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Russia presidential aide Patrushev visits Murmansk

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 22, 2024 – Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev has visited Murmansk to discuss Russia’s national interests...

Port of Valencia sees cargo and containers up in July 2024

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2024 – The Port of Valencia handled 461,121 containers in July, up 5.64% on the same month last year. In terms...

Kumport Terminal Istanbul joins the Portchain Connect Network

Kumport, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – Kumport Terminal Istanbul will join the Portchain Connect, using it to increase the quality and speed of...

Port of La Spezia sees a slight fall in H1 2024 cargo traffic

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the ports of the Eastern Ligurian Sea System Authority (AdSP MLOr), La...

ZIM increases TEU traffic in H1 2024

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – The Israeli shipper ZIM handled 952,000 TEUs in the second quarter of 2024, compared to 860,000 TEUs in...

Port of Hamburg see total cargo up 3.9% in H1 2024

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Hamburg handled 55.9 million tonnes, down 3.9% on the same...

Cavotec installs MoorMaster system in APM Terminals MedPort Tangier

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – Cavotec has announced the commissioning of a MoorMaster automated vacuum mooring system at APM...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – cargo handled in Jan-Jul 2024 by port

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for January-July...

Georgia’s ports handled 4.23 mln tonnes of cargo in Q2 2024

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea ports handled 4.23 million tonnes of cargo in the second quarter of the year, which...

Three bulk carriers deliver grain to Port of Marin, Spain

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – Three bulk carriers loaded with grain are currently in the port to unload more than 75,000 tonnes of...

Port of Santander starts importing Chinese BYD electric cars

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – The Port of Santander has started importing Chinese BYD electric cars. The ship “Explorer...

Maersk to return toxic waste headed for Thailand back to Albania

News Release – Environmental justice groups applaud decision and call on shipping line to return similar wastes they abandoned in China – August...

Livorno ports see cargo up in H1 2024

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale...

600 kg of cocaine in avocado shipment seized in Rotterdam port

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – 614 kg of cocaine was seized in the Netherlands’ port of Rotterdam on August 14, the Public...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – TEU handled in Jan-Jul 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for January-July 2024....

Vessel traffic systems in Kazakh Caspian ports in 2025

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – Commissioning of the vessel traffic services system (VTS) in Kazakhstan’s main Caspian Sea port of...

Container transit from China via Middle Corridor increased 14 times

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – Container transit from China via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...

Confusion about Russian naval base in occupied Georgian port

Ochamchira, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 18, 2024 – Satellite images analysed by Bellingcat, an independent investigative collective of researchers,...

EBRD to furnish loan to Nador West Med complex

Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 17, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend 110 million euros to Nador West Med...

FESCO starts LCL container service, Shanghai & St.Petersburg

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2024 – The FESCO transport group has launched a regular service for sending LCL containers (Less than Container...

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