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China to help Russia build container factory

Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) October 4, 2022 – China is set to help Russia build container factory near near the Russian Caspian Sea port of Olya. A Chinese...

EUROKAI terminals see container throughout down in H1 2022

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 30, 2022 – The EUROKAI Group, which includes CONTSHIP, reported an overall fall of -14% in container (TEU)...

China Ports Container volume rises 4.1% in from January to August 2022

China Ports Container volume rises 4.1% in from January to August 2022,Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decease dramatically in September 2022 –...

Russia’s RUSCON expands into Middle East & North Africa

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2022 – Russia’s transport company RUSCON expands into Middle East & North Africa with a multimodal...

Port of Valencia sees mixed results in August cargo traffic

València, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2022 – The Port of Valencia saw mixed results in August cargo traffic figures. Valenciaport saw reductions...

Port of Barcelona sees eight month cargo traffic up nearly 10%

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona sees eight month cargo traffic up nearly 10% and containers up 1.5% Total...

Ukrainian Danube Shipping launches inland waterway container transport

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 16, 2022 – Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company has started a service for inland waterway container transport. Since...

Hapag-Lloyd acquires a 49% stake in the Spinelli Group, Genoa

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 15, 2022 – Hapag-Lloyd has acquired a 49% take in the Spinelli Group of Italy. The Spinelli family control 51%...

Georgian seaports increase cargo traffic in Jan-Jun 2022

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2022 – Georgian seaports increase cargo traffic in Jan-Jun 2022, reaching 6.3 million tons (mt). This...

Container handling statistics at Turkish ports, January-August 2022

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2022 – Container handling statistics at Turkish ports in August 2022 show a total of 1.04 million containers...

Italy: Ranking – Top container ports – January-June 2022

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2022 – Assoporti, the Italian port association, has reported cargo figures for the first half of 2022, including...

Port of Constanta receives intermodal fertiliser from Uzbekistan

ConstanÈ›a, Romania (Ports Europe) September 5, 2022 – The Port of Constanta has received intermodal fertiliser from Uzbekistan via a co-ordinated...

Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) grows 1.1% in August

València, 2nd September 2022 – The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for August is growing steadily in a scenario in which maritime...

Ranking: Valencia is top Spanish container port in July 2022

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – The Port of Valencia was the top Spanish container port in July 2022. It handled 445,239 containers...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports reports improved half year results

Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) August 31, 2022 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited reported improved results in the first half of 2022. Revenue was $704.6...

Marsa Maroc increases cargo handling in first half of 2022

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 31, 2022 – Marsa Maroc increases cargo handling in first half of 2022 by +9% to 25 million tons, compared to...

New Lidl shipping line calls at Port of Koper

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 26, 2022 – Tailwind Shipping Lines, the new container line set up by the parent of German supermarket giant...

Russia seaports see container traffic down in January-July 2022

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 24, 2022 – Russia seaports saw container traffic down in January-July 2022 by -19.6% to 2.62 million containers...

Baltic Rail increases Poland and the Adriatic region

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) August 22, 2022 – Baltic Rail has reported an increase of 38% in its transport volume between Poland and the Adriatic for...

Port of Hamburg increases container throughput

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) August 19, 2022 – Port of Hamburg increased container throughput in the first six months of 2022. A total of 4.4 million...

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