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Goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, railway, road, inland waterway involving a port. Includes containers, general, solid, liquid, general and project cargo. Also includes regular traffic statistics includes monthly, quarterly and annual port traffic statistics. This will include imports and exports.

First vessel call at HHLA PLT, Trieste

On 20 March 2021, the Ro-Ro freighter Ulusoy 14 docked at the HHLA PLT Italy terminal in Trieste. This is the first commercial vessel call at the new...

Port of the Bay of Cádiz see increased cargo traffic in Jan-Feb

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2021 – In the first two months of 2021 cargo traffic in Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC –...

Port of Santander has handled over 8 million cars

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2021 – At an event in the Port of Santander, president of the Port Authority, Francisco Martín, said that the...

Port of Algeciras sees February total cargo traffic down 14.8%

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2021 – The Port Authority of Algeciras has published cargo figures for February 2021, which show total cargo...

PSA International sees net profit down 5.9% in 2020

News Release – PSA International – Financial Results for 2020 – March 18, 2021 Review of Results: PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) handled...

Port Tarragona closes the financial year 2020 with positive numbers

Tarragona presents better results than expected after a year of pandemic – March 18, 2021 The Port maintains the investment strategy thanks to a great...

Port Authority of Las Palmas sees 7.76% in February

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2021 – The five ports that make up Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port...

Port of Valencia sees improved cargo figures for February

In the first two months of the year, 13.51 million tons of merchandise and 917,054 TEUs have been handled – March 18, 2021 February continues with good...

Port of Tarragona reports profit of €740,000 in 2020

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 18, 2021 – The Port of Tarragona closed the 2020 financial year positively with a final profit of €740,000...

Caspian Sea ports handled 1% of cargo of all Russia’s ports, but that might change soon

Makhachkala (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – The cargo turnover of the Russian Caspian Sea ports of Makhachkala, Astrakhan and Olya in January 2021...

Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza increases trains handled in 2020

Zaragoza, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – The Zaragoza Maritime Terminal (tmZ – Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza) operated a total of 3,025...

Germany: Maritime transport in 2020: volume of goods loaded and unloaded down 6.4% on 2019

In 2020, the handling of goods in German seaports fell by 6.4% compared to the previous year. A total of 275.7 million tons of goods were handled. As...

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale reports total cargo traffic down -5.2% in January

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – In January 2021, the ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...

Port of Brindisi see positive cargo traffic trend in February

Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – Commercial traffic in the port of Brindisi is growing, especially in the number of trucks and...

Porto Torres in Sardinia hit hard by Covid pandemic in 2020

Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – The reduction of the routes to and from Sardinia due to the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis...

Port of the Bay of Cádiz sees total traffic up over 13% in Jan-Feb 2021

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2021 – The Port of the Bay of Cádiz has reported that freight traffic increased by 13.27% to reach 806,469 tons...

Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-Feb 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 15, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...

Turkish ports handled 967,149 TEU in February 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 15, 2021 – The local General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in February 2021 its ports handled...

Grain, fertilizers, coal/coke and Ro-Ro drive Russian seaport exports

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – Rosmorrechflot, the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport, has reported that grain,...

Global Ports’ trading statement shows business hit by pandemic

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – Last Friday, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding Ltd (GPH) reported its trading statement for 2020 which...

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