Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Mersin International Port – 2016 review
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Developments included: Mersin International Port (MIP) constructed the East Med Hub (EMH) terminal so that...
Israel’s Zim to introduce new network of transatlantic services in April
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – Israeli company Zim Integrated Shipping Services plans to introduce its new network of transatlantic...
Savona, Genoa ports to become backbone of Italian harbour system
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 –Â The port system of Genoa and Savona will be the backbone of the Italian harbour sector, as guaranteed by...
Tenerife port is among top five Spanish ports for container traffic productivity
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Tenerife port is among the top five in Spain in terms of daily container traffic. At present, the dockers...
Ocean Alliance maiden voyage to Adriatic: new routing from April
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – With effect from the first week of April (departures from Far East), the Ocean Alliance service to the...
Algeciras port cargo traffic declines 11% in February
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Algeciras port faced a 11% year-on-year decline in cargo traffic in February, due to the labour conflict...
CMA CGM launches a new service without any stopover between Morocco and Russia
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 –Â CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group, launches the newly enhanced service AGAX, which will...
France’s CMA CGM container traffic rises 20% in 2016
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM transported a total of 15.6 million TEUs in 2016, up 20%. The rise in...
Yilport reports on 2016 performance
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – 2016 was a year to remember at Yilport Holding, port management and logistics subsidiary of Yildirim...
2016 Financial Results: CMA CGM
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 12, 2017 – CMA CGM, the French shipping group, has published its 2016 financial results. Volumes shipped in 2016...
DAL comments on Spanish port strikes
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2017 – DAL says that in recent weeks labour disputes have escalated in Spanish ports as a consequence of the...
Global shipping alliances choose Salerno as container hub for southern Italy
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 9, 2017 – Salerno port continues to grow and becomes a crossroads for container traffic. The harbour was chosen as a...
Northern Adriatic ports show increased cargo traffic in 2016
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Data for 2016 shows that in general the throughput in north Adriatic ports is increasing, being realised...
Valencia port loses 50,000 containers in February
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Valencia port has estimated at between 30% and 40% the decline in productivity due to the problems with...
ZIM reports Q4 and Annual Results for 2016
ZIM is Back to Profit in Q4 2016 ZIM generated a net profit of $4.6 million (€4.31 million) and adjusted EBITDA of $43.9 million (€40.88 million) in Q4...
TMT increases TEU and rail volumes during January 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 –Â Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. container volumes increased 25.5% in January 2017 compared to the same...
COSCO to improve services at Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines, the company that resulted from the merger of COSCO Container Lines and China...
Algeria’s MCI presents line to Spain at ceramics fair
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – Algerian company Maghreb Container International (MCI) S.L. is participating in the international...
Sines port container terminal handles record-high traffic in Jan 2017
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Sines port’s Terminal XXI handled 162,000 TEUs in January, the largest traffic serviced by a...
Intercontainer applies for concession at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Valencia-based company Intercontainer has applied with Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria...