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Russia’s Azov Sea ports processed more cargo in 2020

Kavkaz, Russia (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – Russia’s Azov Sea ports handled 88.6 million tonnes of cargo in 2020, an increase of 8.1% compared to...

France’s Haropa ports end 2020 with a traffic of 108 million tonnes, down 6%

In a very difficult global economic context, HAROPA ended the year 2020 with a global maritime and river activity of 108 million tonnes, down 6% compared to...

Port of Castelló closes 2020 moving 18.54 million tons of cargo, a decrease of 10.5%

The port of Castelló closes the year 2020 moving 18,541,498 tons of cargo, a decrease of 10.5% compared to the previous year. This decrease is in line with...

Valenciaport exceeds 5.4 million containers and 80 million tonnes managed in 2020

These figures are similar to those of the previous year and highlight the activity carried out by the port and logistics community during the Covid-19 pandemic...

Spanish ports see total cargo traffic down 8.6% in 2020

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The Spanish port system ended the 2020 financial year with 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, a decrease of...

Spanish port system records 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, down 8.95% in 2020

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The Spanish port system ended the 2020 financial year with 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, a decrease of...

NCSP has reported a -21.2% fall in consolidated cargo turnover of NCSP Group for January–November 2020

Normalized cargo turnover of the Group totaled 101.4 million tons (-21.2%) – January 26, 2021 Liquid cargo Transshipment of liquid cargo amounted to 80.6...

Tanger Med reports overall tonnage up 23% in 2020

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has reported that overall tonnage handled in 2020 was 81 million...

Vigo port sees cargo traffic up over 4% in 2020

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – According to provisional data from 2020, the northwest port of Vigo reports a record year for merchandise...

Turkey’s Karasu port sees over 25% fall in cargo 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 24, 2021 – Karasu Port, which was constructed by IC İçtaş İnşaat and opened to service in 2017, reached 80%...

Portuguese ports move over 75 million tons by November 2020

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 – Between January and November 2020, ports on mainland Portugal handled a total of 75.09 million tonnes,...

Sines port sees 13% increase in containerized cargo in 2020

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 – The Port of Sines ended 2020 with a 13% increase in containerized cargo compared to the previous year...

Algeciras port reports reduced cargo traffic in 2020

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras) has published...

Port of Tarragona grew in December about 5% compared to same month of the previous year

Port Tarragona grew 4.9% in December 2020 compared to the same period of the previous year. The signs of recovery shown by the Port of Tarragona during the...

Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife sees 15% fall in 2020 traffic

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) January 20, 2021 – The Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ended the year 2020,...

Port of Cádiz leads the growth of general merchandise in the state port system in 2020

Wednesday, January 13, 2021. The Port of the Bay of Cádiz has closed 2020 with 4,445,600 tons, 0.05% more than in 2019, despite the fact that the pandemic...

Taranto port sees increase in Q4 2020 cargo traffic

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – In the fourth quarter of 2020, Taranto port handled 4.11 million tons of cargoes, up +5.0% on the same...

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