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Port traffic grows in the Bay of Cádiz by 4% in the first quarter of 2021

General total port traffic of goods in the Bay of Cádiz grew by 4 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year, with...

Port of Taranto sees Q1 traffic up over 9%

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, the port of Taranto handled 4.6 million tons of goods, an increase of +9.1%...

Port of Antwerp reports solid Q1 2021 cargo throughput

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, the Port of Antwerp reported total freight traffic of 59.1 million tonnes,...

Port of Vilagarcía reports 21.7% growth in first quarter

Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2021 – The port of Vilagarcía has just closed the best first quarter of the year in its history, adding a...

Freight traffic has increased by 14.7% in the Port of Malaga during the first quarter of 2021

The significant increase in freight activity that marked the start of the new year in the Port of Malaga maintains this trend during the first quarter of 2021....

Moroccan ports see traffic down 2.3% in Q1 2021

The traffic transiting through the ports managed by the ANP has reached at the end of March 2021 a global volume of 22.9 million tonnes, marking a year-on-year...

Port of Barcelona container traffic grows by 25% in the first quarter

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2021 – In the first three months of 2021, container traffic at the Port of Barcelona was 907,010 TEUs, up 25%...

Valenciaport: Goods and container traffic grew in March by 12.96% and 9.22% respectively

Valenciaport is the driving force behind economic activity, facilitating the export activity of companies. Cargo TEUs grew by 24.38% in March (accumulating 8...

Turkish ports see 0.8% rise in cargo traffic in March

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 14, 2021 – In March 2021, the amount of containers handled at ports in March increased by 8.7 percent compared to...

In March this year, the seaport of Chernomorsk processed 2.15 million tons of cargo

In March 2021 the total cargo turnover of Chernomorsk port was 2.15 million tons, which is 5.6% more than in the same period last year, reported Ukrainian...

Positive results of freight traffic on the Dnieper in the first quarter of 2021

The first quarter of 2021 showed positive statistics of freight traffic on the Dnieper; a positive trend is observed for all major categories of goods –...

Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in Q1 2021 decreased by 4.5% to 198.11 million tons

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2021 – The Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot) has reported that cargo turnover...

Port of Ferrol cargo traffic slightly down in Q1 2021

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2021 – Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao (APF – Port Authority of Ferrol) has closed the first...

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Line sees increased cargo traffic in 2021

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 12, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Line transported 154,000 tons (2,468...

104% growth in rail transit in Amirabad port

Amirabad, Iran (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – Director General of Amirabad Ports and Maritime Affairs, Mohammad Ali Asl Saeedipoor, said that in the last...

Port of Brindisi see rise in cargo in March

Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – Cargo statistics relating to March 2021 show growth in the port of Brindisi in commercial traffic, despite...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – February 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in February 2021 of 40.43...

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