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Bilbao port cargo traffic declines by 1.39% Y/Y in 2016

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Bilbao port handled a total of 31.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, a figure very similar to the one...

Cartagena port cruise traffic rises 24.5% Y/Y in 2016

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Cartagena port has been seeing a spectacular rise in the number of companies choosing it as a home...

Vigo port cargo traffic declines by 4.02% Y/Y in 2016

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – The total traffic of Vigo port in 2016 amounted to 4.12 million tonnes, a decrease of 4.02% on the year....

Koper port throughput 2016

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2017 – Maritime throughput and revenues in January – December 2016 period On the basis of the Rules of...

An increase of 6% recorded the vehicle throughput at the Piraeus Car Terminal

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – According to the final data, in 2016 the vehicle throughput amounted to 361,912, in comparison with...

Port of Bilbao sees slight reduction in 2016 cargo traffic

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – In 2016, the Port of Bilbao handled 31.9 million tonnes of traffic, 1.39% down on the previous year,...

Motril-Tangier Med line services 76,000 passengers

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – More than 76,000 tonnes of goods and 3,852 trucks were handled at the maritime line linking the port of...

Barcelona port operates first call of HDASCO ship as part of Mediterranean service

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Iranian shipping company Hafez Darya Arya (HDAS Co), belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran...

Bilbao port cargo traffic declines by 1.39% Y/Y in 2016

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Bilbao port handled 31.9 million tonnes of goods in 2016, a decline of 1.39% on the year, the port...

Trieste port cargo traffic rises 4% Y/Y in 2016

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Trieste is a port that is growing by some 4% annually. This is what emerges from the annual statistical...

Sines port cargo traffic rises 16.4% Y/Y in 2016

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. All terminals of the...

Santander port books record-high traffic of new cars in 2016

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Santander port closed 2016 with a new absolute record in the movement of new vehicles, with a total of...

Valencia port recovers position on Chinese market

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) registered a difficult year with a slight...

Algerian government prepares plan to reduce costs of imports, exports

Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Algerian Minister of Public Works and Transport, Boudjemaa Talai, said in Algiers that a national...

Cadiz port delegation visits Canary Islands to promote shipping line

Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – A delegation from the port community of Cadiz headed by the president of the port authority, Jose Luis...

Marseille port cargo traffic remains stable in 2016

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Marseille port generated a cargo traffic of 80.9 million tonnes in 2016, almost unchanged on the...

Motril port cargo traffic rises 10% Y/Y in 2016

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – With a total cargo traffic of 2.1 million tonnes and a growth of 10% on the year in 2016, Motril port...

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