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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.

Dredging will improve Ribadeo port, Galicia

Ribadeo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The current dredging of the access channel, the Mirasol dock, and the fishing dock will improve...

Ports of Greece sees record year for cruises in 2023

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – In 2023, 49 Greek ports received 5,230 cruise ships and just over 7 million passengers. This is equal to...

AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale see cargo down -4.7% in 2023

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSPMAM – Southern Adriatic...

Baleària reports record numbers of passengers in 2023

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Baleària shipping company carried 5.2 million passengers, 1.4 million vehicles and 7.4 million linear...

Port of Tarragona handled 33.03 mt of cargo in 2023, up +9.9%

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2024 – The Port of Tarragona handled 33.03 million tonnes (mt) in cargo in 2023, up +9.9% on 2022 (30.05 mt)....

Ukraine seeks to increase grain exports via inland ports

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – So far this year, Ukraine has exported approximately 3.7 million tons of cargo via its inland Danube...

Kernel resumes vegetable oil shipments from Chornomorsk port

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – Kernel, a Ukrainian agricultural company, has resumed exports from the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk. In...

Algeria’s Bejaia port handled 12.1 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Bejaia, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – After two years of declining cargo traffic, Algeria’s Mediterranean port of Béjaïa handled 12.1...

Turkey’s Dörtyol terminal ends oil imports from Russia

Iskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Dörtyol terminal, operated by Global Terminal Services (GTS), has ended imports of Russian crude...

Container transport in rail freight transport in Germany, 2005-2022

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility (BALM – Bundesamt für Logistik und Mobilität) has...

Tunisian ports handled 29.37 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – Tunisian ports handled 29.37 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, an increase of +2.3% compared to the 28.7 million...

Record cargo turnover of Odesa ports in February

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – The cargo turnover of the ports of Greater Odesa in February was 8 million tonnes, of which 5.2 tonnes were...

Port of Ancona handles 9.48 million tons of cargo in 2023, -10%

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – A total of 11.23 million tonnes (mt) of goods were handled in 2023 in the ports of Ancona-Falconara...

Port of Ploče handled 4.77 million tons of cargo in 2023, -14%

Ploče, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – In 2023, the Port of Ploče handled 4.77 million tons (mt) of cargo, a decrease of -14% on the previous 12...

Update: Morocco 2023 port performance. Tanger Med shines

Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 3, 2024 – Ports managed by state-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP), the regulatory body of the Moroccan port...

Adriatic Gate Container Terminal increases container traffic in 2023

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 1, 2024 – The Brajdici container terminal, managed by Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT, Jadranska vrata),...

Basque port of Pasaia handled 3.5 mt of cargo in 2023, up +5.5%

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – The Basque port of Pasaia handled 3.5 million tons (mt) of cargo in 2023, up +5.5% compared to the...

Ports of Montenegro handled 2.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, down -17.7%

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – In 2023, the ports of Montenegro handled 2.4 million tonnes of cargo., down -17.7% on the previous 12...

Port of Izmir expects 70 cruise ship visits in 2024

Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – This year, the Port of Izmir forecasts 70 cruise ship visits. This compares with 33 ship visits and...

Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – January 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Spanish ports of general interest handed 45.6 million tons of cargo in January, up +3.4% more than in...

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