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Port of Koper sees 2021 cargo traffic up +7%

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 14, 2022 – Total maritime throughout in 2021 was 20.8 million tons, up +7% (19.5 million) on the previous 12...

Singapore Closes 2021 with Record Container Throughput of 37.5 Million TEUs

The Port of Singapore remained open and connected to the world in 2021 despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Singapore’s port performance saw a record high...

North Sea Port aiming for full recovery in 2022

With nearly 69 million tons of seaborne cargo transhipped in 2021, North Sea Port grew 9% compared to the Covid year of 2020. Indeed, transhipment via inland...

Cargo volume via Northern Sea Route was 35 mln tons in 2021

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – The cargo volume on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2021 was 34.85 million tons. This is nearly 2...

Port of Huelva ends 2021 with cargo traffic of over 30.5 million tons, +2.5%

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2022 – The Port of Huelva has ended 2021 with a total volume of port traffic of over 30.5 million tons, an...

Odesa Sea Trade Port handled 22.56 million tonnes of cargo in 2021, down -3.4%

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 13, 2022 – Odesa Sea Trade Port handled 22.56 million tonnes of cargo in 2021, a reduction of -3.4% compared to...

Ukraine’s Pivdennyi port sees cargo traffic up over 34% in 2021

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – In January-December  2021, the port of Pivdennyi handled 53.47 million tons of...

Total cargo traffic on the Dnieper river in 2021 up over 27%

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 11, 2022 – Last year the Dnieper river handled total cargo traffic of 14.36 million tons, up +27.9% on 2020’s...

Morocco’s ports forecast pre-Covid cargo traffic in 2022

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – The Conseil d’Administration of the state-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP), the...

France: Maritime freight transport in the third quarter of 2021

In the third quarter of 2021, the traffic of goods passing through the main French ports in mainland France was up 0.6% compared to the previous quarter with a...

Port Authority of Almería reports 2021 vargo traffic up +21%

Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) January 5, 2022 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería) handled some 5.7 million tons...

Ports of Genoa records +6% in November cargo traffic

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 5, 2022 – In November, commercial traffic in the ports of Genoa recorded a growth of +6% compared to the same...

Turkish ports see 5% cargo growth last year

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – The Turkish port sector, which handled over 51 million tons in 2021, will exceed the global average...

Iran’s Amirabad port reports increased investment and cargo traffic

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) January 3, 2022 – Director General of Amirabad Ports and Maritime, Mohammad Ali Asl Saeedipoor, has said that Amirabad is now...

Basque Port of Pasaia predicts successful 2021

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) December 30, 2021 – At the end of 2021, the Port of Pasaia forecasts 3.5 million tons to cargo handled, compared to 3.2...

Port of Ravenna sees 11-month cargo exceed pre-Covid levels

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) December 29, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the Port of Ravenna handled cargo of 24.76 million tons, up +21.8% on the...

Ukrainian ports handled 2.9% less containers in 2021

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 27, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the sea ports of Ukraine handled 924,100 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit),...

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