Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Algeciras port to handle 105 mln tonnes of cargo in 2018
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – Algeciras port expects to close this year with total cargo traffic of about 105 million tonnes, the...
Galician ports see increased fishing traffic in first seven months of 2018
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Traffic of goods in Galician ports registered a year-on-year increase of 11% at the end of the first...
Switzerland waits to see effect of Morandi bridge collapse on Genoa port trade
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – Genoa port is a strategic entry point for many goods transported to Switzerland and the Morandi bridge...
Spain’s Aragón prefers to use Catalan ports for Mediterranean Corridor links
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Spain’s Aragón regional government has said it prefers to use the Catalan ports for linking the...
Morandi bridge disaster not to hamper Genoa port’s traffic
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 24, 2018 – Genoa port will see no reduction of traffic after the collapse of the Morandi bridge, which partially blocked...
A Coruña port starts loading 22 concrete boxes for export to Aberdeen
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – A Coruña port has launched the process of loading 22 concrete boxes produced in the outer port of Punta...
Suez Canal books record daily traffic on August 25
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – Suez Canal booked a record daily traffic on August 25 with 49 ships passing by transporting 4.2 million...
Ukraine seaports handle 73.9 million tons of cargo in first 7 months of 2018
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) reports that from January to July 2018, the country’s...
Italy’s Federmanager says Yilport may face low cargo traffic at Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Turkish conglomerate Yilport is ready to transform the port of Taranto into a transshipment hub with the...
Durrës port handles import of rotary wheels to Kosovo
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – Durrës port has started handling of the “Afina 1” ship, from which will be unloaded 10,309...
Alicante port provides €170,000 to solid bulk management RDI project
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Alicante port has provided a €170,000 ($193,500) financing to a research, development and innovation...
Portugal’s Transinsular to launch shipping link connecting Algeciras to West Africa
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Portuguese shipping company Transinsular (Transportes Maritimos Insulares SA) plans to launch a connection...
Sagunto port’s car traffic keeps positive trend
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Sagunto port’s car traffic grew by 50.58% in the first seven months of 2018 to 220,922 units....
Almería port’s solid bulk exports rise in H1 2018
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – Almería port exported 1,352,804 million tonnes of cargo in the form of solid bulks in the first half of...
Seville port sees increase in cargo traffic in first half 2018
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) August 11, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (APS – Port Authority of Seville) has closed the traffic balance...
Tarragona port shows slight increase in first half 2018
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 11, 2018 – In the first six months of 2018, the port of Tarragona handled (loaded and unloaded) 16.2 million tons...
Tenerife continues to perform above Spain’s average in H1 2018
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife port authority) has exceeded the average ship...