Port News & Information Mediterranean, Black & Caspian Seas

Containers

All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.

Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife increases TEU in Q1 2021

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2021 – In the first months of 2021, the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife handled...

Shippers urged the Commission to take action in disturbed maritime market

News Release – European Shippers’ Council – March 29, 2021 25th of March 2021, European Shippers’ Council voiced shippers’ position on...

Last 61 ships blocked by the Suez Canal crisis will cross it on April 3 – global container backlog expected to last up to three more months

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 3, 2021 – The last 61 ships blocked by the six days grounding of Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in...

Port of Tenerife moves 12,000 TEUs in international transshipment in the first quarter of the year

The port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife registered from January to March of this year a movement of 12,000 TEUs in international transshipment traffic, which means...

Valenciaport prepared to manage traffic held back by the blockade of the Suez Canal

Terminals and shipping companies will focus their management on the coordination of empty containers so that they are in the terminal yards for the shortest...

Israel Chamber of Shipping highlights delays at Ashdod port

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) March 31, 2021 – It has been reported locally that two days ago, a total of 57 ships were waiting outside the port of...

Up to three months to clear the containers backlog after the Suez Canal is unblocked

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 30, 2021 – It is expected to take some three months for the delayed containers due to the six-day blockage of the Suez...

China ports container volume rises 35.5% in February of 2021, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease in March

In February of 2021, the container throughput of Chinese ports have a increase of 13% compared with the same month last year, and the Ningbo Containerized...

MSC Terminal Valencia and CSP Iberian Terminal Valencia extend operational hours

Both terminals increase from April 13 the opening hours at 6:00 AM for the delivery of import and empty containers – March 29, 2021 The president of the...

Ports facing a tsunami of containers from the blocked Suez Canal. More than 5% of world’s containers delayed

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 28, 2021 – More than 5% of the world’s containers are now delayed on ships either jammed on both sides of the...

Blocked Suez Canal to exacerbate containers’ shortage

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 24, 2021 – Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in the world, ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 23...

ZIM reports financial Results for the fourth quarter and full year 2020

ZIM – Financial and Operating Results for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2020 – March 22, 2021 Net income for the fourth quarter of 2020 was...

Container ships operators’ ranking as of March 2021

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) March 22 – Danish A.P. Moller-Maersk Group is the largest container ship operator in the world, according to Statista, a...

Barys container ship makes first voyage on Aktau-Baku route within Trans-Caspian International Transport Route

News Release – Port of Baku – March 10, 2021 The container ship Barys, owned by Kazakhstan’s National Shipping Company Kazmortransflot, made...

Be prepared for containers’ shortages until year-end

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – The red-hot container market with sky-high rates and a huge freight demand mostly due to the coronavirus...

The role of containerization as a priority in the development of the International Transport Corridor

Mentioned on March 03, 2021 by Asset Asavbayev, the Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA during a friendly meeting dedicated to the prospects for the...

Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-Feb 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 15, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...

Turkish ports handled 967,149 TEU in February 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 15, 2021 – The local General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in February 2021 its ports handled...

Barometer points to services trade rebound in short run, long term outlook less clear

After falling sharply during the global pandemic, world services trade appears to be in a recovery phase, according to the WTO’s Services Trade Barometer,...

VCFI continues to rise in February and grows by 6.83%

The dynamism of maritime traffic, the shortage of empty containers or the increase in fuel prices mark the start of 2021 The Valencia Containerised Freight...

Subscribe to weekly news

We keep you informed on the top European port news.