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Hamburg Süd to use Beirut port as transshipment hub

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – German container shipping company Hamburg Süd is to set up a transshipment hub at the Port of Beirut...

Messina port in dispute with Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The crisis of the port of Gioia Tauro is likely to materialise in Messina, whose port authority does...

Portuguese ports report improved cargo statistics for 2017

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – In January-November 2017, the country’s commercial ports reached 88.8 million tons of cargo....

La Rochelle sees reduces cargo numbers in 2017

La Rochelle, France (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Port traffic in 2017 was marked by another significant decrease, largely due to the 2016 cereal...

Delo group reports improved container turnover in 2017

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Growth at Delo’s NUTEP container terminal was, in terms of turnover in TEU and tonnage...

Russia’s Port Mechel Temryuk Sets Cargo Turnover Record in 2017

Rostov, Russia (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Port Mechel Temryuk (part of Mechel Group’s transport division managed by Mecheltrans Management...

Piraeus port expecting arrival of Chinese giga carrier container ship

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – On February 12, 2018, Piraeus port is expecting the arrival of the China Cosco Aries container ship....

Volume of cargo transported through Baku port in 2017 was 4.4 million tons

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – The volume of cargo transported through the Baku International Sea Trade Port in 2017 amounted to 4.4...

Damietta port to reduce some fees

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Container ships with the capacity of 100 units or less passing through the Damietta Port will be exempt...

Gioia Tauro port mulls revoking MCT concession

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port authority needs to verify whether the conditions for the operation of the...

Valencia port handles 7% of land cargo by rail

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Valencia port has set as one of its priority objectives to develop railway connectivity as it is an element...

Noatum Port Holdings – December 2017 container terminal statistics

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported December 2017...

Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – December 2017 container terminal statistics

Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported December...

Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş – December 2017 container terminal statistics

Kumport, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 15, 2017 – Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Åž, part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports...

Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – December 2017 container terminal statistics

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 15, 2017 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...

Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – December 2017 container terminal statistics

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 15, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...

Six Ukrainian seaports see growth in 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – In 2017, six Ukrainian seaports showed steady growth in cargo turnover, and the number of seaports...

MSC Eloane ship suffers accident, Tanger port refuses its handling 

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – The MSC Eloane ship, which with its 400 metres of length by almost 60 metres of beam, is one of the largest...

Tanger Med exceeds for the first time the 50 million tons annual mark

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The port of Tanger Med recorded an increase in the various indicators of port activity during 2017,...

Damietta handles increased number of vessels in last three years

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – In the last three calendar years (2015, 2016 and 2017) Damietta Port handled 7,782 vessels, compared...

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