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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.

Russian Railways visits international seaport of Turkmenbashi

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – A delegation from Russian Railways Logistics (RZD Logistics) has visited the international...

Belarus exports cargo via Astrakhan port

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – Two years ago, Belarus started exporting cargo via the Russian Caspian Sea port of Astrakhan. This...

Valenciaport closes 2023 with cargo traffic down -2.81%

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) handled 76.74 million tons of cargo in 2023, a decrease of -2.81%....

Azerbaijan’s ASCO handled 4.9 mln tons of cargo in 2023

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – In 2023, tankers of Azerbaijan Caspian Sea Shipping CJSC handled 4.9 million tons of cargo. Dry cargo...

Port of Funchal sees rise in passenger numbers in 2023

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The Port of Funchal, in 2023, registered a movement of 1,031,704 passengers on cruise ships...

Albania’s seaports handled 6.75 mt of cargo, up +75%

Durres, Albania (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – Albania’s Adriatic Sea ports handled a record 6.75 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, a huge +75%...

Tanger Med handles 8.61 mln TEUs in 2023, up +13.4%

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – In 2023, Tanger Med Port handled 8,617,410 TEUs, up +13.4% on 2022. This is equivalent to 95% of...

HAROPA cargo traffic down -4.5% in 2023

Paris, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – The HAROPA ports handled 81.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, down -4.5% on the previous 12 months....

Eurostat: Top 10 cargo ports in the EU

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Eurostat organisation has published a report – Key figures on European transport – 2023. It...

Eurostat: Top 10 passenger ports in the EU

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Eurostat organisation has published a report – Key figures on European transport – 2023....

Statistics: Total cargo traffic in Spanish ports 2020-2023

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – Last year, Spanish ports of general interest handled 543.3 million tons of cargo, down -3.3% on the...

Spanish ports see cargo traffic down -3.3% in 2023

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – Last year, Spanish ports of general interest handled 543.3 million tons of cargo, down -3.3% on the...

Cyprus reports reduced cargo traffic due to Red Sea crisis

Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Cyprus Ports Authority held a press conference on 25 January 2024 to review activities. One key...

Sanctions change Kazakhstan’s cargo transport geography

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The transport industry of Kazakhstan faces an increase in cargo volumes and periodic shortages of...

Georgia’s port of Poti handled 66% more containers in 2023

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 28, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea port of Poti handled 592,589 TEUs in 2023, which is almost 66% more than in 2022...

Saudi Arabia ports handled 11.4 million TEUs in 2023

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Ports Europe) January 28, 2024 – Saudi Arabia’s harbours handled 11,380,302 TEUs, an increase of 9% compared to 2022 (10,439,620...

Belarus with a port in Russia’s Far East?

Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – Belarus may have its own port in the Primorsky (Primorye) Krai (Territory) on the Sea of Japan in...

Update: How much cargo is handled in Makhachkala port?

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – Different organisations and authorities in Russia report very different port cargo handling figures....

Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd alliance threatens Port of Antwerp

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – Earlier this month, A.P. Moller-Maersk announced the signing of an agreement for a new long-term...

Renault and Port of Santander plan improved vehicle traffic

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – The president of the Port Authority of Santander, César Díaz, and the director of the port, Santiago...

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