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Kongsburg Maritime to supply thrusters for tugs bound for Tunisia

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine has awarded a contract to Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime to supply...

Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) grows 3.14% in April

València, May 6, 2024.- The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for the month of April grows slightly in a scenario in which the...

Port of Barcelona reports +8.1% in cargo traffic, Q1 2024

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, total cargo traffic at the Port of Barcelona reached 16.8 million tonnes,...

Export freight rates from the Port of Valencia grow by 2.13% in March

News Release – Valenciaport – April 12, 2024 Export freight rates from the Port of Valencia stabilized in March and experienced a slight increase...

Cargo traffic at Port of Barcelona up +5.7% in Jan-Feb 2023

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2024 – Cargo traffic at the Port of Barcelona increased by +5.7% in the first two months of the year compared...

Tunisia inaugurates the Ifriqiya submarine cable

Bizerte, Tunisia (Ports Europe) March 12, 2024 – Tunisia has inaugurated the Ifriqiya submarine cable in the Ain Meriem area of Bizerte port. It is a...

VCFI index falls 1.51% in February

Autoridad Portuaria de València (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) – The Index stands at 1,752.72 points and accumulates growth of...

New container line from Sfax to Morocco, Spain and Libya

Sfax, Tunisia (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – A regular container line from Tunisia’s Mediterranean port of Sfax to Morocco, Spain and Libya has been...

Tunisian ports handled 29.37 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – Tunisian ports handled 29.37 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, an increase of +2.3% compared to the 28.7 million...

Tunisian Ministry of Transport plans seaport strategy for 2024

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Last month, the Minister of Transport, Rabie Majidi, held discussions with the General Directorate of...

China Railway Rolling Corporation sends delegation to Tunisia

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Last month, the Minister of Transport, Rabie Majidi, received a delegation from China Railway Rolling...

Tunisia’s Bizerte back to normal operation after July 23 bridge fire

Bizerte, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Tunisia’s Mediterranean port of Bizerte-Menzel Bourguiba has been gradually recovering since the...

Construction of ore quay to start in Annaba, Algeria

Annaba, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Construction of an ore quay with a length of 1,600 meters and a depth of 16 meters will start by the end...

No funding for delayed Enfidha deepwater port in Tunisia

Enfidha, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – The project for Tunisia’s Mediterranean deepwater port of Enfidha, delayed by some 20 years, seems...

Algeria’s Mostaganem port handled 1.2 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Mostaganem, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Algeria’s port of Mostaganem handled 1.323 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, which is +11% growth...

VCFI index marks an increase of 43.53% in January

València, February 6, 2024 – Export freight rates from the Port of València grow for the third consecutive month and in January they register an...

Algeria suffers from Moroccan port ban

Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Last month, Algeria announced it had banned goods entering the country which were transshipped via a...

inwi, Medusa Submarine Cable System to strengthen trans-Mediterranean connectivity

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – Global telecom operator inwi and Medusa Submarine Cable System have signed an agreement to reinforce...

Port of Marseille remains on course, record investments in 2023

Grand port maritime de Marseille – In A Global Context Of Decline, The Port Of Marseille Fos Remains On Course And Is Making Record Investments –...

Update: Libya denies oil export via new port in Egypt

Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – Mohammed Oun, oil and gas minister in the officially recognised, Tripoli-based Libyan government, said...

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