Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Bilbao port expects 2% rise in cargo traffic in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port expects to close 2017 with a 2% increase in cargo traffic compared to 2016, a year in which...
Nika-Tera port doubles cargo traffic in Jan 2017
Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – Ukrainian private port Nika-Tera, located near Mykolaiv, handled a total of 330,500 tonnes of cargo in...
A Coruna port cargo traffic rises 21% in Jan 2017
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – A Coruna port handled 1.28 million tonnes of cargo in January, up 21.28% from 1.03 million tonnes in...
Russia’s NCSP cargo volumes up in January 2017
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – NCSP (Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port) group has reported that consolidated cargo turnover for...
Marin port processes 715 tonnes of waste in 2016
Marin, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Marin port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de MarÃn) processed 715 tonnes of waste in 2016, as a result...
Castellon port books record-high traffic in Jan 2017
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Castellon port recorded the best January in terms of cargo traffic in its history. The cargo traffic...
Aveiro port seeks diversification to offset decline in cement traffic
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Aveiro port’s cargo traffic declined in 2016, in contradiction to the general growth of...
Suez Canal sees record number and tonnages of crossing vessels.
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Vice admiral Mohab Mameesh, head of the Suez Canal authority has said that Suez Canal navigational...
90% of Egypt trade volume with the world crosses through maritime ports
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Dr. Galal Mustafa Said, transport minister said that 90% of Egypt trade volume with the world...
Oran port reports increase in export operations in 2016
Oran, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 18, 2017 – The port of Oran reported a significant increase in export operations in 2016 compared with last year....
Valencia port cargo traffic rises in January
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) said the total cargo traffic of the three...
A Coruna port cargo traffic declines in 2016
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – A Coruna port handled 13.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, down 1.65% on the year. General cargo...
Taganrog port cargo traffic rises in Jan 2016
Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2016 – Taganrog port handled 180,900 tonnes of cargo in the first month of 2016, up 9.6% on the year. Traffic of...
Andalusia ports handle half of total fruits, vegetables in Spanish harbours in 2016
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – The ports of general interest in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia account for half the total...
Punta Langosteira handles a third of total solid bulk at A Coruna port
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Punta Langosteira, the outer harbour of A Coruna port, already handles one-third of the port’s...
Huelva port expects serious growth of container traffic in 2017
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 10, 2017 – The 2016 financial year was very positive for Huelva port, which has seen traffic grow significantly,...
Varna port pre-tax profit almost doubles in 2016
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 9, 2017 – Varna port operator booked a pre-tax profit of BGN 13.5 million ($7.3 million/€6.9 million) in 2016,...
Naples port cargo traffic rises 6.7% in 2016
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Naples port handled 22.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 6.7% on the year, with imports edging up...
Ferrol port handles 1.32 million tonnes of cargo in Jan 2017
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Ferrol port handled 1.32 million tonnes in January 2017, provisional data showed. Although the results...
Azov port cargo traffic rises 49% Y/Y in Jan 2017
Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 –Â Azov port handled 462,000 tonnes of cargo in January 2017, up 48.8% on the year, harbourmaster Vladimir...