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Port of Hamburg see total cargo up 3.9% in H1 2024

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Hamburg handled 55.9 million tonnes, down 3.9% on the same...

Cavotec installs MoorMaster system in APM Terminals MedPort Tangier

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – Cavotec has announced the commissioning of a MoorMaster automated vacuum mooring system at APM...

Methanol Institute granted consultative status at IMO

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – The Methanol Institute (MI) has been granted consultative status by the International Maritime...

Landlocked Kyrgyzstan wants to invest in Iran’s Shahid Rajaei port

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – The landlocked Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan is looking for ways to invest in infrastructure...

PSA acquires 85% stake in Poland’s intermodal operator Loconi

Gdynia, Poland (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – PSA Baltics, a subsidiary of PSA International, a leading global port operator, signed an agreement to...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – cargo handled in Jan-Jul 2024 by port

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for January-July...

Riga Port Group partners with China Road and Bridge Corporation

Riga, Latvia (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – Riga Port Group JSC (RPG) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with China Road and Bridge Corporation...

Georgia’s ports handled 4.23 mln tonnes of cargo in Q2 2024

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea ports handled 4.23 million tonnes of cargo in the second quarter of the year, which...

Three bulk carriers deliver grain to Port of Marin, Spain

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – Three bulk carriers loaded with grain are currently in the port to unload more than 75,000 tonnes of...

Iran’s ports handled 76.3 mln tonnes of cargo in Mar-Jul 2024

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – The total cargo turnover of Iran’s ports in the four months of the current Iranian calendar year...

Port of Santander starts importing Chinese BYD electric cars

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – The Port of Santander has started importing Chinese BYD electric cars. The ship “Explorer...

Maersk to return toxic waste headed for Thailand back to Albania

News Release – Environmental justice groups applaud decision and call on shipping line to return similar wastes they abandoned in China – August...

DP World reports improved Q2 2024 TEU volumes

Dubai, UAE (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – In the second quarter of 2024, DP World handled 21.8 million TEU globally in Q2 2024. Gross container volumes...

Livorno ports see cargo up in H1 2024

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale...

600 kg of cocaine in avocado shipment seized in Rotterdam port

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – 614 kg of cocaine was seized in the Netherlands’ port of Rotterdam on August 14, the Public...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – TEU handled in Jan-Jul 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for January-July 2024....

Turkey: Seaports TEU traffic – July 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for July 2024. Below is...

Vessel traffic systems in Kazakh Caspian ports in 2025

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – Commissioning of the vessel traffic services system (VTS) in Kazakhstan’s main Caspian Sea port of...

Container transit from China via Middle Corridor increased 14 times

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – Container transit from China via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...

Turkey: Seaports cargo traffic – July 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for July 2024....

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