Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Productivity declines at Valencia port as government prepares new stowage sector law
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The slight decrease in productivity, which began on May 15 in Valencia port, was consolidated on May 16....
Croatia gets EU funding for construction of bulk terminal in Osijek
Osijek, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The Croatian government has agreed a EU financing for the construction of bulk cargo terminal in Osijek. The...
Valencia port authority container traffic rises 10% y/y in April
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The ports operated by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), namely Valencia, Gandia and...
Barcelona port container traffic rises 26% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – During the first four months of 2017, Barcelona port handled 864,500 TEUs, a figure that represents an increase...
Vigo port containerised cargo traffic declines in Q1 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Almost a year after Danish shipping giant Maersk decided to relocate its container hub in Spain to Marin port from...
Italy to close Sicilian ports during G-7 summit
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Italy will close the ports on the island of Sicily during the G-7 summit in Taormina on May 26 and 27, the head...
Gold IT Award for MGI and Marseille Fos Port Neptune Port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – MGI and Marseille Fos Port won the highest award in the IT category at the 30th IAPH World Ports...
Kalmar presents its new Port 2060 vision for sustainable future of cargo handling
Helsinki, Finland (PortSEurope) May 13, 2017 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has revised its vision for Port 2060 and is launching a new video to depict how...
Sines port growth causes concerns in Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The growth of the port of Sines is being viewed with suspicion and some fears in Spain, and this time it is the...
Tanger Med managers to visit Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – The recent extension to Tanger Med of the Motorway of the Sea connecting Vigo port to Nantes has attracted the...
Las Palmas port cargo traffic rises 32% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – Las Palmas port cargo traffic increased by 32% during the first four months of 2017, due to the favourable...
Portuguese ports cargo traffic rises in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – The Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority (AMT-Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has released...
Sagunto port cargo traffic rises 17% y/y in Q1 2017
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Sagunto port closed the first quarter of the year with a total traffic of 1.748 million tonnes, an increase of...
Barcelona port, Catalonia government to jointly present logistics offer at Transport Logistic fair
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – Barcelona port and Catalonia regional government will jointly present their logistics offer at the Transport...
Spanish port cargo traffic grows disproportionately in Q1 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – The first quarter of 2017 in Spanish port cargo traffic was characterised with a great disparity in the...
Ferrol port cargo traffic grows in Jan-April 2017
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – In the first four months of the year, the cargo traffic at Ferrol port totalled 4.6 million tonnes, 10.56% more...
Barcelona and Miami ports sign cooperation agreement
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – The ports of Barcelona and Miami have signed an agreement to increase cruise and cargo traffic, and to...
Suardiaz extends Morocco ro-ro service
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – Suardiaz, the Spanish shipping and logistics group, is extending its Montoir-de-Bretagne (Nantes)...
South European maritime ports freight and passenger statistics
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – The latest (2015) available statistical data on freight handling and passenger traffic in ports in...
Limassol port remains under pressure following privatisation
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – On January 29, 2017, Dubai’s DP World assumed management of Limassol port as part of the government’s...