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PSA container throughput performance for 2020

PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) handled 86.6 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of containers at its port projects around the world for the year...

Singapore’s 2020 maritime performance resilient despite COVID-19 pandemic

13 January 2021 – Singapore remains the world’s top bunkering port The Port of Singapore stood resilient in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic....

CMA CGM’s new NC Levant Service links Mediterranean ports

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) January 12, 2021 – The arrival of the CMA CGM WHITE SHARK in Hamburg on 9 January 2021 has marked the start of the NC...

Spanish ports traffic down over 9% Jan-Nov year-on-year

The 46 state-owned ports, coordinated by Puertos del Estado, moved 43.5 million tons during the month of November, registering a slight variation of -0.4%...

Rijeka: AGCT reaches 300,000 TEU milestone

Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) reaches 300,000 TEU milestone – Rijeka, 04.01.2021 Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, AGCT reached a...

Hapag-Lloyd orders six ultra large container vessels of 23,500+ TEU

Order placed at Korean ship yard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Vessels will be powered by LNG Dual Fuel Delivery starts in April 2023 1 billion...

Tanger Med forecasts container handling record at year-end

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 28, 2020 – By the end of this year, the Tanger Med Port Complex is forecasting container activity (TEU) to exceed...

Turkey’s Mersin International Port reports October and November 2020 as record months

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 23, 2020 – Turkey’s largest container Mersin International Port (MIP) has reported 185,000 thousand TEU in...

CMA CGM Group expected to restart bookings from Asia to North Europe on December 28

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 23, 2020 – French shipping CMA CGM Group is expected to restart bookings for cargo from Asian ports to Northern...

Ningbo Containerized Freight index soars in November

From January to November, the Container throughput of Chinese ports remains same Compared with the same month last year, and the Ningbo Containerized Freight...

CMA CGM Group boosts capacity between Asia and Europe

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2020 – French shipping CMA CGM Group is reinforcing its presence through improved port coverage and vessel...

BEST terminal improves the efficiency of container transfer between ADTs

The BEST terminal of the port of Barcelona has registered greater efficiency in the transfer of containers between Termporal Warehouses (ADTs) since on...

Shipping containers shortage explained by Reuters

Beijing, China (PortSEurope) December 10, 2020 – Reuters, the largest global news and information provider, published an analysis of the global shipping...

Valencia port registers new historical milestone in movement of containers from a ship in a single stop

MSC GULSUN ship moves 9,718 containers (TEUs) on the scale carried out between 8 and 10 December in Valencia, almost a thousand containers more than the...

COSCO Shipping Ports – overseas terminals – Jan-Oct 2020 TEU throughput

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) December 9, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has published TEU container throughput for October 2020. Below are the...

PKP Cargo International continues to develop rail transport to the south of Europe

At the end of November, PKP Cargo International (formerly AWT), a leading logistics operator in Europe, launched a new regular railway line between the...

Caspian Container Lines tests Iran-Russia service

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 – Iran and Russia agreed to launch a container shipping line in the Caspian Sea by September to expand...

The resumption of international trade increases the VCFI by 2.18% in November

The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) reached its all-time high, standing at 1,366.03 points – December 4, 2020 The recovery of freight...

Aurelio Martínez: “In 2030 the Port of València will be at maximum capacity”

According to estimates of container traffic growth, when the new North terminal is operational, the Port of València will be handling 7.5 million containers...

Trieste port sees positive cargo figures in October

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 29, 2020 – In the period January-October this year, Trieste port saw a 35% rise in Ro-Ro traffic to 195,000 units....

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