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Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 22/2020 – China is paving the way for recovery

Covid-19 Update – Issue 22/2020 – China is paving the way for recovery. When will the other countries follow? – June 26, 2020 Global...

Valenciaport traffic reflects the slowdown in the economy during the months of confinement due to the Covid-19 crisis

Valenciaport managed close to 400,000 containers in May, 19.68% less than in the same month of 2019. In the accumulated index for the year, activity decreased...

Algeciras port sees total traffic down 4.82% in Jan-May 2020

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) June 23, 2020 – In the period January-May 2020, total throughput at Algeciras port was 44.423 million tons, compared to...

Ukrainian ports increase Jan-May 2020 cargo by 11%

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 18, 2020 – In the first five months of 2020, port operators in the seaports of Ukraine handled 68.1 million...

Freight traffic falls 17.2% in Barcelona port in first five months of the year

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 18, 2020 – Freight traffic in the Port of Barcelona totalled 23.75 million tons in the first five months of the...

Traffic in Vilagarcía port grows by 17% in April, compared to 2019

Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – Digitization, support, coordination and adaptability are the axes on which the Vilagarcía Port...

Greek traffic in passengers & cargo increase in Q4 2019

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 17, 2020 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has released data on traffic of passengers, goods and mobile...

Cádiz port sees Jan-May traffic growth

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) June 14, 2020 – Total cargo traffic at Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) in...

Turkish ports: Total cargo handling down over 3.87% in May 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – Total cargo handling at Turkish ports in May 2020 totalled 37.81 million tons, down 1.52 million tons on...

Russia’s Caspian ports continue to increase cargo volumes in January-May 2020

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – Cargo volumes handled by the three Russian ports in the Caspian Sea in the first five months of 2020...

NCSP Group’s consolidated cargo turnover for Jan–Apr 2020 totalled 45.9 mln tons

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – NCSP Group has reported that cargo turnover of NCSP Group for January–April 2020 grew by 1.7%...

Traffic in Vigo port reached a figure of 1.315 million tons (-5.34%) in Jan-Apr 2020

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – Total traffic registered in the port of Vigo from January to April reached 1.31 million tons, which represents...

Berdyansk and Mariupol ports show an increase in cargo handling in Q1 2020

Despite the corona crisis and difficult working conditions associated with the immediate vicinity of the environmental protection zone, Berdyansk and Mariupol...

Spanish state ports moved 174.8 million tons in first four months of the year

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the organisation responsible for the management of 46 state-owned ports, has reported...

Piombino port sees April cargo traffic down over 70%

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – The port of Piombino ended April 2020 with total handling of 944,040 tons, down 31.9% compared to 2019. The...

Civitavecchia ports see cargo down 17% in Q1 2020

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – In the first quarter of 2020, the ports of Civitavecchia, Fiumicino and Gaeta handled almost 3.0...

Spain’s leading ports suffer reduced traffic in April 2020

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – State-owned Puertos del Estado has reported April 2020 cargo statistics for ports, which shows that the...

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