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Ranking: Turkish container ports – January-October 2021

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

Turkey: Total container handling statistics at ports, January-October 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 10, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in October 2021 Turkish ports handled a...

Maersk set to leave the Port of Gijón

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2021 – Maersk, which uses most of the space on the container ships of the X-Press line between Gijón...

Consolidated cargo turnover of NCSP Group for 9M 2021 year-over-year

NCSP Group’s cargo turnover totals 84.9 million tons (+0.6%) – November 9, 2021 Liquid cargo Transshipment of liquid cargo was up by 0.1 million...

The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) rises 5.23% in October

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

The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) rises 5.23% in October

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

Top container ports in the world in 2020

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2021 – The top nine container ports in the world in 2020 are all in Asia and seven of the are in China....

Port of Novorossiysk again with the highest cargo turnover among Russia’s ports with 104.79 million tonnes in Jan-Sep’21

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 29, 2021 – Cargo turnover of Russia’s seaports during the first nine months of 2021 was 622.05 million tonnes...

Port of Zeebrugge reports January-September cargo up +3.6%

The total tonnage for the period January-September in 2021 has increased by +3.6% compared to the same period last year. Container traffic, roll-on/roll-off...

DP World reports strong volume growth of 11.9% for 9M2021

DP World Limited handled 58.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in 9M 2021, with gross container...

Port of Algeciras sees cargo traffic down -4.89% in September

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 21, 2021 – In September 2021, the Port of Algeciras handled 8.38 million tons (mt) of cargo, down -4.89% on the...

Port of Barcelona sees over 30% rise in container traffic up to September

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona handled 2.7 million containers (TEU) in January-September 2021, up 30.6% on the...

Valenciaport’s import/export traffic leapt again in September with growth more than double digit

València, October 18, 2021 – Full container traffic dedicated to unloading -import- has grown by 42.29% in the month of September and cargo -export-...

Georgian government publishes total cargo traffic 2018-2021

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 18, 2021 – The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia has published the official cargo figures...

Ranking: Turkish container ports – January-September 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 12, 2021 – In the first nine months of 2021, Turkey had five ports which handled over 1 million TEU, with Ambarlı...

Turkey: Total container handling statistics at ports, January-September 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 12, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in September 2021 Turkish ports handled a...

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) grew by 1.26% in September

València, October 8, 2021 – The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport...

Ranking: Turkish container ports – January-August 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 4, 2021 – Turkey has five ports which have handled over 1 million containers (TEU) in the first eight months of...

Ranking: Top 10 Italian ports – Container tonnage – first semester – 2020/2021

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) October 3, 2021 – In the first half of 2021, Italian ports handled 58.08 million tonnes (mt) of container cargo, compared to...

Ranking: Top 10 Italian ports – Cargo traffic – First semester 2021

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) October 3, 2021 – In the first half of 2021, Gioia Tauro was the leading port in Italy by cargo volumes, of 18.09 million...

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