Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Lisbon port containerised cargo traffic rises 53% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – In the first five months of 2017, the containerised cargo traffic in Lisbon port rose by 53.4% on the year,...
Algeciras port books record-high cargo traffic in May
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Algeciras port closed May with record-high traffic figures of 9 million tonnes, up 2.3% on the year. However,...
Valencia port handles 438,580 TEUs in May 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Valencia port ended May with a total container traffic of 438,580 TEUs, a figure that represents an increase of...
France’s CMA CGM updates Euroaf3 service
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – French shipping company CMA CGM, in line with its intentions to further optimise its connections with Africa,...
The maritime economy and “smart” technology
Marseille, France (PortSEurope), June 13, 2017 – L’Institut méditerranéen du transport maritime (Mediterranean Institute for Maritime Transport...
Spain’s Noatum expects Cosco deal to boost container traffic
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spain’s Noatum Port Holdings S.L.U. expects the strategic partnership agreement signed with Cosco...
Boluda Lines sets up shipping agency based in Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Boluda Lines, a leading Spanish shipowner and global marine services company, will bet on Lisbon port through...
DP World starts offering Tarragona-Genoa regular line
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – DP World has started offering a regular shipping line between Spain’s Tarragona and Italy’s Genoa...
Maersk relocates container traffic to Tanger Med from Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has confirmed the decision of A.P. Moller–Maersk Group to move to Tanger Med...
MacAndrews considers regular service connecting Ferrol port to northern Europe
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – MacAndrews & Company Limited is considering launching a regular service that connects Spain’s Ferrol...
Harbour strikes affect Canary Islands ports
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Ports in the Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) have been affected by the strikes by stevedores, who are...
Renfe MercancÃas to start Barcelona port-Lyon freight line in Autumn
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Spanish freight railway firm Renfe MercancÃas SA plans to start an international container traffic service...
Call for Georgia to improve services and logistical connectivity
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Jacob Gulmann, ICTSI Europe, Middle East and Africa Business Development Director, attended the 6th Black...
Ukraine reports cargo handling statistics for January-May 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – In January-May 2017 cargo handling volumes in Ukrainian seaports were 55.609 million tons, up 4.5% on the...
Spanish ports total cargo traffic rises 2.6% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The total cargo traffic at Spanish ports rose by 2.61% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to 171.3...
Ukrainian seaports cargo traffic rises 4.5% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Ukrainian seaports handled 55.609 million tonnes of cargo in the first five months of 2017, up 4.5% on the year,...
Port of Adria handles record-high 4,970 TEUs at Bar port in May
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Port of Adria JSC Bar, the operator of the container terminal of Montenegro’s Bar port, handled a...
Koper port registers new monthly record for TEUs
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 3, 2017 –Â In May 2017, Luka Koper d.d. registered a new monthly record of 79,917 TEUs, up 14% on the same month in...
Contship increases Hannibal rail connectivity between Melzo and Rotterdam
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – The ERS Melzo-Rotterdam rail service by Hannibal, Contship’s Multimodal Transport Operator,...
Agreement for installation of automatic container management system in Rades port inked
Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – A system for automatic management of containers and rolling units will be installed at the port of Rades...