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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.

Huelva port expects serious growth of container traffic in 2017

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 10, 2017 – The 2016 financial year was very positive for Huelva port, which has seen traffic grow significantly,...

Varna port pre-tax profit almost doubles in 2016

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 9, 2017 – Varna port operator booked a pre-tax profit of BGN 13.5 million ($7.3 million/€6.9 million) in 2016,...

Las Palmas port signs framework agreement with Brazilian fruit exporters

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 10, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has signed a framework agreement with...

Castellon port agri-food products traffic grows in 2016

Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2017 – Castellon port handled a total of 736,339 tonnes of agrifood products in 2016, an increase of 18.75%...

Spanish ports handle 8.5 million tonnes of fruits, vegetables in 2016

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2017 – Spanish ports handled a total of 8.5 million tonnes of fruits and vegetables in Spain, according to...

Albania handles increased passenger volume from Italy in 2016

Dürres, Albania, (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Dürres port handled about 840,000 passengers to and from Italy in 2016, an 8% increase on 2015,...

Costa Cruises promotes Tarragona as base port

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Costa Cruises and Tarragona Cruise Port Costa Daurada presented today the commencement of their joint...

Naples port cargo traffic rises 6.7% in 2016

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Naples port handled 22.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 6.7% on the year, with imports edging up...

Ferrol port handles 1.32 million tonnes of cargo in Jan 2017

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Ferrol port handled 1.32 million tonnes in January 2017, provisional data showed. Although the results...

Azov port cargo traffic rises 49% Y/Y in Jan 2017

Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – Azov port handled 462,000 tonnes of cargo in January 2017, up 48.8% on the year, harbourmaster Vladimir...

Ferrol port to start 2017 cruise season on February 26

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Ferrol-San Cibrao) plans to start the cruise season on...

Valencia ports handle 7.04% of traffic by rail in 2016

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – The share of rail transport at the ports operated by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...

Sines port cargo traffic grows in 2016

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. Container traffic rose by...

Trieste remains key port for Austria

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2017 – Trieste was one of the most important ports of the Habsburg monarchy. Today, the port is once again the...

Balearic Islands ports cargo traffic increases in 2016

Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – The cargo traffic of the five ports operated by Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...

Costa Cruises to generate €2.2 million profit for Tarragona tourist companies

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – The start of operation of Costa Cruises in Tarragona will generate a profit of approximately €2.2...

Ukrainian seaports increase cargo turnover by 15% in January 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – According to the Ukrainian Seaports Authority in January 2017 the volume of cargo handling in...

Barcelona sets record figures in foreign trade containers, vehicles and passengers

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2017 – The Port of Barcelona sets new record figures in foreign trade containers, vehicles and passengers....

Damietta port reports increased business in 2016

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 1, 2017 – Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has said that the number of vessels increased from 2,357 vessels in 2015...

Novorossiysk port oil traffic at KTK terminal increases in Jan 2017

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2017 – Novorossiysk port saw oil traffic at its Caspian Pipeline Consortium (KTK) terminal rise by 6.8%...

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