Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Efficiency and speed in ports’ handling of containers and use of boxes inland can greatly ease shortages
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – Shipping companies cannot keep buying ever more expensive containers; newly ordered container ships will start...
New Silk Road: Services between Hamburg and Xuzhou successfully established
The Port of Hamburg is a top destination for rail services between China and Germany. Since November last year, a new link has become established between...
VSC partners with the new Maersk transcontinental service from Asia to the ports of the Black Sea
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), part of Global Ports Group, has started to serve the new transcontinental service Maersk AE77. Containers will be...
In the last quarter of 2020, Eurokai’s port terminals handled 2.9 million containers (+ 7.2%)
The German group closed the year with a net loss of -30.6 million euros – April 29, 2021 After a long series of annual profits, in 2020 the German...
UNCTAD – Why container freight rates have surged
UNCTAD examines the complex factors behind the unprecedented shortage of containers hampering trade’s recovery, and how to avoid a similar situation in the...
Port of Sines reports Q1 2021 container cargo up 16%
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 23, 2021 – In the first three months of 2021 the Port of Sines reported container traffic of 440,645 TEU, a...
China ports container volume rises 14.6% in March of 2021, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decreases in April
In March of 2021, the cargo volume of China ports was 1276.8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.2%, the container throughput of China ports was...
DP World reports strong start to 2021 with 10% volume growth in 1Q
DP World Limited handled 18.9 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first quarter of 2021, with...
Trieste Marine Terminal cargo still growing in first quarter
TEUs handled both ship to shore and by train are growing again at the container terminal of Molo VII of the Port of Trieste – April 19, 2021 Trieste...
Port of Barcelona container traffic grows by 25% in the first quarter
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2021 – In the first three months of 2021, container traffic at the Port of Barcelona was 907,010 TEUs, up 25%...
Valenciaport is managing normally 32,313 containers affected by the Suez Canal blockage
Between 6 and 16 April, the docks of the port area have assumed the loading and unloading operations of 10 vessels detained in the Suez Canal with complete...
Russia’s Global Ports Investments operational results for Q1 2021
Global Ports Investments PLC has announced its operational results for Q1 2021 – April 16, 2021 Highlights In Q1 2021 the overall Russian container...
Salerno Container Terminal sees March cargo handling up 12.3%
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2021 – Last month, Salerno Container Terminal SCT) recorded container handling of 29,314 TEU, up 12.3% on the...
COSCO Shipping Ports sees Q1 2021 container traffic up 9.8%
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) April 16, 2021 – In the first quarter of this year the port terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports group handled container...
Valenciaport: Goods and container traffic grew in March by 12.96% and 9.22% respectively
Valenciaport is the driving force behind economic activity, facilitating the export activity of companies. Cargo TEUs grew by 24.38% in March (accumulating 8...
Suez Canal delay adds to container traffic at Port of Malaga
The Port of Malaga receives, during this week, a total of 5 container ships, belonging to the main shipping companies that operate in the port area: CMA-CGM,...
Turkish ports see 0.8% rise in cargo traffic in March
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 14, 2021 – In March 2021, the amount of containers handled at ports in March increased by 8.7 percent compared to...
The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) increased by 17.48% in March
It stands at 1.971,96 points, the highest figure since the series began in January 2018 The price of fuel, the shortage of empty containers or congestion on...
duisport closes 2020 financial year with new records
Positive balance in the corona pandemic year – Successful through the crisis: duisport closes the 2020 financial year with new records – April 8,...
Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-Mar 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...