Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Pasaia port cargo traffic slumps in H1 2017
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Pasaia port cargo traffic came in at 1.38 million tonnes in the first half of 2017 and if the trend is...
Port of Marseille Fos traffic 2% up in H1 2017
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Overall traffic of the port of Marseille Fos in the first half of 2017 shows an increase of 2% compared...
Castellón carries out largest ever clay operation
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – Castellón port received the ship loaded with the largest quantity of clay that has anchored in the harbour...
Rijeka reports improved dry cargo traffic in the first six months of 2017
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) Jul 10, 2017 – The port of Rijeka’s throughput of dry cargo in the first six months of 2017 was 2.434 million tons, an...
Vilagarcía port cargo traffic flat y/y in H1 2017
Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Vilagarcía port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía) has said that cargo traffic in the first...
Ferrol port cargo traffic rises 11.3% y/y in H1 2017
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Ferrol port handled 6.646 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2017, up 11.32% on the year, the port...
Marín to extend Border Inspection Post
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) plans to extend its Border Inspection Post (BIP) to...
Kuşadası and Bodrum Cruise Port receive Green Port certification
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The Turkish port of Kuşadası and Bodrum Cruise Port have been awarded ‘Green Port’ certification in...
Tarragona port cargo traffic rises 5.2% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Tarragona port handled a total of 13.44 million tonnes of cargo in the first five months of 2017, an increase...
Vigo port cargo traffic rises 2% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Vigo port saw its cargo traffic in the first five months of 2017 decline by 2% on the year, while the most...
Cádiz port general cargo traffic rises by 40% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – General cargo traffic in Cádiz port grew by 40.14% in January-May this year compared to the same period last...
Kombiverkehr reports on Greek and Turkish ports traffic
Frankfurt, Germany (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – At a shareholders meeting, Kombiverkehr (Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten...
Málaga port handles biggest bulk carrier in its history
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – Málaga port this week operated a call of the ship “Hai Jin”, the largest bulk carrier in the...
A Coruña port breaks monthly cargo traffic record
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – A Coruña port achieved the best monthly record in its history, both in Punta Langosteira outer harbour and in...
Motril port okays concession at Azucenas dock
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – Motril port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Motril) has given the green light to a concession at Azucenas dock...
Daily rail freight connection Marseille Fos-Geneva opens officially
Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The daily rail freight connection between French port of Marseille Fos and Geneva, Switzerland, has been...
Expanded Panama Canal tops expectations in first year
Panama City, Panama (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – The Expanded Panama Canal (Canal de Panama) has set a number of records and surpassed expectations in...
Catalan exports rise 9.2% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – Catalan exports rose by 9.2% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to record-high €23.157 billion...
Cartagena hosts TankBank 2017 Congress
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – Cartagena hosted the TankBank 2017 Congress last week, an event that brought together more than 100 delegates...
Port of Leixões cargo traffic grew 10% in the first 5 months of 2017
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – The Port of Leixões handled 8.1 million tons of commodities in January-May 2017, an increase of 10.3%...