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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.

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...

Valencia port container traffic rises 2.32% Y/Y in 2016

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Valencia port closed 2016 with a container traffic of 4.722 million TEUs, a figure that represents an...

Marseille port cargo traffic remains stable in 2016

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Marseille port generated a cargo traffic of 80.9 million tonnes in 2016, almost unchanged on the...

Portugal expects 60% rise in Setubal port cargo traffic

Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorino said that the Portuguese government expects a...

Motril port cargo traffic rises 10% Y/Y in 2016

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – With a total cargo traffic of 2.1 million tonnes and a growth of 10% on the year in 2016, Motril port...

Damietta reports traffic growth in 2016

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Damietta Port Authority has reported an increase in the movement of ships and cargo in 2016 compared...

Malta National Statistics Office reports record cruise year in 2016

Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) January 21, 2017 – According to figures published by the National Statistics Office in Malta, 2016 was a record year for...

Beirut port revenues down in 2016

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – The Port of Beirut (PoB) and Port of Tripoli (PoT) reported revenues of  $254 million (€237.7...

Cadiz port cargo traffic rises 8.52% Y/Y in 2016

Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Cargo traffic in Cadiz port grew by 8.52% on the year in 2016, reaching 3.979 million tonnes, the best...

A Coruna port cargo traffic falls 2.8% Y/Y in Jan-Nov 2016

A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – A Coruna port cargo traffic fell by 2.8% between January and November 2016 due to the decline in solid...

Damietta port reports increased cargo traffic in Q3 2016

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Damietta Port Authority has reported an increase of 2.6% in vessel numbers throughout the third quarter...

Kosovo and Albania to open joint Durrës customs checkpoint

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – The Ministries of Finances of Kosovo and Albania have agreed to open a joint customs checkpoint at...

Aviles port cargo traffic declines by 3.91% Y/Y in 2016

Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Aviles port handled a total of 4.97 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, down 3.91% on the year, mainly due...

Seville port reports fifth highest annual cargo traffic in its history

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has reported data about its annual traffic for...

Tunis port handles first cruise ship for 2017

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – La Goulette, the port of Tunisian capital Tunis, handled the first cruise ship for 2017 on January 18....

LPG transit through Ukrainian railway lines, ports declines by 23.2% Y/Y in 2016

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – The transit of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) through Ukrainian railway lines and ports decreased by...

Port Said Container & Cargo Handling Company reports 2015/2016 fiscal year results

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 – The general assembly of Port Said Container & Cargo Handling Company announced its 2015/2016...

Turkey leading trade partner for Durrës port

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe)  January 17, 2017 – Turkey ranks first for the highest volume of goods handled in Durrës port. In 2016, 26% of goods...

Durrës port handles 3.5 million tonnes in cargo

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 –  In 2016 Durrës port handled nearly 3.5 million tons of cargo, of which more than 1.2 million tons...

Trieste Marine Terminal increases container throughput in 2016

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. ended 2016 with a container throughput of 449,481 TEU, up 1.6% on 2015,...

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