Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Port of Gandia closes first half of the year with a 37% increase in exports
Gandia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2017 –Â The port of Gandia has channeled a total of 180,853 tonnes in the first half of 2017, a decrease of 7.13%...
General merchandise grows in Puertos de Las Palmas above 20% in H1 of 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 –Â General merchandise traffic, container movement, liquid bulk and total port traffic show double-digit...
Sagunto port reports traffic for H1 2017
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – The port of Sagunto has handled 3,045,200 tonnes during the first half of 2017, representing a decrease of...
Cargo flows across the Swiss Alps
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 –Â In 2016, a total of 40.4 million tons of goods crossed the Swiss Alps, which marks a new record and...
New Trasmediterránea maritime line will connect the Canary Islands with Morocco
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Talks have been held between Pablo RodrÃguez, Vice-President and Minister of Public Works and...
NCSP reports slightly lower cargo for first half 2017
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 –Â NCSP Group has said that its consolidated cargo turnover for January-June 2017 totaled 74.8 million...
Port of Leixões cargo throughput up 9% in first half 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – In the first six months of this year, the Port of Leixões handled 9.7 million tons of commodities,...
Kiel expands southern rail capacity
Kiel, Germany (Ports Europe) July 22, 2017 – The German Baltic seaport of Kiel is to expand its cargo platform space to accommodate longer trains...
Barcelona reports record cargo traffic for H1 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 21, 2017 –Â The first six months of 2017 were the best first half of the history of the Port of Barcelona,...
Vigo port says refrigeration facilities customers could face higher costs
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has informed the owners...
Avilés port cargo traffic slightly declines in H1 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Avilés port closed the first half of 2017 with a traffic increase of 1% in relation to the same period of the...
Genoa port books record-high container traffic in May
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Genoa port handled record-high 233,995 TEUs of container traffic in May, versus 200,725 TEUs in the fifth month...
Castellón port reports improved June 2017 cargo volumes
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) july 17, 2017 – In the month of June 2017, merchandise traffic in the port of Castellón increased by 17.7%, in spite of...
Málaga port traffic declines in H1 2017 due to dockers strike, lower agrifood imports
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Paulino Plata, president of Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga), carried out a press...
Bilbao port reports increased traffic in first half of 2016
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Key points: Traffic rises 4.4% in first half of year due to liquid bulks recovery, especially gas and...
Corsica to compensate carriers who distribute traffic across ports
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Office des Transports de la Corse (Transport Office of Corsica), in partnership with the...
Koper port reports improved cargo figures for first half 2017
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Maritime throughput in January–June 2017 was 11,945,659 tons, up 6% on the same period of 2016. The...
Sines port reports improved H1 2017 cargo throughout
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Sines port has closed the first six months of  2017 with a total of 25.8 million tons of cargo handled,...
Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime capital
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Ernst & Young (EY) has produced a report entitled “Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime...
Leixões port keeps 20% market share in Portugal in Jan-May 2017
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Leixões port maintained its market share of 20% in Portugal in the first five months of 2017, the port...