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Portugal: Seaports cargo report – December & full year 2023

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – The mainland seaports handled 7 million tonnes of cargo in December 2023, representing growth of +9.7%...

Russian ports handled 139.6 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Feb’24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 13, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-February 2024 was 139.6 million tonnes, 0.5% less than the same...

Spain’s Port of Cartagena cruise season starts this month

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2024 – The cruise season will begin this March in the Port of Cartagena with three stops during Holy Week,...

German ports handled 267.8 mt of cargo in 2023, down -4.1%

Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) March 12, 2024 – In 2023, German ports handled 267.8 million tonnes of goods, a decrease of -4.1% on 2022. This was...

VCFI index falls 1.51% in February

Autoridad Portuaria de València (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) – The Index stands at 1,752.72 points and accumulates growth of...

Update: Arzew €387 mln expansion targets €1.83 bln in revenue

Arzew, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – Algeria’s Mediterranean Sea port of Arzew expansion project aims also to diversify the country’s exports...

Ravenna port sees cargo down nearly -20% in January, Red Sea blamed

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – The Adriatic port of Ravenna reported total cargo of 1.76 million tonnes in January 2024, down -19.3% from...

Dredging will improve Ribadeo port, Galicia

Ribadeo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The current dredging of the access channel, the Mirasol dock, and the fishing dock will improve...

Ports of Greece sees record year for cruises in 2023

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – In 2023, 49 Greek ports received 5,230 cruise ships and just over 7 million passengers. This is equal to...

AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale see cargo down -4.7% in 2023

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSPMAM – Southern Adriatic...

Baleària reports record numbers of passengers in 2023

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Baleària shipping company carried 5.2 million passengers, 1.4 million vehicles and 7.4 million linear...

Port of Tarragona handled 33.03 mt of cargo in 2023, up +9.9%

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2024 – The Port of Tarragona handled 33.03 million tonnes (mt) in cargo in 2023, up +9.9% on 2022 (30.05 mt)....

Ukraine seeks to increase grain exports via inland ports

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – So far this year, Ukraine has exported approximately 3.7 million tons of cargo via its inland Danube...

Kernel resumes vegetable oil shipments from Chornomorsk port

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – Kernel, a Ukrainian agricultural company, has resumed exports from the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk. In...

Algeria’s Bejaia port handled 12.1 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Bejaia, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – After two years of declining cargo traffic, Algeria’s Mediterranean port of Béjaïa handled 12.1...

Turkey’s Dörtyol terminal ends oil imports from Russia

Iskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Dörtyol terminal, operated by Global Terminal Services (GTS), has ended imports of Russian crude...

Container transport in rail freight transport in Germany, 2005-2022

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility (BALM – Bundesamt für Logistik und Mobilität) has...

Tunisian ports handled 29.37 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – Tunisian ports handled 29.37 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, an increase of +2.3% compared to the 28.7 million...

Record cargo turnover of Odesa ports in February

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – The cargo turnover of the ports of Greater Odesa in February was 8 million tonnes, of which 5.2 tonnes were...

Port of Ancona handles 9.48 million tons of cargo in 2023, -10%

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – A total of 11.23 million tonnes (mt) of goods were handled in 2023 in the ports of Ancona-Falconara...

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