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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.

APM Terminals: Rail freight on track for record volumes

Rail is acknowledged as the most fuel-efficient way to move freight over land, with a gallon of fuel stretching an average of 500 miles, according to the...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drives up trade with Turkey

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 20, 2023 – Figures from the Turkish government show that since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in July...

Azerbaijan’s ports handled 7.45 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Jul’23

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea ports increased the transshipment of goods in the first seven months of the year...

Turkey: Monthly seaports cargo report – July 2023

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – The Turkish authorities have published cargo figures for July 2023. Turkey: Seaports cargo report –...

Albania seaports: Cargo & passengers traffic report – Q2 2023

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – In the second quarter of 2023, the seaports of Albania handled 1.713 million tons (mt) of freight. This...

Port of Venice reports total cargo down nearly 5% in first half

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – The Port of Venice has reported total cargo handled of 12.34 million tons in the first half of 2023, down...

ICTSI handled 6.27 million TEUs in Jan-Jun2023, +9%

Manila, Philippines (Ports Europe) August 15, 2023 – ICTSI handled consolidated volume of 6.27 million TEUs in the six months ended June 30, 2023, +9%...

Ege Port Kuşadası celebrates two decades

KuÅŸadası, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – Ege Port KuÅŸadası, Turkey’s leading cruise port has celebrated its 20th anniversary. It...

LNG Croatia’s Krk terminal receives 70th vessel

Krk, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – Yesterday, LNG Croatia’s Krk terminal received its 70th vessel since starting operations in 2021. The...

Montenegro – cargo report – Q2 2023

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) August 11, 2023 – In the second quarter of 2023, the seaports of Montenegro handled 470,004 tonnes of cargo, down -27.9%...

Swiss Ports sees inland water traffic up +19.1% in first half of 2023

Basel, Switzerland (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the inland Swiss ports of Kleinhüningen, Birsfelden and Auhafen Muttenz...

Port of La Spezia receives first 24,000 TEU vessel

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – The Port of La Spezia has received the MSC Nicola Mastro, the first 24,000 TEUs container ship to touch...

Lisbon port sees traffic up over 6% in first half of 2023

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – In the first six months of 2023, around 5.5 million tons were handled in the Port of Lisbon, up +6.3%...

Croatia’s Luka Rijeka sees cargo traffic down in Jan-Jun 2023

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the Luka Rijeka Group handled 3.06 million tons of goods, down -9% (3.3...

China ports container volume rises 4.8% in first half of 2022

China ports container volume rises 4.8% in the half year of 2022,Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease slightly in July 2023 – August 7, 2023 In...

Cargo activity of Moroccan ports for the first half of 2023

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 6, 2023 – The overall volume of commercial traffic handled by Moroccan ports, in the first half of 2023,...

Three times more containers from Turkmenbashi to Alat in H1’23

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – Almost three times more containers (2,362 TEUs) were transported from the Caspian Sea port of...

VTS terminal in Astrakhan handles 15% more cargo YoY

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – The cargo turnover of Astrakhan Sea Port company terminal (part of the VTS group of companies) in...

Africa, the last resort for Russia’s grain and fertiliser exports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – Western sanctions-hit Russia desperately tries to find new markets for its agricultural production (grain) and...

Sanctions slash the value of Russia’s exports by 33%

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – The value of Russian export decreased by 33% in Q2’23 compared to the same period last year and by 12%...

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