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Russian seaport freight traffic down over 4% in Jan-Apr 2021

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – In the first four months of this year, cargo turnover of Russian seaports was 268.81 million tons, down 4.2%...

Port of València moves 479,171 containers in April and sets new records

València, May 16, 2021 Data on goods movements and container traffic from Valenciaport for April show that the port facilities managed by the Port Authority...

Croatian seaports report increased cargo & passenger traffic in Q1 2021

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, both total cargo and passengers handled by Croatian seaports increased...

Port of Koper sees cargo traffic down nearly 6% in Jan-Mar 2021

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2021 – In the first quarter 2021, total cargo handled by the port was 4.88 million tons, compared to 5.18 million...

Port of Bandırma reports increased Jan-Apr cargo figures

Bandırma, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 13, 2021 – In January-April 2021, Çelebi Bandırma Port handled a total of 1,683,774 tons of cargo. The port...

Port of Constanta reports total cargo traffic down -9.3%

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 13, 2021 – The Black Sea port of Constanta has reported total cargo traffic of 60.37 million tons, down -9.35% on...

Iranian ports increase cargo handling

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 11, 2021 – From the beginning of this year (Iranian year) to May 10, the volume of unloading and loading cargo operations...

PortCastelló receives approval from the Government for the internal rail connection worth €18.6 million

The government of Spain has authorized the contracting of the works necessary to provide the port of Castellón with the internal rail network worth 18.6...

Port of Venice sees Q1 cargo traffic down -4.9%

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, for the tenth consecutive quarterly period, the traffic of goods handled by the...

Port of Civitavecchia reports first quarter growth

Civitavecchia, 4 May 2021 – After a long negative period, finally the traffic of the network and, in particular, of the port of Civitavecchia, are...

Port of Tarragona is included in the Top30 ranking of the ports of the European Union

Tarragona Port is included in the ranking of the 30 ports of the European Union with the most movement of goods. Tarragona occupies the 29th position, it is...

Swiss Rhine ports: Handling statistics 1st quarter 2021 – Cargo handling at previous year’s level

At a good 1.25 million t, the cargo throughput in the Swiss Rhine ports in the first quarter of 2021 is roughly at the level of the corresponding period of the...

Taganrog Commercial Sea Port reports cargo traffic down 8% in March

In the first quarter of 2021, the cargo turnover of Taganrog Commercial Sea Port JSC (TagMTP) was to 304,000 tons, down 8% less than in the same period last...

Positive first quarter for the ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 28, 2021 – The port of La Spezia handled a total of 328,268 TEUs, up 6.1% compared to the same period last...

Port of Algeciras sees container traffic down over 13% in first quarter of 2021

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2021 – In the first three months of 2021, the Port of Algeciras handled 694,973 containers, down 13.98% on the...

Valenciaport, a strategic port for the agri-food industry that increases its exports by 40% in the first quarter of the year

The Port of València handled more than two million tons of agri-food products during the first three months of the year. Exports registered an increase of...

Spanish port traffic grew by 4.6% in March

The 46 state-managed ports of general interest handled 46,378,257 tons during March, growth of 4.6% compared to the 44,333,047 tons moved in the same month of...

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