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Tuapse Sea Commercial Port handled 14.2 mln t in 2017

Tuapse, Russia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – In 2017, Tuapse Sea Commercial Port JSC (TSCP) handled 14.2 million t, slightly up on 14.2 mln t in...

Barcelona port publishes traffic statistics and economic results for 2017

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – The Port of Barcelona has produced its traffic statistics and economic results for the year 2017. This...

Contship joins Seafreight Seminar in Interlaken

Interlaken, Switzerland (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – Contship Italia Group’s Daniele Testi, Marketing and Corporate Communications Director, took...

Castellón port nearly triples traffic of ceramic products in seven years

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – Castellón port has multiplied by 2.4 the volume of the traffic of ceramic products since 2010, from 2.8...

Bilbao port aspires to gain leadership in Spain’s Atlantic as Pasaia struggles

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Bilbao port aspires to be the most important harbour for the traffic in the Spanish Atlantic region, as...

Ukrainian ports see improved January 2017 cargo traffic

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 2018 – In January 2018, cargo handled in the sea ports of Ukraine was 10.8 million tonnes, up 10.9%...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – November 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Balearic ports to break cargo traffic records in 2018

Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – The harbours under the management of the Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) are...

Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation plans west African service

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – The Ministry of Transport has announced, the opening, in the coming months a new direct commercial line...

Marseille port produces improved 2017 traffic statistics

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – Thanks to a 2017 year marked by new projects and an increase in all traffic of 8% excluding...

Valencia port president warns against adverse effects of Brexit 

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2018 – Aurelio Martínez, president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), has warned a...

Ravenna port cargo traffic edges up 0.1% in 2017

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 2, 2018 – Ravenna port handled a total of 25.99 million tons of cargo in 2017, up 0.1%, while the traffic of cruise...

Trieste port plans presented at Propeller Club meeting

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – President of Propeller Club Port of Trieste, Fabrizio Zerbini, speaking at a meeting attended by various...

Puertos del Estado’s president advises Pasaia port to diversify traffic

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca, has expressed confidence in...

Italian Port of Marina di Carrara reports improved 2017 traffic statistics

Marina di Carrara, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The year 2017 closed for the port of Marina di Carrara with a significant increase in...

Vigo port seeks to improve ties with Tanger Med

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) received the visit of a delegation from Tanger Med port,...

Basque entrepreneurs warn that in five years ships will be too big for Pasaia port

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Basque entrepreneurs have warned that in five years the ships that transport cars will be bigger and will not...

Santander port beats car traffic record in 2017

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Santander port again demonstrated in 2017 its specialisation in car traffic with a new historical record...

Vigo port cargo traffic rises 2.5% in 2017

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Vigo port’s cargo traffic in 2017 amounted to 3.96 million tonnes, 2.54% more than in 2016, the president...

Marseille port reports increased 2017 traffic

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – With a growth of 8% (excluding liquid bulk), the port of Marseille Fos has confirmed its winning...

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