Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – June 2017 container terminal statistics
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported June 2017...
Cosco reports June 2017 container terminal statistics
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Cosco Shipping has announced June 2017 container terminals throughput. The three Mediterranean Sea container...
Genoa port books record-high container traffic in May
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Genoa port handled record-high 233,995 TEUs of container traffic in May, versus 200,725 TEUs in the fifth month...
Bilbao port reports increased traffic in first half of 2016
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Key points: Traffic rises 4.4% in first half of year due to liquid bulks recovery, especially gas and...
Chinese delegation considers Constanta port investment
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) July 16, 2017 – A Chinese delegation led by Liu Yunshan, member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee...
Corsica to compensate carriers who distribute traffic across ports
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Office des Transports de la Corse (Transport Office of Corsica), in partnership with the...
Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime capital
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Ernst & Young (EY) has produced a report entitled “Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime...
CMA CGM launches service connecting Algeciras port to Africa
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – CMA CGM has announced the launch of its new Wazzan II service connecting the port of Algeciras with Morocco in...
The Alliance’s weekly maritime service in Barcelona attracts significant interest
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The weekly maritime service between Asia and the Mediterranean launched in April by The Alliance – MOL,...
Yildirim to sell 24% stake in CMA CGM
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Â CMA CGM has confirmed it is in talks with the Yildirim Group over the sale of the Turkish...
Algeria’s CNAN Nord to increase frequency of service to Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Algerian shipping company CNAN Nord is considering a potential increase of the frequency of its regular...
SRM – The 2017 Report on the Maritime Economy
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 –Â Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (SRM) has published the fourth issue of the Report on the Maritime...
Italian MP recommends special economic zone for Cagliari port
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Italian Member of Parliament (MP) Mauro Pili has proposed the launch of a strategic plan for the recovery of...
EC approves launch of Ocean Network Express alliance
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) has given the green light to the launch of the Ocean Network Express alliance...
CMA CGM announces new strategy and introduces new logo
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 –Â Yesterday, June 28, 2017, the French CMA CGM Group unveiled its new strategy and image. 2017 has been a...
Daily rail freight connection Marseille Fos-Geneva opens officially
Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The daily rail freight connection between French port of Marseille Fos and Geneva, Switzerland, has been...
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,...