Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Maersk Line confirms launch of Med-Montreal serviceÂ
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Maersk Line has confirmed the launch of a new service that will link Mediterranean ports with Canada. The...
COSCO starts operating MAF1 line
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines launched on August 17 its new service MAF1 between the main ports of the Mediterranean...
MSC launches service including call at Portugal’s Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a service that connects the eastern...
Turkey’s Yildirim gains full control of Leixões port’s container terminal
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Turkish conglomerate Yildirim has just gained control of Leixões port’s container terminal, the...
Maersk increases fees for services in Mediterranean, Black Seas
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Maersk has announced the increase in the rates it charges for services linking the Indian subcontinent and...
Huelva port takes advantage of South Pier overhaul
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – Huelva port will receive five vessels at the Concasa container terminal this week, adding four calls of OPDR...
Drewry foresees global demand increase in sea cargo traffic of up to 4% in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – According to the latest report from consultancy Drewry Shipping, a strong growth in freight traffic was...
Maersk Line lifts tariffs of Mediterranean-Far East container service
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Danish company Maersk Line has announced an increase in tariffs for all types of goods in its services...
CMA CGM launches direct service to link Morocco and Algeria to the Black Sea
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The French CMA CGM Group is launching the Black Sea Med Express, created specifically to respond to the...
Container traffic, record growth for the port of Salerno
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) saw growth of 20% in the second quarter of 2017. Containers at the...
Huelva port’s container traffic soars in H1 2017
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Huelva port increased container traffic by 362% on the year in the first half of 2017, thanks to the start-up...
Genoa port handles record-high container traffic in H1 2017
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Genoa port handled record-high 1.283 million TEUs of container traffic in the first half of 2017, versus 1.133...
Trieste Marine Terminal reports improved traffic for H1 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 –Â Data from the first half of 2017 confirm a trend of considerable growth of Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A....
China investment in Mediterranean ports
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – The Italian financial daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has published an article looking at Chinese state...
IndaMed – new container service from Malta Freeport
Freeport, Malta (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – A new weekly service IndaMed will call at Freeport, linking it with major ports in India, Pakistan,...
Shippers must register containers in advance to use Moroccan ports
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 –Â Effective August 1, only containers with advance notice of arrival filed sufficiently in advance via...
General merchandise grows in Puertos de Las Palmas above 20% in H1 of 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 –Â General merchandise traffic, container movement, liquid bulk and total port traffic show double-digit...
CMA CGM presents new service in Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – At the historic Ca ‘Foscari University Barracks on July 20, the Venice stage of the French shipper...
Barcelona reports record cargo traffic for H1 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 21, 2017 –Â The first six months of 2017 were the best first half of the history of the Port of Barcelona,...
MSC to launch five intercontinental lines from Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will open five new intercontinental sea routes from Barcelona port...