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Ningbo Containerized Freight Index keep rising in February

In January of 2021, the container throughput of Chinese ports have a increase of 13% compared with the same month last year, and the Ningbo Containerized...

Sharp decrease of oil cargo in Russian ports in Azov and Black Seas in January

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28 – Cargo turnover in Russia’s ports in the Azov Sea-Black Sea basin in January decreased by 15.2%...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – January 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in January 2021 of...

Spanish port system sees traffic down 7.7% in January

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported that in January 2020, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 42.29...

Port of Barcelona turnover down 20% in 2020 and traffic down 11.9%

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has reported turnover of €139 million in 2020, 20% less than in 2019, when it...

Port of A Coruña see cargo traffic rise in January 2021

Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) February 24, 2021 – In January 2021, Port of ACoruña recorded total cargo traffic of 1,03 million tonnes, compared with...

Port of Vigo sees over 9% rise in cargo traffic in January 2021

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2021 – The Port of Vigo located in Pontevedra, Galicia, registered an increase of +9.47% in merchandise traffic...

Port of Rotterdam sees total cargo traffic down 6.9% in 2020

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 21, 2021 – In the year 2020, the Port of Rotterdam recorded total cargo traffic of 436.8 million tonnes,...

Morocco’s ports see cargo traffic down 7.7% in January

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 20, 2021 – Cargo traffic at Morocco’s ports recorded a total of 7.5 million tonnes for January 2021, down...

Strength of exports consolidates Valenciaport’s leadership in containers, motorway traffic and vehicles

Export container traffic has been on the rise for six consecutive months, with an average growth of 11% – February 19, 2021 In January 2021, the increase...

Port of Mykolaiv sees cargo traffic down 24% in 2020

Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 19, 2021 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has reported that total cargo handled by Mykolaiv seaport...

Hapag-Lloyd expects very strong earnings growth in the first quarter of 2021

Hapag-Lloyd has got the year off to a very good start thanks to exceptionally strong demand for container transports, which has led to a much higher level of...

Port of La Spezia reports 2020 cargo traffic down over 15%

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...

Consolidated cargo turnover of NCSP Group for 2020, down -21%

Consolidated cargo turnover of Russia’s NCSP Group for 12 months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Normalized cargo turnover of NCSP Group...

PortCastelló closes the best month of January in solid bulk

Freight traffic in the port of Castellón grew 3.7% this January with respect to the same month of the previous year and accounted for 1,721,840 tons –...

HOPAPORT reports 948,713 tons of cargo

Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 16, 2021 – Last year, HOPAPORT handled a total of 948,713 tons of cargo while hosting a total of 200 ships. The...

Malaga port sees improved January traffic

Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 16, 2021 – Port of Málaga has reported January 2021 total traffic of 377,511 tons, an increase of 58.1% compared...

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