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Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results H1 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in millions...

Russian ports handled 448.6 mln tonnes of cargo in H1 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-June period decreased by 3.1% compared to the first six...

Turkey: Monthly cargo report – June 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 11, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has published cargo statistics for June 2024. Total cargo in June...

Iran attracts maritime investment of $1.7 billion

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) July 11, 2024 – Iran has attracted total investment in the maritime sector of $1.7 billion, reports the IRNA, the national...

Finnlines increases cargo at Port of Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 11, 2024 – Starting from January 2024, Finnlines set up twice a week service between the ports of Bilbao, Vigo and...

BMF Port Burgas sees 130,000 TEU, 7.2 mln cargo tonnes in 2023

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, concessionaire of Bulgaria’s Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas...

Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) fell by -1.30% in June

Valenciaport – Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) fell by -1.30% in June – July 8, 2024 Valencia, July 8, 2024.- The Valencia...

France: Total port cargo traffic – Q1 2024

Paris, France (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The Ministry of Ecological Transition (Ministère de l’Écologie) has published cargo statistics for Q1...

French ports see static cargo traffic in Q1 2024

Paris, France (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, cargo traffic passing through major commercial ports stood still at 71.5...

Dutch seaport traffic down -7.6% in 2023

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – The total volume of goods handled by seaports in the Netherlands decreased by -7.6% to 574 million...

ULCT handles first vessel call of NewNew Shipping Container Line

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) July 4, 2024 – Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) has handled the first call of NewNew Star containership of Hainan...

KSK Grain Terminal processed 9.2 mln tons of grain in 23/24

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 4, 2024 – The KSK Grain Terminal processed a record 9.2 million tons of grain in the 2023/2024 season, up + 20%...

COSCO SHIPPING sends megamax carrier to Port of Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 3, 2024 – China’s COSCO SHIPPING Lines has sent the COSCO SHIPPING Solar to the Port of Valencia. The ship has...

Ukraine ports handled nearly 52.7 mt of cargo in H1 2024

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 2, 2024 – In January-June 2024, Ukrainian ports handled nearly 52.7 million tons of cargo, compared to 31.3 million...

Chinese ports container volume rises 10 % in first five months

Chinese ports container volume rises 10 % in first five months 2024, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index increase significantly in June 2024 – July 2,...

Italy: Total TEU by port 2023 – ranking

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – Industry association Assoporti has published seaport TEU traffic figures for 2023. In 2023, the ports handled...

Italy: Total cargo by port 2023 – ranking

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 30, 2024 – Industry association Assoporti has published seaport cargo figures for 2023. In 2023, the ports handled 473...

Portugal: Seaports cargo report – April 2024

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – Cargo handling in the mainland’s commercial port system recorded growth of +7.1% in the first four...

Port of Thessaloniki welcomes largest-ever cruise ship

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – Two days ago, the port of Thessaloniki welcomed two cruise ships simultaneously...

Romanian ports see cargo traffic up over +16% in Q1 2024

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) June 25, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, Romanian sea ports handled 16.23 million tons of cargo, up +16.1% on the...

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