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Cargo Traffic Reports

Cargo traffic reports are reports on freight handled by a port, port authority or terminal covering a specific period of time. Often such reports will include statistical information. Sources can be private companies or state-owned enterprises.

CPC shipped 63.47 mln tonnes of oil via Novorossiysk in 2023

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – Oil shipments at the sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium in Russia’s largest port of...

Lebanese Port of Tripoli increases cargo traffic in Jan-Sep 2023

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 8, 2024 – In January-September 2023, the Lebanese port of Tripoli handled 2.73 million tons of cargo, up +4.52%...

Albanian’s port of Durres handles 154.000 TEUs in Jan-Oct’23

Durres, Albania (Ports Europe) January 6, 2024 – Albania’s Adriatic Seaport Durres (Durrës) container terminal handled 35% more boxes in the first 10...

Port of Gioia Tauro set container handling record

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 5, 2024 – The Port of Gioia Tauro handled 3.54 million containers (TEU) in 2023. This is a container handling...

China ports container volume rises 4.9% from Jan-Nov 2023

China port container volume rose 4.9% from January to November 2023, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index had a significant increase in December 2023 –...

First cruise ship of the year arrives at the Port of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority has welcomed the Costa Deliziosa, the first cruise ship to arrive at the port...

Port of Heraklion reports improved cruise ship business in 2023

Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – In 2023, cruise traffic in the port of Heraklion increased by +50%, with a record 382,981...

Baku port handles 6 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Nov’23

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – Azerbaijan’s largest Caspian Sea port of Baku handled over 6 million tonnes of cargo during the first 11...

Belarus exported 15 million tonnes of cargo through Russian ports in 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 3, 2023 – The total transhipment of Belarusian export cargo through Russian ports by the end of 2023 was about 15...

Port of Koper reports record for car handling

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Luka Koper achieved an extraordinary feat just before the end of the year by breaking the vehicle...

Ukrainian ports defy war and difficulties in 2023

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 28, 2023 – The total cargo turnover of all Ukrainian ports in 2023 is expected to be 57 million tonnes. This is...

Cargo handling record for Santander in Jan-Nov’23

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) December 26, 2023 – The northern Spanish port of Santander achieved its record cargo handling result in the January-November...

Trieste Marine Terminal increased TEU traffic in November 2023

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 21, 2023 – In November 2023, Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) increased traffic in containers (TEU) by 1% to 56.383...

How much cargo is handled in Makhachkala port?

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) December 20, 2023 – Different organisations and authorities in Russia report very different port cargo handling figures....

Port of Venice sees cargo traffic down -6.7% in 2023

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 20, 2023 – In 2023, the Port of Venice recorded a -6.7% decrease in cargo handling which totalled 23 million...

Barcelona port traffic consolidates in November 2023

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 19, 2023 – Between January and November, the Port of Barcelona had a total traffic of 59 million tonnes of cargo...

Valenciaport increased traffic by 19.31% in November 2023

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) December 19, 2023 – Valenciaport increased cargo traffic by 19.31% in November 2023 and has three months of consecutive...

Russian ports handled 811.9 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Nov 23

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 14, 2023 – Cargo handled by Russian seaports in the January-November period increased by 5.7% compared to the first 11...

Ukraine exports more grain via inland ports in 2023

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 13, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Ukrainian inland ports of the Danube region in January-November 2023 was 29.4 million...

Kazakh ports’ cargo statistics for Jan-Nov don’t make sense

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 13, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports increased by 10% to 6.5 million tonnes in the...

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