Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Ruscon increases service between Russia and India via Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 9, 2023 – Ruscon has enhanced the capabilities of its direct regular container service between Russia and India...
New MSC connection serving Egypt via TMT
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) March 8, 2023 – Starting last month, Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) started a new connection operated by MSC –...
Georgia cargo figures recover in 2022
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – Georgia cargo figures recovered in 2022 reported the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of...
ICTSI reports TEU throughput grew 9% to 12.22 million TEUs in 2022
Manila, Philippines (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – ICTSI has reported that container TEU throughput grew 9% to 12.22 million TEUs in 2022. This was...
Valenciaport: Export freight rates drop for sixth consecutive month
Valencia, March 3, 2023 – The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container...
Spanish seaports – January 2022 – ranked by total TEU handled
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – In January 2023, state-owned Spanish seaports handled 1.26 million containers (TEU), down -13.2% from...
Cargo traffic in the Port of Taranto down -16.9% in 2022
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – The Port of Taranto handled 14.6 million tons of cargo, a decrease of -16.9% on 2021 but...
New service highlights potential of Poti as Central Asia-Europe intermodal hub
This month saw the first call of CMA CGM’s new Caucasus Georgia Express (CGX) service. Playing a key role in this new intermodal service, APM Terminals Poti...
DP World signs digitalisation agreement with the Caspian Containers Company
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) February 22, 2023 – DP World has signed a cooperation agreement with Swiss-based Caspian Containers Company SA (CCCSA)...
Port of Valencia sees cargo down 15.9% in January
València, Spain (PortSEurope) February 22, 2023 – In January 2023, the Port of València handled 5,715,093 tonnes of cargo, down -15.95% compared to the...
HHLA sees container throughput down -7.9%
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has reported that container throughput was 6.39 million TEU in...
Turkey – Total container (TEU) handling by port, January 2023
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 17, 2023 – Turkish container ports handled 993,808 containers (TEU) in January 2023, compared to 1,111,995 TEU in...
Trieste Marine Terminal sees January TEU traffic up +17%
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2023 – In January 2023, Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) handled 65,068 TEU, up +17% compared to January 2021....
TransContainer tries to fill in the container gap in Russia
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2023 – TransContainer, intermodal container operator that manages the largest fleet of containers and flatcars...
MSC to restart DRAGON service
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – MSC is to restart its DRAGON service that will connect Asia to Israel, Italy and South of France, and...
Russia’s Far East ports are the bottleneck for oil export
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – Russia’s Far East ports are unable to handle the increased oil and oil-derived products volumes...
Terminal Container Ravenna ends 2022 with traffic up over 9%
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) ended 2022 with over 200,000 containers (TEU) handled, up +9.4% on...
DP World handled 79 million TEU in 2022
Dubai, UAE (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – DP World Limited handled 79 million containers (TEU) globally in 2022, an increase of +1.4% year-on-year on...
Kazakhstan: New terminal in Kuryk; increase of container transit
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – The Concept for the Development of the Transport and Logistics Potential of Kazakhstan has been approved...
Turkey – Total container (TEU) handling, by port, 2022
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 5, 2023 – Turkish container ports handled 12.36 million container (TEU), slightly down on the previous year’s...