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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.

Italy: Veneto, exports up 20% in the first quarter

News release – Confartigianato – July 1, 2022 Exports in the first quarter of 2022 in Veneto grew by 20%, for a total value of 18.6 billion euros,...

Port of Venice sees a 10.5% rise in cargo in the first half of 2022

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) August 4, 2022 – The port of Venice recorded a 10.5% increase in the tons handled in the first half of 2022. There was...

Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU throughput – Jan-Jun 2022

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) August 4, 2022 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) S.A. has published container (TEU) throughput for Jan-Jun...

Swiss Rhine ports shows 17% growth in container traffic in first half

The handling figures in the Swiss Rhine ports in the first half of 2022 show significant growth in container traffic of around 17%, but also a significant drop...

Port of Ancona forecasts increasing passenger traffic

Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – The Port of Ancona forecasts increasing passenger traffic for the season following growth so far this year....

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) sees 1H 2022 traffic slightly down

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) sees 1H 2022 traffic slightly down – 19 million tons of...

Port of Novorossiysk to Turkey – the new cargo route

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – Turkey is the big winner from the western sanctions against Russia, especially in the transport...

Spanish ports increases LNG imports

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – Spanish ports are increases liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, according to TSO Enagas. In August, the...

Bosphorus Strait traffic sees decrease in first half 2022

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 2, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published cargo traffic statistics for the Bosphorus...

Spanish port traffic exceeds pre-pandemic levels

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – Total port traffic between the months of January and June reached 284.69 million tons, an increase of +7.3%...

Caspian Sea – From logistics periphery to sanctions busting

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – Since the decline of the trade caravans in the era of the Arab conquests, the Caspian Sea region became...

Ukrainian ports are ready to start grain exports – government

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 30, 2022 – Ukrainian ports are ready to start grain exports, stated the Ministry of Infrastructure. Yesterday, a...

Russia seeks increase of cargo handling capacity at sea ports, sanctions start to bite

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Cargo handling capacity of Russian seaports in 2022 will increase by 65.2 million tonnes (5.2%) compared...

Extremely low Danube water levels hampers Ukrainian grain exports

Russe, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 30, 2022 – Extremely low water levels in the Danube river is hampering plans for it to replace Black Sea ports for...

Port of Monfalcone increases steel imports

Monfalcone, Italy (PortSEurope) July 29, 2022 – The Port of Monfalcone increases steel imports in the last seven months, mainly from the Far East. In the...

Port of Constanta has handled over 1.3 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain

ConstanÈ›a, Romania (PortSEurope) July 29, 2022 – Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Romanian port of Constanta has handled over...

Yilport holding breaks all-time container handling record in first half of 2022

Yilport Holding had another successful half-year benefitting from recent investments. The company moves towards the target of being one of the top global...

Ranking: Top 5 Spanish ports – January-June 2022 by total containers handled

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2022 – In the first six months of 2022, by total cargo handled, the top 5 Spanish ports were: Valencia (2.64 million...

Ports of Spain handled 48.07 million tons of cargo, up +7.06%

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2022 – In June 2022, the state-owned ports of Spain handled 48.07 million tons (mt) of cargo, up +7.06% on the same...

Ranking: Top three Russian grain shipment ports 2021-2022

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 26, 2022 – The Port of Novorossiysk Sea was Russia’s leading grain exporter in 2021/22. It handled 14.7 million...

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