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Chinese ports container volume rises 8.2 % from Jan-Aug 2024

Chinese ports container volume rises 8.2 % from January to August of 2024,Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decreased significantly in September 2024...

CONTSHIP Italia sees TEU handling up 6.9% in H1 2024

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The container terminals of the CONTSHIP Italia handled 822,233 TEU in the first half of 2024, up 6.9% on the...

EUROKAI reports TEU handling up over 10% in H1 2024

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The throughput volume of the container terminals of the EUROKAI, including the terminals in Italy,...

Boluda expands container handling in Port of Santander

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – Maritime operator Boluda expects to exceed 100,000 TEUs and one million tons by the end of the year...

FESCO forced to work with China’s Tank Container Alliance

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – FESCO, the largest transport group in Russia, owned by the Kremlin-controlled giant RosAtom...

Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Aug 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-August 2024. TEUs...

Russia’s total containers’ market in Jan-Aug’24 was 4.39 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 8.1% in January-August 2024, compared to the first eight months of 2023...

Russian ports: 446,600 TEUs in August, 3.65 mln TEUs in Jan-Aug’24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Russian ports handled 446,600 TEUs in August 2024, an increase of 5.7% or 24,000 TEUs compared to...

Rotterdam: 500,000 containers handled via Secure Chain

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Port Authority of Rotterdam has reported that the 500,000th container has been handled by...

Nations not submitting ports’ container inspection results to IMO

Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – Less than 5% of 167 national administrations are regularly submitting ports’ container...

200th container train from China arrives in Aktau port

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The 200th container train so far in 2024 from China has arrived at Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port...

Russia’s Novorossiysk port to handle 700,000 loaded TEUs in 2024

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Container turnover at Russia’s largest port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea should exceed...

Safetrans sends largest-ever container ship along Northern Sea Route

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – The Safetrans Line Panamax container ship “Flying Fish 1” left Bronka, St....

MSC buys four container ships from Safetrans

Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has purchased four Panamax-class container ships from...

Tunisia: Port cargo handled – January-June 2024

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) September 11, 2024 – In the first six months of 2024, ports in Tunisia handled 14.24 million tonnes (Mt) of cargo, down...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – TEU handled in Jan-Aug 2024 by port

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 11, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total container (TEU) traffic for...

Turkey: Seaports TEU traffic – Jan-Aug 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for August 2024....

Premier Alliance to Cooperate with MSC in Asia – Europe Trade

Press Release – Premier Alliance to Cooperate with MSC in Asia – Europe Trade – September 9, 2024 Ocean Network Express (ONE), a member of...

Valencia Containerised Freight Index grows by 7.2% in August

News – The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) grows by +7.2% in August – September 6, 2024 The Valencia Containerised Freight...

Chinese ports container volume rises 8.3 % from Jan to Jul 2024

Chinese ports container volume rises 8.3 % from January to July of 2024, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease slightly in August 2024 – September...

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