Cargo
All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.
Port of Barcelona moved 64 million cargo tons in 2023, -9.8%
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has moved 64 million tons during the last year, a decrease of -9.8%. This was a...
French ports: 3.2% less cargo and 13.4% fewer containers in 2023
Paris, France (Ports Europe) February 18, 2024 – French ports that reported their cargo figures for 2023 show a decline of around 5%. On the container...
Port of Barcelona imports more electric Chinese cars
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona imported 790,000 vehicle units in 2023, an increase of +33.7% on the previous...
Update: Russian ports handled 71 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January 2024 decreased by 6.2% compared to the same month of last...
Ports of Morocco handled 209.4 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023, +7.4%
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – The ports of Morocco handled 209.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, an increase of +7.4% on the...
Turkey: Cargo report for 2023
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – The Turkish authorities have published cargo figures for 2023. In 2023, total cargo was 521.07 million...
Aktau port handled 360,000 tonnes of cargo in January’24
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau in January 2024 increased by 12.7%...
Russian ports handled 71 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January 2024 decreased by 6.2% compared to the same month of last...
Port of Ravenna sees cargo traffic down -6.9% in 2023
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – The Port of Ravenna has reported total cargo traffic of 25.5 million tonnes (mt) in 2023. This is down...
KazTransOil exported 287,000 tons of oil via the port of Aktau
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – In January 2024, KazTransOil exported 287,000 tons of oil via the Caspian Sea port of Aktau. This is...
Port of Bilbao reports positive results for 2023
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – In 2023, the Port of Bilbao handled 32.8 million tonnes of cargo, up +0.11% on 2022 figures. The trade...
Algiers handled 2 million tonnes of cargo, 68,446 TEUs in Q3’23
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Algeria’s Mediterranean port of Algiers (Port d’Alger), country’s largest, handling more...
Algeria’s Mostaganem port handled 1.2 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023
Mostaganem, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Algeria’s port of Mostaganem handled 1.323 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, which is +11% growth...
Trieste Marine Terminal sees fall in TEU traffic in January, Red Sea crisis blamed
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – In January 2024, Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) handled 43,782 containers (TEU), down from 59,589 TEU in...
Port Authority of Pasaia plan vehicle handling improvements
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – The Port Authority of Pasaia (APP) has proposed the improvement and investment projects in the short and...
Naples, Salerno report very positive passenger numbers for 2023
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – The ports of Naples, Salerno and Castellammare di Stabia have reported great improved passenger numbers...
Assoporti, SRM produce report on Q3 2023
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – Assoporti and SRM have published the report “Port Infographics 2024”. It provides statistics...
83,900 ships crossed Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits in 2023
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 3, 2024 – The Turkish Straits were crossed by 83,900 vessels in 2023, the General Directorate for Maritime...
Taganrog port environmental licensing & the reality
Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) February 2, 2023 – The maximum cargo turnover of Taganrog Port, the main stevedoring operator of the harbour, in the...
Belarus exports cargo via Astrakhan port
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – Two years ago, Belarus started exporting cargo via the Russian Caspian Sea port of Astrakhan. This...