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

Greece: Cargo and passenger numbers for Q3 2020

Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces data on traffic of passengers, goods and mobile units in the Greek ports for Q3 2020 – March 17, 2021...

Caspian Sea ports handled 1% of cargo of all Russia’s ports, but that might change soon

Makhachkala (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – The cargo turnover of the Russian Caspian Sea ports of Makhachkala, Astrakhan and Olya in January 2021...

Germany: Maritime transport in 2020: volume of goods loaded and unloaded down 6.4% on 2019

In 2020, the handling of goods in German seaports fell by 6.4% compared to the previous year. A total of 275.7 million tons of goods were handled. As...

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale reports total cargo traffic down -5.2% in January

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – In January 2021, the ports of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...

AdSP del Mare Di Sardegna reports 2019 financials

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – The financial year 2019, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP –...

Port of Brindisi see positive cargo traffic trend in February

Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – Commercial traffic in the port of Brindisi is growing, especially in the number of trucks and...

Porto Torres in Sardinia hit hard by Covid pandemic in 2020

Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – The reduction of the routes to and from Sardinia due to the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis...

Port of Barcelona container traffic up 18% in Jan-Feb 2021

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2021 – During the months of January and February, the Port of Barcelona saw container traffic up 18% compared...

Port of Ferrol-San Cibrao sees cargo traffic exceed business plan for 2020

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2021 – The Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority ended 2020 with a substantially better result than expected in its...

Ports of Genoa see cargo traffic down -6.3% in January 2021

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 9, 2021 – Commercial traffic in the ports of Genoa in January 2021 was 5,029,731 tonnes down -6.3% compared to the same...

Port of Ravenna sees January 2021 cargo traffic up 4.1%

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2021 – Total cargo handled by Port of Ravenna in January 2021 was 1.91 million tons, up 4.1% (75,439 tons)...

Baku International Sea Trade Port sees cargo turnover up 20% in 2020

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 2, 2021 – Director General of Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC Taleh Ziyadov has held an online meeting with...

AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale sees ports recovery

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 2, 2021 – AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority has reported a positive start to the year for traffic at its...

Ningbo Containerized Freight Index keep rising in February

In January of 2021, the container throughput of Chinese ports have a increase of 13% compared with the same month last year, and the Ningbo Containerized...

Sharp decrease of oil cargo in Russian ports in Azov and Black Seas in January

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28 – Cargo turnover in Russia’s ports in the Azov Sea-Black Sea basin in January decreased by 15.2%...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – January 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in January 2021 of...

Port of Barcelona turnover down 20% in 2020 and traffic down 11.9%

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has reported turnover of €139 million in 2020, 20% less than in 2019, when it...

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