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Valenciaport already exceeds pre-crisis traffic and is the fourth port in Europe

València, December 17, 2021 – Valenciaport’s traffic between January and November this year exceeded 77 million tonnes and 5,161,440 TEUs. These...

Mersin port – a new champion in the Eastern Mediterranean

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 14, 2021 – Mersin International Port (MIP), Turkey’s largest container terminal, will handle 2.1 million TEU (export,...

Russian ports see container turnover up by by 6.5% in 11-month period

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 13, 2021 – Container turnover of Russian ports in January-November 2021 was 5.11 million TEU, up +6.5% (4.8 million...

Analysis – Shipping container crisis seen lasting by end-2023 or even longer

Copenhagen, Denmark (PortSEurope) December 12, 2021 – The global container shortage will last until the end of 2023 and could extend even into 2024 with a...

Ranking: Turkish container ports – January-November 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 10, 2021 – In the first 11 months of 2021, Turkey had five ports which handled over 1 million TEU, with Ambarlı...

HHLA’s Piattaforma Logistica Trieste welcomes first container vessel.

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 9, 2021 – Piattaforma Logistica Trieste (PLT), operated by Germany’s Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA),...

Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) reaches 3,902.15 points, with a growth of 4.23% in November

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the Port of...

Trieste Marine Terminal reports lower container traffic in October

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 2, 2021 – Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) closed October 2021 with 53,270 TEU handled, down (-19.75%) on the same...

Piraeus Port Authority presents key financial figures for the first nine months of 2021

Piraeus Port Authority SA has presented basic financial for the nine months of the current year, which are unaudited by a certified auditor, and the general...

Mersin International Port to increase total capacity to 3.6 million TEU

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 30, 2021 – The current expansion of Mersin International Port (MIP) will increase the capacity of the facility to...

China ports container volume rises 8.4% from January to October 2021

China ports container volume rises 8.4% from January to October 2021, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease slightly in November – November 30,...

UNCTAD predicts that annual growth in maritime trade between 2022 and 2026 will slow to 2.4%

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) November 29, 2021 – UNCTAD has published its  Review of Maritime Transport 2021, a detailed look at world...

Port of Koper reports improvement in Q3 2021 traffic volumes

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 29, 2021 – In the first nine months of 2021, the Port of Koper registered 15.73 million tons of cargo, up +6% on...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd reports October 2021 container terminal throughput

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd has published container throughput statistics for its terminals in October...

CMA CGM reports strong Q3 2021 results

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 22, 2021 – The French logistics group CMA CGM has reported strong financial figures for quarter three of 2021....

Import/export traffic keeps Valenciaport’s activity strong

València, November 19, 2021 – The figures say it: Valenciaport is the ally of the Valencian and Spanish business fabric to increase sales abroad, a...

Tarros group adds Port of Genoa to Libya service

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 19, 2021 – The Tarros group, a leading container freight company, is adding the Port of Genoa to its Italia Libia...

ZIM reports record financial results for the third quarter of 2021

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd, a global container liner shipping company, announced today its consolidated results for the three and nine months ended...

EUROKAI reports improved Jan-Sep 2021 TEU statistics

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 17, 2021 – In the period January-September 2021, the EUROKAI Group handled 9.25 million TEUs, up +15.3% on the...

Russian seaport container traffic up over 6% in Jan-Oct 2021

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 14, 2021 – Total container handling by Russian ports in January-October 2021 was 4.64 million TEU, an increase of...

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