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Traffic

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.

Trieste port plans presented at Propeller Club meeting

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – President of Propeller Club Port of Trieste, Fabrizio Zerbini, speaking at a meeting attended by various...

Cagliari sees challenging cruise traffic figures

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – In 2017, Cagliari hosted 163 cruise ships in port, transited 430,000 passengers who arrived...

Patras port sees improved traffic in 2017

Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Chairman and managing director of Patras port (OLPA), Nikos Kontoes, has commented on the port’s...

Eurogate container handling volumes remain stable

Bremerhaven, Germany (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Despite a turbulent year in corporate ownership in the container circuit, Eurogate maintained...

Puertos del Estado’s president advises Pasaia port to diversify traffic

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca, has expressed confidence in...

Lisbon port breaks cruise traffic record in 2017

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The number of cruise ships that called in Lisbon port increased by 7.1% last year to 123, which is a new...

Las Palmas port’s container traffic exceeds 1 million TEUs in 2017

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) concluded 2017 with improved traffic...

Italian Port of Marina di Carrara reports improved 2017 traffic statistics

Marina di Carrara, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The year 2017 closed for the port of Marina di Carrara with a significant increase in...

Santander port beats car traffic record in 2017

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Santander port again demonstrated in 2017 its specialisation in car traffic with a new historical record...

Vigo port cargo traffic rises 2.5% in 2017

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Vigo port’s cargo traffic in 2017 amounted to 3.96 million tonnes, 2.54% more than in 2016, the president...

Marseille port reports increased 2017 traffic

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – With a growth of 8% (excluding liquid bulk), the port of Marseille Fos has confirmed its winning...

Damietta Port sees increased traffic in December 2017

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – A report issued by the Damietta Port Authority (DPA) showed an increase of 23.4% in the number of ships...

Port of Trieste announces record 2017 traffic statistics

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 28, 2018 – Commenting on Trieste port’s 2017 performance, President Zeno D’Agostino of Autorita’ di...

LIvorno port looks to development of automotive trade

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 28, 2018 – In Livorno the real challenge is to provide the port with the necessary railway connections on the east...

Bayonne port handles one of its largest ships ever

Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – “African Magnolia”, one of the largest vessels that has visited the port of Bayonne, unloaded...

Hungarian business delegation visits Koper port

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – A delegation of Hungarian business partners met with representatives of Port of Koper.  The two...

Lisbon port sees improves 2017 cargo figures

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – The Port of Lisbon handled over 12.1 million tons of cargo in 2017, up 19% on 2016. Containers...

Piraeus Port’s car terminal reports 19.13% increase was reported at the car terminal

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – A 19.13% increase was recorded at the car terminal of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) in 2017, with...

Contship sees reduced container traffic in 2017

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Contship Italia Group, a maritime container terminal and intermodal operator, saw container volumes drop...

A Coruña port reports record cargo traffic in 2017

A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – A Coruña port handled in 2017 for the first time more than 15 million tonnes of cargo traffic, the port...

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