Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Transitex launches LCL service connecting Iberian peninsula to Latin America
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Transitex, a subsidiary of the Turkish group Yilport, has announced the start of a “less than...
Boluda’s Las Palmas-Cape Verde line has positive start
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Boluda Corporación Marítimas has started its new freight transport line between the Canary Islands...
Portuguese port authority signs agreement with Logink of China
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve (APS – the Ports Authority of Sines and Algarve)...
Tangier Med to starting point to develop the MoS in the Mediterranean
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Escola Europea has held a conference in Tangier “Motorways of the Sea: new tools towards...
Thessaloniki port sees increased trade in first three quarters of 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – In the first three quarters of 2017, total tonnage from Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA)...
Puertos del Estado expects port cargo traffic to rise to 530 million tonnes in 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has said he expects...
A Coruña port’s 9-month 2017 cargo traffic rises 7%
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Fishing and bulk have driven a new growth in traffic in the port of A Coruña estimated at 7% between...
Algeciras port to carry out trade mission to Asia in November
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras), Singapore Shipping Association...
APM Terminals Valencia loads 130-tonne boiler at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Spanish company APM Terminals Valencia handled a project cargo consisting of a 130-tonne boiler at the...
Fuerteventura government calls for subsidies for Puerto del Rosario-Tarfaya regular link
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – The president of Fuerteventura island’s government, Marcial Morales, has called on the government of...
Vilagarcía port records second-best ten-month cargo traffic figures
Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Vilagarcía port is consolidating its excellent results. The port handled a total of 998,142 tonnes of...
CCI managing multiple tasks in Nice port
Nice, France (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – In January 2017, CCI Nice-Côte d’Azur (Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Nice Côte d’Azur)...
Tarragona port cargo traffic rises 14.5% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Tarragona port handled a total of 25.42 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2017, a figure...
Lyon increases container handling from Marseille port
Lyon, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Since 1997, Lyon has become the advanced port for Marseille for container traffic. Currently, 50% of...
Barcelona port’s Adossat dock tender attracts criticism
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Barcelona port decided last week to tender the extension of the Adossat dock in the eastern part of...
Traffic with Asia boosts Barcelona port’s throughput
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Barcelona port has experienced growth in recent months that places it in a good position both in...
Vigo port cargo traffic edges up 0.34% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Vigo port traffic rose by 0.34% on the year in the first nine months of 2017, the president of the port...
Koper port organises Tel Aviv event
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) October 28, 2017 – Luka Koper, in cooperation with the Slovenian embassy in Tel Aviv, has organized a business reception...
Santander port cargo traffic rises 14.6% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Santander port’s cargo traffic rose 14.6% on the year in the first nine months of 2017 to 4.1 million...
Port Authority of Bilbao and Uniport take part in Breakbulk Americas event
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – For the third year running, La Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) and Uniport took...