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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.

Algeria’s CNAN Nord to increase frequency of service to Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Algerian shipping company CNAN Nord is considering a potential increase of the frequency of its regular...

Motril port handles less passengers in first month of OPE 2017

Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – A total of 10,890 passengers and 2,824 vehicles were handled at Motril port during the first month of Operación...

Ceuta-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines in Jan-May 2017

Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Passenger traffic across the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has reached 645,000...

Bilbao port seeks to attract agrifood traffic from South America, Africa

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) and wholesale market operator Mercabilbao have met in...

Ceuta port cruise passenger traffic declines 87% y/y in Jan-May 2017

Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) has closed the first five months of the year...

Tarragona port cargo traffic rises 5.2% y/y in Jan-May 2017

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Tarragona port handled a total of 13.44 million tonnes of cargo in the first five months of 2017, an increase...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – May 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports May 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

New maritime terminal opens in the port of Béjaïa

Béjaïa, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – A new passenger terminal has been inaugurated in Béjaïa, Algeria’s second largest commercial port, located...

Vigo port cargo traffic rises 2% y/y in Jan-May 2017

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Vigo port saw its cargo traffic in the first five months of 2017 decline by 2% on the year, while the most...

Cádiz port general cargo traffic rises by 40% y/y in Jan-May 2017

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – General cargo traffic in Cádiz port grew by 40.14% in January-May this year compared to the same period last...

Kombiverkehr reports on Greek and Turkish ports traffic

Frankfurt, Germany (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – At a shareholders meeting, Kombiverkehr (Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten...

Venice attends EU-China forum

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Port of Venice was the only port invited to participate in the 7“ EU-China Forum entitled ‘EU-China...

Málaga port handles biggest bulk carrier in its history

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – Málaga port this week operated a call of the ship “Hai Jin”, the largest bulk carrier in the...

Cartagena port has highest rate of return of all Spanish harbours in 2016

Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Cartagena port has the highest rate of return for the sixth consecutive year of all Spanish harbours in 2016,...

A Coruña port breaks monthly cargo traffic record

A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – A Coruña port achieved the best monthly record in its history, both in Punta Langosteira outer harbour and in...

Seville port approves balance sheet for 2016

Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The board of directors of Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has approved the balance sheet...

Lisbon port containerised cargo traffic rises 53% y/y in Jan-May 2017

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – In the first five months of 2017, the containerised cargo traffic in Lisbon port rose by 53.4% on the year,...

Expanded Panama Canal tops expectations in first year

Panama City, Panama (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – The Expanded Panama Canal (Canal de Panama) has set a number of records and surpassed expectations in...

Catalan exports rise 9.2% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – Catalan exports rose by 9.2% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to record-high €23.157 billion...

Port of Leixões cargo traffic grew 10% in the first 5 months of 2017

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – The Port of Leixões handled 8.1 million tons of commodities in January-May 2017, an increase of 10.3%...

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