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All aspects of cargo handling by ports. Includes imports, exports, storage and traffic numbers.

Valenciaport shows signs of cargo traffic recovery

València, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – The trend of contraction in Valenciaport’s freight traffic is moderating and the July figures...

Azerbaijan’s ports handled 7.45 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Jul’23

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea ports increased the transshipment of goods in the first seven months of the year...

Turkey: Monthly seaports cargo report – July 2023

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – The Turkish authorities have published cargo figures for July 2023. Turkey: Seaports cargo report –...

Albania seaports: Cargo & passengers traffic report – Q2 2023

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – In the second quarter of 2023, the seaports of Albania handled 1.713 million tons (mt) of freight. This...

HHLA sees container traffic down -14.6% in first half

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – Container throughput at HHLA’s container terminals decreased year-on-year by 14.6% to 2.87 million...

Port of La Spezia cargo traffic down -4.2% in first half of 2023

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2023 – In the first six months of the year, 6,445,618 tons of goods passed through the La Spezia terminals,...

Port of Venice reports total cargo down nearly 5% in first half

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – The Port of Venice has reported total cargo handled of 12.34 million tons in the first half of 2023, down...

Update: Russian seaports cargo by category and port in Jan-Jul’23

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 15, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-June 2023 period increased by 9.3% compared to the first...

Valenciaport increases use of rail transport

València, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) 2,180 trains, an average of 87 per...

Russian ports handled 526.8 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Jul’23

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 13, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-July 2023 increased by 9.3% compared to the same period last...

Montenegro – cargo report – Q2 2023

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) August 11, 2023 – In the second quarter of 2023, the seaports of Montenegro handled 470,004 tonnes of cargo, down -27.9%...

Swiss Ports sees inland water traffic up +19.1% in first half of 2023

Basel, Switzerland (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the inland Swiss ports of Kleinhüningen, Birsfelden and Auhafen Muttenz...

Lisbon port sees traffic up over 6% in first half of 2023

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – In the first six months of 2023, around 5.5 million tons were handled in the Port of Lisbon, up +6.3%...

Croatia’s Luka Rijeka sees cargo traffic down in Jan-Jun 2023

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the Luka Rijeka Group handled 3.06 million tons of goods, down -9% (3.3...

Baku port keeps expanding, new fertiliser terminal by year-end

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – The master plan for the second phase of expansion of Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku, prepared...

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,...

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...

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