Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
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 –Â 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 –Â The port of Tanger Med recorded an increase in the various indicators of port activity during 2017,...
Damietta handles increased number of vessels in last three years
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – In the last three calendar years (2015, 2016 and 2017) Damietta Port handled 7,782 vessels, compared...
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...
VilagarcÃa port breaks cargo traffic record in 2017
VilagarcÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – At the end of November, the managers of VilagarcÃa 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...
Nantes.St-Nazaire reports increased traffic in 2017
Nantes.St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – In 2017, traffic at Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port amounted to 29.9 million tonnes (Mt), up 17.2%...
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...
Freight transport by sea in Italy increases
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 –Â The maritime and railway transport of goods is increasing, while the road transport is slightly down,...
Marseille-HAROPA rail links to improve cargo transport times
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 –Â The concerted efforts of the two major French seaports have made it possible to achieve and implement...
In 2017 Ukrainian seaports processed almost 133 million tons of cargo
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – From January to December 2017, Ukraine’s seaports processed 132.9 million tons of cargo,...
Santander port president expects 15% rise in cargo traffic in 2018
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) president Jaime González has said he expects...