up +7.06% on the same...

Ports of Rome and Lazio see positive growth in first half of 2022

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 26, 2022 – The three ports of Rome and Lazio see positive growth in first half of 2022. Total cargo handled was...

Port of Barcelona reports record cargo traffic in first half 2022

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona has reported an absolute record for total cargo traffic in the first half of the...

Port of Rotterdam has reported total cargo traffic up 0.8% in the first half of the year

Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – The port of Rotterdam has reported total cargo traffic up 0.8% in the first half of the year (233.5...

Ports of Ancona and Ortona see cargo traffic up in first half of 2022

Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – The Ports of Ancona and Ortona see cargo traffic up in first half of 2022. Compared to the first half of...

Slovenian ports in 2021- Most ships arrived and departed in October

In 2021, 3,045 ships arrived in or departed from all three Slovenian ports. Traffic of passenger vessels was the largest in the port of Piran, while traffic of...

Port of Bilbao reports improved traffic in first half of 2022

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – The Port of Bilbao has reported improved cargo traffic in first half of 2022. In this period, the port...

Slovenian cargo traffic up nearly 10% in first five months

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 19, 2022 – Slovenia’s seaports handled 9.486 million tonnes of cargo in the first five months of 2022, up +9.6% on...

Turnover of Morocco’s ports increased by 6.8% in 2021

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 18, 2022 – Turnover of Morocco’s ports increased by 6.8% in 2021, compared to 2020 to a record $200 million (2...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges: slight growth in the first half of the year

The total throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges was 147.2 million tonnes in the first six months of this year, an increase of 1.4% compared to the same period...

Ranking: Kocaeli is top Turkish cargo port in first half of 2022

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 12, 2022 – In the first half of 2022, Kocaeli was ranked as the top Turkish port by cargo handled. In January-June...

Port of Ravenna sees cargo up over 8% in first five months

Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2022 – In January-May 2022 the Port of Ravenna handled a total of 11,472,448 tons, an increase of 8.3% (875,000)...

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