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COSCO SHIPPING Ports announces 2022 results

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) March 29, 2023 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports has announced 2022 financial results which shows total throughput was 130,107,074...

Unye Port develops Russia-Georgia-Turkey sea connections

Samsun, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – The Black Sea Port of Unye, in Northeast Turkey, is developing a role in developing services with ports in...

Iskenderun port to restart commercial operations in April

Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – The Port of Iskenderun is expected to restart commercial operations after April 8. This was reported by...

Spain: Slight drop in short sea shipping in 2022

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – The weakness in foreign traffic means that the volumes of short sea shipping have fallen slightly in 2022,...

Spanish ports: Total cargo handled, February 2023

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – Spanish state-owned ports handled 42.49 million tons of cargo in February 2023, down -3.3% compared to the...

Spanish ports handled 42.49 mln cargo tons in Feb 2023, -3.3%

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – Spanish state-owned ports handled 42.49 million tons of cargo in February 2023, down -3.3% compared to the...

Delays at Mersin port affect regional exports

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 23, 2023 – Delays at Mersin port are affecting regional exports said Southeastern Anatolia Cereals, Pulses and...

HHLA reports container throughout down -7.9% in 2022

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) March 23, 2023 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has reported group-wide container throughput decreased by -7.9% to...

Port of Livorno signs agreement with port administration of Uruguay

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – The Port of Livorno has signed an agreement with Administracion Nacional De Puertos (ANP) of Uruguay. This...

French seaports see cargo traffic increase of over 5% in 2022

Paris, France (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – In the fourth quarter of 2022, cargo traffic handled by the main French ports fell by 2.4% compared to the...

Fedespedi report looks at port performance in 2022

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – Industry federation Fedespedi has published a report on foreign trade on 2022 with details about ports...

The cruise industry in Lisbon equal to 0.16% of national GDP in 2019

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – In 2019, the cruise industry in Lisbon accounted for 0.16% of the national GDP, contributing €336...

KazTransOil exports oil via Baku, Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – KazTransOil has shipped 6,900 tons of oil for export via Aktau for delivery to the port of Baku, the...

Port of Barcelona doubles car handling at year start

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona has doubled car handling in January and February 2023. In January and February new...

Port of València is leading Spanish port for auto traffic

València, Spain (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – In 2022, the Port of València handled a total of 599,657 units of new unregistered vehicles, 110,992...

Sanctions busting parallel imports in Russia expand greatly

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Desperately trying to help Russian industry and businesses to survive western sanctions, the country’s...

Russia claims increase in ports’ cargo handling in Jan-Feb’23 despite sanctions

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Russian seaports handled 140.3 million tonnes of cargo in January-February 2023, 2.6% more compared to the...

Port of Livorno closed 2022 with a +35.8% rise in trains

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) March 19, 2023 – The port of Livorno closed 2022 with an increase of 35.8% in the total number of terminalised trains...

Eurostat: Majority of EU freight transport in 2021 via sea

In 2021, maritime transport accounted for more than two-thirds (68%, 5 135 billion tonne-km; tkm) of the EU’s freight transport, the lowest share recorded...

Slovenia ports see reduced cargo in January 2023

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – In January 2023, 234 ships arrived in or departed from Slovenian ports, down nearly -5% fewer. Cargo...

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