Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Yilport Leixões reports record May
In the first five months of the year, the Leixões Container Terminal handled 301,007 TEU, a result that is an absolute record for the period in question...
DP World container volumes down 3.9% in 1H 2020
DP World Limited handled 33.9 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first half of 2020, with...
China: Cargo volume & container traffic for the eight major ports in June 2020
Ningbo, China (PortSEurope) July 26, 2020 – The Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group has published figures cargo volume and container traffic for the eight major...
Turkey: Container handling by port for January-June 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 26, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published figures for...
Turkey: Ports – Container Handling by month for January-June 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 26, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published ports’...
Yilport’s San Cataldo Container Terminal, Taranto port, set to welcome first ship
On July 12, Yilport’s revived San Cataldo Container Terminal in Taranto, Italy, will the receive the maiden call of the CMA CGM TURMED service vessel...
Ukrainian minister welcomes container train from China
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 6, 2020 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Vladyslav Krykliy, has joined a ceremonial event on the occasion of...
VCFI experienced a slight rebound in June with growth of 1.62%
The Covid-19 crisis continues to condition commercial activity, which is reflected in an 8.4% increase in freight with the Far East and a 1.56% decrease in the...
Turkey: Izmir and Haydarpaşa ports container traffic Jan-May 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 29, 2020 – TCDD (state-owned Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları/Turkish State Railways) has reported the...
New European assets add to container traffic for CMPort of China
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) June 25, 2020 – Deng Renjie, Executive Vice President of China Merchants Group Limited and the Chairman of the Board of...
Livorno’s Darsena Europa to be ready in 2024
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2020 – Stefano Corsini, President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP –...
Yilport’s Transitex starts new rail link between Elvas and Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2020 – Transitex, an Iberian logistics and transport company and part of Yilport, has added the port of Huelva to...
NEW NEMO Service starts calling at Malta Freeport
Malta Freeport Terminals has been selected as a port of call on the weekly NEW NEMO service connecting Malta to 7 new ports worldwide stretching from the UK to...
ECSA in full support of effective and well-targeted tonnage tax for shipping
Today, the Federation of European Private Port Operators (FEPORT) and the European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services...
Danube river cargo volumes not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Persenbeug, Austria (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – There was no reduction in cargo ships traffic in the Danube river, during the three months of quarantine,...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports reports container throughput down 3.7% in May
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd has published container (TEU) throughput for May 2020, which records total...
French ports handle disproportionately small cargo volumes compared to Italian and Spanish competitors
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) June 15, 2020 – French ports lag significantly behind their Spanish and Italian counterparts in gross weight of seaborne goods...
Trieste Marine Terminal reports improved May TEU traffic
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) has reported May 2020 TEU handling of 63,002, compared to April (56,373)...
Valencia Containerized Freight Index slows in May with a decrease of 6.64%
The idle fleet continues to increase due to the effects of the Covid-19 crisis, reaching 2.65 million TEU – June 9, 2020 The Western Mediterranean...
CMA CGM – first quarter 2020 results – solid operating performance & resilient business activity
First Quarter 2020 Results – Marseille, June 5, 2020 Operating margin increase to 13.5% and positive net result of $48 million. Significant strengthening...