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Cargo activity of Moroccan ports for the first half of 2023

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 6, 2023 – The overall volume of commercial traffic handled by Moroccan ports, in the first half of 2023,...

Sanctions slash the value of Russia’s exports by 33%

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – The value of Russian export decreased by 33% in Q2’23 compared to the same period last year and by 12%...

Spanish ports – cargo handled Jan-Jun 2023 – ranking

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – Total traffic of the ports that make up the state-owned system n the first half of 2023 reached 274 million...

HAROPA: Review of 1st half-year to 2023: recovery underway

In a general context of decline of french and european ports, HAROPA PORT recorded a drop in maritime traffic in the first half-year but maintained its market...

Spanish ports handled 274 million cargo tonnes in the first half of 2023

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – Total traffic of the ports that make up the state-owned system n the first half of 2023 reached 274 million...

Port of Lisbon grows 6.8% in the first four months of 2023

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – In the first four months of 2023, the Port of Lisbon handled 3.6 million tons of cargo, an increase of...

Portuguese ports report increased cargo traffic of +13.8% in April

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – In April 2023, Portugal’s mainland commercial port system handled 7.8 million tonnes of cargo, an...

Port of Taranto sees decline in first half cargo, June shows promise

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – In the first six months of 2023, the Port of Taranto handled 7.07 million tons (mt), down -8.2% on 7.7 mt...

Belarus says Russian ports now used for transshipment

Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) July 25, 2023 – A total of 19 Russian ports have been handling cargo from Belarus for transshipment to ultimate...

Port of Antwerp sees first-half cargo traffic down -5.5%

Antwerp, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – Total cargo throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges was 139 million tonnes in the first six months of this...

North Sea Port sees cargo transhipment in the first half of 2023, down -11%

Ghent, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – North Sea Port recorded 33.4 million tons sea cargo transhipment in the first half of 2023, down -11% (-4.2...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees first-half traffic down -3.2%

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) handled 365,919 TEUs in the first six months of 2023, down -3.2% on the same...

Delo Group joins Russian-Turkish Dialogue Association

Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – Russia’s Delo Group has signed an agreement to join the Russian-Turkish Dialogue Association. Delo...

Bilbao port handled 16.6 million tonnes of cargo in H1’23

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 23 – Cargo traffic in the Spanish port of Bilbao in the first six months of the year increased by 3% compared with the same...

Slovenia seaports increase cargo and passenger traffic in 2022

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – All Slovenia seaports increased cargo and passenger traffic in 2022. In 2022, 18% more ships arrived in or...

Port of Rotterdam sees first half cargo down -5.5%

Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) July 20, 2023 – In the first six months of 2023, total cargo handled by the Port of Rotterdam was 220.7 million...

Belarus shipped four times more cargo via Russian ports in H1 23

Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – Unable to use the Baltic states, Poland and Ukraine ports, Belarusian exporters transshipped 6 million...

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