Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
The magnitude of overlapping shipping disruptions
Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) February 25, 2024 – For the first time, the world faces simultaneous disruptions in two major global maritime trade...
Port of Rotterdam sees total cargo down -6.1% in 2023
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Port of Rotterdam has recorded total cargo of 438.8 million tonnes, down -6.1% compared to...
Port of Valencia reports container traffic up in January 2024
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – The Port of Valencia has reported January 2024 cargo figures. The port managed 388,366 containers in...
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...
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...
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...
Container terminal automation conference 2024
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – The 8th edition of the Container Terminal Automation Conference (CTAC) is to be held on April 17-18 in...
VCFI index marks an increase of 43.53% in January
València, February 6, 2024 – Export freight rates from the Port of València grow for the third consecutive month and in January they register an...
Valenciaport closes 2023 with cargo traffic down -2.81%
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) handled 76.74 million tons of cargo in 2023, a decrease of -2.81%....
Update: Russian top 12 container ports in 2023
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – Container turnover of Russian seaports in 2023 was 4.96 million TEU, which is 15% more than in 2022,...
Port of Sines joins MSC Dragon network
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – With the first call scheduled for February 5, the Port of Sines will become part of the Dragon Service...
Hapag-Lloyd publishes preliminary business figures for 2023
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – Hapag-Lloyd publishes preliminary and unaudited figures for 2023 – earnings down, TEU handling...
Tanger Med handles 8.61 mln TEUs in 2023, up +13.4%
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – In 2023, Tanger Med Port handled 8,617,410 TEUs, up +13.4% on 2022. This is equivalent to 95% of...
FESCO adds ship to Indian service
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – FESCO will add a second ship, FESCO Olga, to the FESCO Indian Line West (FIL-W), which operates...
Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd alliance could boost Rijeka, Croatia
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – Earlier this month, the two shipping companies Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced a new operational...
Georgia’s port of Poti handled 66% more containers in 2023
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 28, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea port of Poti handled 592,589 TEUs in 2023, which is almost 66% more than in 2022...
Saudi Arabia ports handled 11.4 million TEUs in 2023
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Ports Europe) January 28, 2024 – Saudi Arabia’s harbours handled 11,380,302 TEUs, an increase of 9% compared to 2022 (10,439,620...
Libyan port of Misrata handles largest cargo ship yet
Misrata, Libya (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Misrata Free Zone (MFZ), linked to the Port of Misrata, handled the largest container ship yet handled...
Maersk diverts ME2 service around Cape of Good Hope, ports change
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Maersk has announced that its ME2 service will no longer transit the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Its...