Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Lisbon port container traffic rises 51.2% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Lisbon port’s container traffic rose by 51.2% on the year in the first seven months of 2017. The port...
Piraeus Container Terminal profit declines 39.4% y/y in H1 2017
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., owned by Cosco, booked a profit of €10.845 million ($9.13 million) in the...
Spanish court imposes fine for cartel activities at Alicante port
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – Spanish National Court has found evidence of a cartel formed by container transport companies that...
Dockworkers strike has uneven impact on Barcelona, Valencia ports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – The latest cargo traffic statistics provided by the port authorities of Valencia and Barcelona –...
Maersk returns to Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – The freighter Maersk Gibraltar arrived on August 29 at the port of Las Palmas with more than 10,000...
Agadir port to receive investment of MAD 700 million
Agadir, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – A total investment of MAD 700 million (€62.68 million) is to finance several projects at the port...
Eurogate’s container traffic in Italy declines 5% y/y in H1 2017
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2017 – Eurogate group has said it handled a total of 2.405 million tonnes of cargo at its container terminals in...
Hapag-Lloyd works on integrating UASC business in Egypt
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – Hapag-Lloyd confirmed that the process of merging with UASC businesses in Egypt is currently underway. The...
MSC launches new service connecting Sines port to N Europe, S America
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is planning to launch a new service connecting Portugal’s...
PSA Voltri-Pra offers automated VERMAS data service
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – From today, agents who collaborate with the PSA Voltri-Pra terminal have the possibility to...
CMA CGM adds Algeciras to new SIRIUS service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – The Sirius service connects ports on the East Coast of South America via the CMA CGM hub in Malta to...
CMA CGM adds Pecem port to SAFRAN service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – With the SAFRAN service, the CMA CGM Group will call at the port of Pecem, allowing  the company to...
Vigo handles largest container ship in its history
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – The arrival of Cezanne ship today will mark another milestone in the history of Vigo port. 300 metres in length,...
Portuguese cargo transport firms visit Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Portuguese association of public transport carriers of goods ANTRAM and TCL – Terminal de...
Odessa port’s container terminal traffic rises 10% y/y in H1 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Odessa port’s container terminal handled 145,000 TEUs in the first half of 2017, up 10% on the year,...
China, USA are largest container traffic partners of Valencia port in H1 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – China and the USA were the main trading partners of Valencia port in the container traffic segment in...
Arkas Morocco to operate news services locally
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Arkas Morocco S.A., a subsidiary of Turkey’s Arkas Line (the brand name of Arkas Container...
Maersk Line updates Mediterranean services with more calls in Spain
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – In view of the continuous evolution of commercial conditions, Maersk Line announced that, starting in...
Vigo port president hails Maersk’s decision to rely on the harbour in links to Canada
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique Lopez Veiga, has praised the...
Maersk shifts strategy, remains in Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – When the definitive abandonment of Vigo port by Maersk was taken for granted, the Danish shipowner has...