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Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş – June 2018 container terminal statistics

Kumport, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited,...

Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – June 2018 container terminal statistics

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018...

Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – June 2018 container terminal statistics

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018...

CMA CGM relocates Asia service to Tripoli, Lebanon

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – French shipper CMA CGM has launched a direct route between China and Southeast Asia to North Europe,...

Algeciras port set for new inland container handling facility

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...

Valencia port to launch container price index

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – Valencia port plans to create an indicator that shows the evolution of the freight prices of its containers,...

NCSP Group reports reduced cargo traffic for January–May 2018

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 12, 2018 – NCSP Group has reported that the consolidated cargo turnover of the group’s terminals for...

Koper port – Maritime throughput and revenues in Jan–Jun 2018

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 12, 2018 – Koper port has announced maritime throughput and revenue (incomplete data) for the first half of 2018....

Latvia’s Alpha Shipping launches line connecting Barcelona, Castellón to North Africa

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Latvian company Alpha Shipping has started offering a regular direct service linking the ports of Barcelona...

Maersk starts operating container line linking Salerno to Canada

Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Maersk Line has started operating a container line linking Italy’s Salerno port to Canada via Spain. The...

Egypt to list Alexandria Containers Handling Company on stock exchange

Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Egyptian Maritime Transport company aims to put an additional equity share in Alexandria Containers Handling...

Tanger Med Port container traffic up 7% in first half of 2018

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 8, 2018 – Tanger Med Port’s two terminals TC1 and TC2 handled 1.67 million TEU by the end of June 2018, up 7% on...

Port Authority of Ferrol reports 6.5 million cargo tonnes in first half 2018

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – According to provisional data, the companies operating at the docks of the Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San...

MSC set to stop its Bordeaux stopover

Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA will cease the Bordeaux port stopover on its feeder service from...

Hapag-Lloyd to carry out first call of AL6 service in Lisbon on July 6

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – German company Hapag-Lloyd AG has said that on July 6 Lisbon port will receive the first call of a service...

MacAndrews makes first call of POSS service in Ferrol port

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – After making its first call on May 11 to position equipment, the Yilport container terminal at the port of Ferrol...

Hapag-Lloyd to launch intermodal service linking Málaga to Canada, United States

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – In the coming weeks, Málaga port will start operating a direct line for the export of products from its...

Trieste Marine Terminal reports increased container traffic in May 2018

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – In May 2018,  Trieste Marine Terminal Spa handled over 56,554 TEUs, an increase of 23.5% compared to the...

2M Alliance increase Trieste port calls

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – The Phoenix/AE12 Adriatic–Far East Service operated by 2M Alliance (Maersk and MSC) will offer from...

MSC inaugurates new Spanish headquarters in Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – On June 5, the shipping company MSC inaugurated the company’s new Spanish headquarters in Valencia....

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