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Damietta port sees increased cargo traffic in November 2017

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – A monthly report issued by the Damietta Port Authority (DPA) shows that the number of vessels handled...

Alicante port expects 3% cargo traffic rise in 2017

Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2017 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) expects its cargo traffic to rise by 3% in 2017,...

NCSP Group reports Jan-Nov 2017 cargo down 2.4%

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – NCSP Group has reported that its consolidated cargo turnover for January-November 2017 totaled...

Genoa port handles largest ship ever

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Genoa port handled MSC Istanbul, the largest ship ever entering the harbour, on December 18. The ship, with a...

Noatum Port Holdings – November 2017 container terminal statistics

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by Cosco Shipping Ports Limited of China, has reported November 2017...

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

Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by Cosco Shipping Ports Limited of China, has reported November 2017...

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

Kumport, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, part of the Chinese Cosco Shipping Ports...

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

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of the Chinese Cosco Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...

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

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco Shipping Ports group, has reported November...

Barcelona port’s BEST terminal hits new traffic record

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST), operated by Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH), has once again...

Valencia port targets 5 million TEUs in 2018

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Valencia port authority aims to boost its container traffic to 5 million TEUs in 2018, keeping up the...

Spanish ports see increased challenge from Tanger Med

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Politicians from Malaga, Valencia and Catalonia have raised the issue of Tanger Med becoming...

APL enhances India Pakistan-Mediterranean Express Service with new port calls

APL, December 15, 2017 APL today announced the addition of three new port calls to its weekly India Pakistan-Mediterranean Express Service (IPM). The new ports...

Barcelona port cargo traffic rises 26% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Barcelona port handled 56.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 26% on the...

Castellón port cargo traffic rises 9.1% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Castellón port has closed November as the best month in its history in total cargo traffic and has also...

Huelva port cargo traffic rises 3.6% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Huelva port handled 29.3 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 3.59% on the year,...

Cosco Shipping launches regular container service from the port of Casablanca

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – On December 7, 2017, the shipping group Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd launched a regular service from...

Valenciaport confirms its commitment to the new Silk Road in Tianjin (China)

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The general director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Port Authority of Valencia),...

Ukraine reports improved Jan-Nov sea ports traffic

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 10, 2017 – Cargo turnover at the sea ports of Ukraine during the first 11 months of 2017 remains positive....

Baleària still interested in Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. is still interested in the relaunch of the Motorway of...

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