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Tenerife port loses 2.76% of total port traffic in the first eight months of 2017

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – The Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has reported a drop in its total traffic of -2.76% in the first...

Damietta port reports improved August figures

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Damietta Port hit a new record last August where cargo handling volume  increased by 40%  from 2.5...

Slovenia and Vietnam sign cooperation protocol

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Slovenian Economic Development and Technology Minister Zdravko Počivalšek and Vietnamese Minister...

A Coruña port presents its advantages to Chinese investors

A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The president of A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña), Enrique Losada, received...

Algeciras port cargo traffic rises 5.8% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 65.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 5.8% on the...

Pasaia port’s cargo traffic keeps declining

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Pasaia port cargo traffic returned to negative figures at the end of August, with losses of 21.9% compared...

Balearic ports cargo traffic rises 7% y/y in H1 2017

Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Balearic Islands ports handled 6.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2017, up 7% on...

Cádiz port cargo traffic rises 5.76% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Cádiz port handled 2.634 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 5.76% on the year....

Castellón port’s cargo traffic rises in Jan-Aug 2017, backed by containers

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Castellón port has said its cargo traffic in the first eight months of 2017 rose by 10.1% on the year...

Valencia, Tianjin ports to facilitate trade relations between both hinterlands

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Valencia port and the Chinese harbour of Tianjin have set the basis for the signing of an agreement to...

Avilés port cargo traffic rises 2.56% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017

Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Avilés port handled a total of 3.12 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 2.65%...

Italy’s poor intermodal capacity limits MoS competitiveness

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Given its advantageous geographical location in the Mediterranean, Italy should represent a hub for...

Spain’s Boluda Lines to launch regular line linking Cape Verde to Spain in October

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Spanish company Boluda Lines, the international freight transport subsidiary of Boluda Corporación...

Huelva port, Renfe Mercancías sign cooperation deal

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has signed a cooperation agreement with Spanish...

Barcelona port with tenth largest container growth in Europe

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Barcelona port was the harbour with the largest growth in container traffic in Europe in the first eight...

International shippers visit 10 Downing Street

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 –  A delegation of leading figures from the shipping industry has visited Downing Street in...

Domestic and international traffic of mobile units in Greek ports: 1st Quarter 2015-2017

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has published statistics for domestic and international...

Domestic and international movements of goods in Greek ports: 1st Quarter 2015-2017

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has published statistics for domestic and international...

Hellenic Statistical Authority releases Q1 2017 maritime traffic figures

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has announced data on traffic of passengers, goods and...

Dürres port reports improved cargo stats for first eight months of 2017

Dürres, Albania (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Autoriteti Portual Dürres (Durres Port Authority) has reported that 377 cargo vessels and 680...

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