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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.

Russia’s Caspian Sea ports’ cargo statistics for 2022 is confusing

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2023 – Cargo turnover of the Russian Caspian Sea-Volga river ports of Astrakhan and Olya for 2022 was 3...

Transit through Kazakhstan in 2022 increased – containers by 6%, cargo by 12.6%

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 22, 2023 – Transit container traffic through Kazakhstan in 2022 increased by 6%, the Minister of Industry and...

Port of Constanta reports higher cargo traffic in 2022, a record year

ConstanÈ›a, Romania (Ports Europe) January 20, 2023 – The Port of Constanta reports higher cargo traffic in 2022, the highest numbers on record. In 2022,...

Sines Liquid Natural Gas Terminal records new annual activity records

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 19, 2023 – In 2022, the Sines Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal reached new all-time annual activity records, both...

Italy’s Southern Adriatic ports report record cargo traffic in 2022

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 19, 2023 – Italy’s ports of the Southern Adriatic have reported record cargo traffic in 2022. They are the ports...

State-owned Moroccan ports see cargo traffic down -4.2% in 2022

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 19, 2023 – Ports managed by state-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) handled over 87.2 million tons (MT)...

Turkey’s Mersin Free Zone increases trade volume in 2022 by +19%

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 19, 2023 – Mersin Free Zone achieved annual trade volume of $4.01 million in 2022. The figure is +18% higher...

Russian Railways delivers paper products overland to Chennai, India

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – Russian Railways has delivered paper products overland to Chennai, India, using the International...

Port of Algeciras sees 2022 total cargo up +8.23%

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – The Port of Algeciras saw 2022 total cargo up +8.23% compared to the previous 12 months. The port is...

Kazakhstan wants more of its oil to bypass Russia

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) January 18, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s state owned oil company KazMunayGas (KMG) and Abu Dhabi Ports Group (AD Ports, UAE) will...

Port of Sines LNG terminal breaks records in 2022

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – The Sines Liquefied Natural Gas – Terminal de Gás Natural Liquefeito (GNL) de Sines Terminal,...

Civitavecchia port surpasses cruise passenger target in 2022

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – Civitavecchia port handled more cruise passengers in 2022 than forecast. “We close 2022 with...

Global Ports Investments PLC today announces operational results for Q4 2022 and FY 2022

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – In 2022, Global Ports Investments reported both the Russian container market in the Baltic...

Turkey’s Borusan Port details 2022 performance

Gemlik, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – Turkey’s Borusan Port has published details of its 2022 performance. The port closed the year 2022...

Tanger Med Port Authority reports an improved performance in 2022

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 16, 2023 – The Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has produced a summary of the port’s performance in 2022...

Kazakh port of Aktau handles 3.8 million tonnes of cargo in 2022

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 16, 2023 – Turnover of Kazakhstan’s Aktau Port in the Caspian Sea in 2022 increased by 9%, compared to 2021 to...

PSA International sees slight fall in container traffic in 2022

Singapore (Ports Europe) January 16, 2023 – PSA International Pte Ltd handled 90.9 million containers (TEU) in 2022. This is a slight fall of -0.7%...

Spezia & Carrara Cruise Terminal reports increased passenger numbers in 2022

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2023 – The ports of La Spezia, Marina di Carrara and Lerici handled 551,615 passengers and 199 ship calls in...

Record number of cruise ships visit Gibraltar in 2022

Gibraltar (Ports Europe) January 16, 2023 – Gibraltar has seen 20 inaugural cruise calls in 2022, a record number beating the previous best of 19 ships in...

UPDATE: Russia claims its ports handled 841.5 million tonnes of cargo in 2022

Ports Europe previous article (January 6, 2022): Russia claims its ports handled 840 million tonnes of cargo in 2022 Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 14,...

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