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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.

Malaga port cargo traffic rises 26.5% Y/Y in 2016

Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Malaga port handled 2.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 26.5% on the year, the port authority...

Ukrainian seaports grain traffic declines in 2016

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Ukrainian seaports handled 131.998 million tonnes of grain in 2016, down by 8.7% on the year,...

Bilbao port cargo traffic declines by 1.39% Y/Y in 2016

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Bilbao port handled a total of 31.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, a figure very similar to the one...

Cartagena port cruise traffic rises 24.5% Y/Y in 2016

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Cartagena port has been seeing a spectacular rise in the number of companies choosing it as a home...

Vigo port cargo traffic declines by 4.02% Y/Y in 2016

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – The total traffic of Vigo port in 2016 amounted to 4.12 million tonnes, a decrease of 4.02% on the year....

Valencia port president expects reduced container traffic

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martinez considers that,...

Koper port throughput 2016

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2017 – Maritime throughput and revenues in January – December 2016 period On the basis of the Rules of...

An increase of 6% recorded the vehicle throughput at the Piraeus Car Terminal

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – According to the final data, in 2016 the vehicle throughput amounted to 361,912, in comparison with...

Port of Bilbao sees slight reduction in 2016 cargo traffic

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – In 2016, the Port of Bilbao handled 31.9 million tonnes of traffic, 1.39% down on the previous year,...

Motril-Tangier Med line services 76,000 passengers

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – More than 76,000 tonnes of goods and 3,852 trucks were handled at the maritime line linking the port of...

Tenerife port cargo traffic rises by 7.8% Y/Y in 2016

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Tenerife port handled 13.6 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, 7.8% more than in the previous year. The...

Bilbao port cargo traffic declines by 1.39% Y/Y in 2016

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Bilbao port handled 31.9 million tonnes of goods in 2016, a decline of 1.39% on the year, the port...

Trieste port cargo traffic rises 4% Y/Y in 2016

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Trieste is a port that is growing by some 4% annually. This is what emerges from the annual statistical...

Leixoes port to operate 107 cruise calls in 2017

Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Leixoes port has already confirmed 107 calls of cruise ships, which will represent a growth of around...

Sines port cargo traffic rises 16.4% Y/Y in 2016

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. All terminals of the...

Pasaia port cargo traffic declines 9% Y/Y in 2016

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Pasaia port closed 2016 with a total of 3.45 million tonnes of cargo handled, down 9% on the year, mainly...

Santander port books record-high traffic of new cars in 2016

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Santander port closed 2016 with a new absolute record in the movement of new vehicles, with a total of...

Valencia port recovers position on Chinese market

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) registered a difficult year with a slight...

Hellenic Ports Association reports an increase in cruise passengers in 2016

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Cruise passengers to Greece recorded a 5% increase in 2016, making it a ”good year” for the...

Greek cruise traffic set to fall in 2017

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Despite forecasts of robust growth for the international cruise travel industry, the Greek cruise...

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