Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Russia’s Port Mechel Temryuk Sets Cargo Turnover Record in 2017
Rostov, Russia (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Port Mechel Temryuk (part of Mechel Group’s transport division managed by Mecheltrans Management...
Volume of cargo transported through Baku port in 2017 was 4.4 million tons
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – The volume of cargo transported through the Baku International Sea Trade Port in 2017 amounted to 4.4...
Pasaia port still unable to overcome the economic crisis of 2013
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Pasaia port has not left behind the crisis. Quite the opposite. The movement of cargo in 2017 was at the...
Six Ukrainian seaports see growth in 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – In 2017, six Ukrainian seaports showed steady growth in cargo turnover, and the number of seaports...
Beirut port sees increased transshipment in 2017
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 14, 2018 – Transshipment of goods went up 40% in 2017 compared to 2016, according to the Port Authority of Beirut...
Alexandria port sees increased trade in October 2017
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 13, 2018 – Maritime traffic to/from Alexandria Port Authority reached 341 ships in October 2017, compared to 327...
Tanger Med exceeds for the first time the 50 million tons annual mark
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The port of Tanger Med recorded an increase in the various indicators of port activity during 2017,...
APM Terminals Poti to build cargo terminal
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – APM Terminals Poti and Poti New Terminals Consortium have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for...
Valencia port handles 190,000 tonnes of cargo with Cuba
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – Valencia port handled nearly 190,000 tonnes of cargo with the Cuban ports of Havana, Mariel and Santiago in...
Vilagarcía port breaks cargo traffic record in 2017
Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – At the end of November, the managers of Vilagarcía port already had more than enough reasons to be...
Luka Koper reports improved 2017 throughout and revenues
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – In 2017, total cargo handled was 23.366 million tons, up 6.16% on 2016. General cargo was 1.377 million...
Ceuta port cargo traffic declines 15% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Ceuta port handled 948,393 tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, down 14.89% on the year,...
Santander port cargo traffic doubles in November
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Santander port handled 558,638 tonnes of cargo in November, up 46.8% on the year. The liquid bulk cargo...
Germany’s FRS acquires ship for Motril-Tanger Med line
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – German group Förde Reederei Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG (FRS) has acquired the “MV Miranda”...
Germany’s Sloman Neptun to relaunch Cartagena-Benghazi line on Jan 10
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – German shipping company Sloman Neptun Schiffahrts AG plans to relaunch on January 10 its line between...
Gijón port to book record-high cargo traffic in 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Gijón port closed 2017 with the highest turnover in its history and an absolute record in the movement of...
Gijón port cargo traffic rises 17.3% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Gijón port handled some 20.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 17.3% on the...