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Container shipping rates at record high

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 18 – The Freightos Baltic Global Container Index (FBX), a weighted average of 12 major global container routes,...

Valenciaport sets a new historical record: 508,177 containers in October

This month, the half million containers managed were exceeded for the second time (in August, 503,482 TEUs were reached) – November 16, 2020  It is the...

UNCTAD – COVID-19 cuts global maritime trade, transforms industry

The pandemic has sent shockwaves through global maritime transport and laid the foundations for a transformed industry and associated supply chains. UNCTAD...

Global port manager ICTSI reports Q3 2020 results

ICTSI 9M2020 net income down 1% to US$182.6M; Diversified portfolio, cost measures continue to cushion impact of COVID-19 impact – November 4, 2020...

Adriatic Gateway Container Terminal increases 10-month container traffic

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 4, 2020 – In January-October 2020, the Brajdica container terminal, operated by Jadranska vrata, handled 252,821...

COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas terminals – Q1,Q2,Q3 2020 TEU throughput

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – Below is the container (TEU) throughput of COSCO Shipping Ports’ overseas terminals for the first...

Málaga port sees positive signs

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – After months of lower traffic trends, the port of Málaga is seeing increasing numbers of containers...

Triton International reports third quarter 2020 results

Bermuda-based Triton, the world’s largest lessor of intermodal containers, has reported third quarter 2020 results – – October 23, 2020...

Ningbo Containerized Freight index rises remains stable in October

From January to September, the Container throughput of Chinese ports still decease slightly Compared with the same month last year ,and the Ningbo...

COSCO’s Diamond Line announces new VAX (Vado Express) service lining Greece and Italy

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 25, 2020 – Diamond Line GmbH, part of China’s COSCO Shipping, has announced the launch of the Vado Ligure...

ZIM offers new service to the UAE

ZIM is pleased to announce that following recent developments it will offer customers in Israel and the East Med direct service to Jebel Ali port in the UAE...

DCSA publishes standard data definitions to enable just-in-time port calls

Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a neutral, non-profit group established to further digitalisation of container shipping technology standards,...

Turkey – Total port container handling – Jan-Sep 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – In the first nine months of 2020, Turkish seaports handled a total of 5.39 million container units,...

APM Terminals’ container tracking platform receives industry-leading upgrade

As part of APM Terminals’ global roll-out of a standardised container tracking system for customers, the company has now made a personalisation option...

Cargo traffic in Valenciaport registers best ever September ever

Valenciaport continues the upward trend that began in August – where for the first time a Spanish port exceeded half a million TEUs in one month –...

Russia’s Global Ports Investments announces operational results for Q3 & first nine months of 2020

Global Ports Investments PLC, together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, today announced its operational results for Q3 2020 and the 9 months...

COSCO Shipping Ports – September 2020 container throughout

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 16, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported September 2020 container throughout for its terminals...

WEC Lines launches new Bilbao-Moerdijk container service

Moerdijk, Netherlands (PortSEurope) October 14, 2020 – WEC Lines has announced a new container shipping service between the Dutch port of Moerdijk and...

Valencia: September VCFI index confirms the improvement in maritime traffic and economic activity

The  Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for September grew again for the second consecutive month at a rate of 1.68 – October 2, 2020 The...

ZIM Introduces the New Levant – Black Sea Express (LBX) Service

A Significant Upgrade of its East Med & Black Sea Network – October 1, 2020 ZIM is very pleased to announce a significant upgrade of its  East...

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