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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.

Call for protest day against cruise ships in Venice

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – Huge cruise ships deliver thousands day tourists to Venice, but many local citizens do not want visitors...

PwC says Cádiz port has potential to become cruise home port

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Cádiz port has the opportunity to become a home port for cruises. This is the main conclusion of the...

Ferrol port sees potential in development of horticultural products

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – The traffic of fruits, vegetables and legumes in the Spanish ports increased by 2.3% on the year in the...

Santander handles export of three tram units to Australia

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Santander port this week was the location of a spectacular cargo operation that the port authority has...

First freight train on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway departs Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – On October 30, the inauguration ceremony of the Baku–Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway was held at...

APM Terminals Vado aims to be new gateway to central Europe’s 70 million consumer market

Vado Ligure, Italy, November 2, 2017 APM Terminals Vado, Italy Managing Director Paolo Cornetto addressed the 5th MedPorts 2017 conference in Barcelona, Spain...

Thessaloniki port sees increased trade in first three quarters of 2017

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – In the first three quarters of 2017, total tonnage from Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA)...

A Coruña port’s 9-month 2017 cargo traffic rises 7% 

A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Fishing and bulk have driven a new growth in traffic in the port of A Coruña estimated at 7% between...

Algeciras port to carry out trade mission to Asia in November

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras), Singapore Shipping Association...

APM Terminals Valencia loads 130-tonne boiler at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Spanish company APM Terminals Valencia handled a project cargo consisting of a 130-tonne boiler at the...

Vilagarcía port records second-best ten-month cargo traffic figures

Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Vilagarcía port is consolidating its excellent results. The port handled a total of 998,142 tonnes of...

Costa Cruises to increase traffic at Bari port in next two years

Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Bari local government and representatives of Costa Cruises have discussed the potential launch of a partnership...

Lisbon port container traffic rises 38% in Jan-Sep 2017

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Lisbon port handled 373,121 TEUs in the first nine months of 2017, an increase of 38.3% over the like...

Yilport publishes review of Malta Freeport activities

Freeport, Malta (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – The Yilport quarterly corporate magazine has reviewed the company’s activities at Malta Freeport....

Tarragona port cargo traffic rises 14.5% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Tarragona port handled a total of 25.42 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2017, a figure...

Athens-Thessaloniki high-speed rail service set for January 2018 start

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Preparations are going ahead for the first high-speed connection between Athens and Thessaloniki...

Some 15 cruise ships set to visit Durrës during 2018-2019 tourist season

Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Leading cruise companies have booked 15 stopovers at Durrës port for the 2018-2019 season. Autoriteti...

Lyon increases container handling from Marseille port

Lyon, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Since 1997, Lyon has become the advanced port for Marseille for container traffic. Currently, 50% of...

France – China Economic Forum: Marseille, bridge between Europe and Asia

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Usually held in Paris on 12th  Franco-Chinese economic forum was relocated for the first time in...

Traffic with Asia boosts Barcelona port’s throughput

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Barcelona port has experienced growth in recent months that places it in a good position both in...

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