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Puertos del Estado reports May 2020 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports May 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Traffic in Vigo port from January to May

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – Traffic in containerized goods increased by 5.63% from January to May 2020, compared to the same period in...

Cargo traffic in Carboneras port experiences a 64.1% drop

Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) July 2, 2020 – Between January and May 2020, the Port of Carboneras, managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA...

Amirabad Port has 52% of traffic among the northern ports of Iran

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – In the first quarter of 2020, 844,869 tons of goods handled in Amirabad port, a 52% share of the total volume...

Porto de Aveiro issues maintenance dredging contract for €1.7 million

Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – Porto de Aveiro (APA S.A.) has issueed a €1.76 contract for dredging of the port. The project is...

Figueira da Foz Port grows 17.3% in Jan-May 2020

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – In the period January-May 2020, the port of Figueira da Foz handled total cargo of 875,741 tons,...

Ports of Genoa publish much reduced May traffic figures

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) June 30, 2020 – Despite the start of reopening the economy, May 2020 traffic figures are as low as figures for April....

Valenciaport traffic reflects the slowdown in the economy during the months of confinement due to the Covid-19 crisis

Valenciaport managed close to 400,000 containers in May, 19.68% less than in the same month of 2019. In the accumulated index for the year, activity decreased...

Algeciras port sees total traffic down 4.82% in Jan-May 2020

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) June 23, 2020 – In the period January-May 2020, total throughput at Algeciras port was 44.423 million tons, compared to...

Ukrainian ports increase Jan-May 2020 cargo by 11%

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 18, 2020 – In the first five months of 2020, port operators in the seaports of Ukraine handled 68.1 million...

Freight traffic falls 17.2% in Barcelona port in first five months of the year

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 18, 2020 – Freight traffic in the Port of Barcelona totalled 23.75 million tons in the first five months of the...

Traffic in Vilagarcía port grows by 17% in April, compared to 2019

Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – Digitization, support, coordination and adaptability are the axes on which the Vilagarcía Port...

Greek traffic in passengers & cargo increase in Q4 2019

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 17, 2020 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has released data on traffic of passengers, goods and mobile...

Outer port of A Coruña port reaches 10 million tons of goods loaded/unloaded

A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) June 15, 2020 – The outer port of A Coruña, reached the historical barrier of 10 million tons of goods loaded and...

Cádiz port sees Jan-May traffic growth

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) June 14, 2020 – Total cargo traffic at Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) in...

Turkish ports: Total cargo handling down over 3.87% in May 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – Total cargo handling at Turkish ports in May 2020 totalled 37.81 million tons, down 1.52 million tons on...

NCSP Group’s consolidated cargo turnover for Jan–Apr 2020 totalled 45.9 mln tons

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – NCSP Group has reported that cargo turnover of NCSP Group for January–April 2020 grew by 1.7%...

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