Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Global Transit Document (GTrD) – a universal digital solution in the development of multimodal transport
On 8 June 2021 the Presentation of the prototype of the Global Transit Document and the pilot project along the TRACECA route took place This event was the...
COVID-19: impact on the maritime sector in the EU
Approximately 90% of world trade is transported by ship, with the maritime transport sector acting as a vital facilitator of the global economy. Throughout the...
Valenciaport already moves more than 100,000 export containers in May
València, June 15, 2021 – More than 100,000 containers dedicated to exports left Valenciaport’s docks in May, a figure that represents an...
Turkish Minister Karaismailoğlu: “We will open our national electric train in this year”
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu visited TÜRASAŞ Sakarya Factory and closely followed the national electric train...
The Baltic-Adriatic land bridge commences operations
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) June 14, 2021 – Following the cooperation of international rail companies, the Baltic-Adriatic land bridge has commences...
Port of La Spezia increases draft for vessels
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 14, 2021 – The Port of La Spezia has increased the draft of the ships that use the Molo Fornelli Est of the port by...
Croatia and Montenegro discuss transport cooperation
Minister Butković with the Montenegrin Minister of Capital Investments on joint cooperation between Croatia and Montenegro in the field of transport...
Adriatic Gate terminal marks 10th year with 2M TEU milestone
Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) Croatian subsidiary, has handled a cumulative throughput...
Valencia Containerized Freight Index continues with the upward trend and grows by 17.85% in May
València, June 5, 2021.- The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) continues with its upward trend that began in August 2020 and grows by 17.85%...
Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-May 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...
Turkey: Total port container traffic – Jan-May 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in May 2021 its ports handled 1.056 million...
China Merchants Port Holdings reports container cargo up over 25% in first four months of 2021
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) has reported significant growth in both container throughput and...
Goods barometer reveals strength of trade recovery, depth of COVID-19 shock
Global merchandise trade is continuing to recover in 2021 following a steep but brief pandemic-induced drop in the second quarter of last year, according to...
Luka Koper sees total cargo down 6% in Q1 2021
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2021 – Luka Koper, the operator of Koper port, has reported total cargo down 6% in Q1 2021. The March monthly...
Positive first-quarter throughput trend in Port of Hamburg
The Port of Hamburg’s seaborne cargo throughput in the first quarter exceeded expectations. The upward trend here was powered by a steep increase in March,...
13 quarries to provide construction materials for Algeria’s new deep-water El Hamdania port
Cherchell, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 26, 2021 – A high-level meeting has moved forward the project for the construction of Algeria’s new commercial...
Asian Ports Dominate Global Container Port Performance Index
Asian container ports are the most efficient in the world, dominating the Top 50 spots according to the new global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI)...
China ports container volume rises 18.1% from January to April 2021, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index rises in May
From January to April 2021, the cargo volume of China ports was 4897.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.6%; the container throughput of China ports...
Port of Barcelona and AllRead use artificial intelligence to identify containers and wagons
The Port of Barcelona and the startup AllRead use artificial intelligence to identify containers and wagons – May 21, 2021 AllRead Machine Learning...
EUROKAI Group sees container handling volumes up 17.3% in Q1 2021
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) May 19, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021 the container terminals in the EUROKAI Group saw a rise in handling volumes of...