Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Turkey: Seaports – Total TEU handled – Jan-Apr 2023
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 12, 2023 – The Turkish authorities have published total container (TEU) handling figures for its seaports in January-April...
Port of Constanta, Busan Port Authority signs MoU
ConstanÈ›a, Romania (Ports Europe) May 11, 2023 – The Port of Constanta and South Korea’s Busan Port Authority have signed a Memorandum of...
ICTSI container traffic up +9% in Q1 2023
Manila, Philippines (Ports Europe) May 9, 2023 – Global port management company ICTSI handled 3.1 million containers (TEUs) in the first quarter of 2023,...
Georgia’s Poti container terminal with a record TEUs in April
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 8, 2023 – Georgia’s Black Sea container terminal of APM Terminals in the port of Poti handled in April 53,600 TEUs, which...
VCFI – Export freight from the Port of Valencia fell again in April by 9.28%
The Valencia Containerized Freight Index  (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the Port of...
Italian seaports’ cargo returns to pre-Covid levels
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Italian seaports handled a total of 490.1 million tons of goods, up +1.8% on 2021, +10.4% on 2020 and just below...
80% less containers in Russia’s Baltic ports – growth in Far East
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – In 2023, port container terminals of Northwest Russia will have only 20% of their capacity utilised....
DP World reports gross volume growth of 3.7% on a like-for-like in 1Q2023
DP World Limited handled 19.5 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first quarter of 2023, with gross container volumes...
China ports container volume rises 3.5% from January to March of 2023
China ports container volume rises 3.5% from January to March of 2023，Ningbo Containerized Freight Index increase in April 2023 From January to March of...
First refrigerated container train on from Moscow to Xi’an
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 26, 2023 – RZD Logistics sent the first refrigerated container train on from Moscow to Xi’an (China)....
Piraeus Port Authority sees improvement in Q1 2023
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 25, 2023 – Piraeus Port Authority has reported increased traffic volumes in most business segments in January-March...
Italian ports see cargo volume of 490 million tons in 2022, +1.9%
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – Italian ports recorded a total cargo volume of 490 million tons in 2022, +1.9% on the previous 12 months....
ING: Weaker growth for world trade in 2023
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – World trade has been falling, but growth is expected to return this year. There are large shifts...
FESCO to increase container fleet to 160,000 TEU during 2023
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – The FESCO Transport Group plans to increase its container fleet to 160,000 containers (TEU) in 2023....
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., container throughput, Q1 2023
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 18, 2023 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. (PCT) has published containers (TEU) throughput for Q1 2023. PCT is owned...
Shipping company Ignazio Messina returns to Port of Salerno
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2023 – The shipping company Ignazio Messina has announced a return to the Port of Salerno starting May 2. The...
Valencia Containerized Freight Index again saw a fall of -12.52% in March
The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) again registered a fall of -12.52% in March compared to the previous month, accumulating seven consecutive...
Global Ports Investments sees TEU down -48.8% in Q1 2023
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – Global Ports Investments’ consolidated marine container throughput in Q1 2023 was 186,000 TEU,...
China’s CMPort sees container and bulk cargo traffic down in Q1 2023
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – In the first three months of 2023, China’s CMPort saw container and bulk cargo traffic down. In this...
China’s CMPort container throughput up slightly in 2022
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – China’s CMPort container throughput up slightly in 2022. Highlights: A full press release can be...