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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.

Portugal: Mainland ports – May 2024 – cargo statistics

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – AMT – Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes has published statistics for cargo traffic in...

Iran’s Caspian ports improve cargo results

Nowshahr, Iran (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – Iran’s Caspian Sea ports of Nowshahr (Now Shahr, Noshahr) and Fereydoonkenar (Fereydun Kenar), in the...

Portugal: Mainland seaports cargo report – May 2024

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – The mainland’s commercial port system handled 37.7 million tonnes of cargo in January-May 2024....

Valenciaport increases Ukrainian grain handling

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Imports of Ukrainian grain has increased 123% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last...

ECS webinar: Resilience in the supply chain

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) has organised on Friday, September 13, at 11:00 CET a 75...

China and Russia create “Ice Silk Road” in the Arctic

Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) – On August 5, 2024, China and Russia launched a rail-sea service, Arctic Express No 1, which will transport...

Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) fell by -3.01% in July

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for the month of July has decreased – August 2, 2024 This price index, which is based on the export...

First batch of Leapmotor electric vehicles on their way to Europe

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – The first batch of Leapmotor International electric vehicles, the C10 SUVs and T03 cars, set sail this week...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees improved Q2 2024 TEU traffic

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) handled 68,404 containers (TEU) in June 2024. This compares with 60,133...

Malta Freeport handles temporary power station

BirżebbuÄ¡a, Malta (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – Malta Freeport receives a temporary power station to support the island’s energy supply. Various...

Port of Taranto sees cargo plummet in H1 2024

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – The Port of Taranto’s dramatic fall in Q1 24 cargo traffic has continued into the second quarter of...

Chinese ports container volume rises 8.5 % in H1 2024

Chinese ports container volume rises 8.5 % in the first half of a year 2024, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index increase slightly in July 2024 –...

Kazakhstan exports 700,000 tonnes of oil via Aktau in H1’24

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz (KMG) shipped 700,000 tonnes of oil through the...

Russia’s container market in H1’24 was 3.3 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 9.8% in January-June 2024, compared to the first six months of 2023 to 3.3...

Ukraine’s Kernel increases grain processing in H1 2024

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 26, 2024 – Kernel, the country’s largest producer and exporter of grains, has published its financial reports for...

Russia’s FESCO imports more cars from China

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, FESCO transported over 22,000 TEUs from China to Russia. The cargo included more...

Port of Sines sees total cargo up 14% in H1 2024

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 24, 2024 – The Port of Sines ended the first half of 2024 with a year-on-year growth of 14% in the total global...

HAROPA sees total cargo up over 8% in H1 2024

Paris, France (Ports Europe) July 24, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, HAROPA PORT’s total maritime cargo traffic was 41.95 million tonnes (Mt),...

Valenciaport sees total cargo up 6.95% in H1 2024

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port Authority of Valencia handled 40.86 million tonnes (Mt) of cargo. This...

Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – H1 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-June 2024. Spain’s ports...

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