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Ukraine’s inland Danube ports almost doubled cargo in 2023

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 24, 2024 – Ukraine’s inland Danube cluster ports almost doubled their cargo turnover in 2023 to 32 million...

Update: Significant decline in cargo in Russian ports in Q4’23

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 23, 2024 – Cargo handled by Russian ports increased by 5.1% compared to 2022 to the all-time record of 884.7...

Port of Marseille, cargo down, revenue up in 2023

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 22, 2024 – In 2023, the Port of Marseille handled 72 million tons of cargo, down -7%. All segments recorded...

Marseilles’ Eurofos has reached the milestone of 10 mln containers

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 22, 2024 – Last November, Eurofos crossed the threshold of 10 million containers handled since the start of its...

Update: Russian ports handled 883.8 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 19, 2024 – The cargo turnover of Russian seaports in 2023, despite Western sanctions, increased by 5% compared to 2023...

Malta’s cruise business – more ships, more passengers in 2023

Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) January 19, 2024 – In 2023, Malta welcomed a total of 814,603 cruise ship passengers on 309 cruise ship calls. This...

Russian ports handled 4.96 million TEUs in 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 19, 2024 – Container turnover of all Russian ports in 2023 reached 4.96 million TEUs, which is 15% higher than in...

Port of Sète handled 5.7 million tonnes of cargo in 2023

Sète, France (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – In 2023, the Port of Sète handled 5.7 million tonnes of cargo, a ninth consecutive record. Solid bulk...

Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – 2023

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has published its container (TEU) traffic figures for 2023. In 2023,...

Update: Russian ports handled 883.8 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – Cargo handled by Russian ports in 2023 increased by 5% compared to 2022 despite Western sanctions to the...

Russian ports handled 886 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) January 16, 2024 – Russian ports handled the record 886 million tonnes of cargo in 2023 despite Western sanctions, which is...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees 2023 container traffic slightly down

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – Trieste Marine Terminal SpA handled 742,708 containers (TEU) in 2023, down -1.74% on 755,932 TEU in the...

FESCO transported almost 25,000 TEU with India, China in 2023

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – In 2023, FESCO Transport Group transported 24.,00 containers (TEU) as part of the regular sea...

Delo Group terminals in Novorossiysk set transshipment record

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – NUTEP container terminal and the KSK grain terminal have both set a record for transshipment...

Port of Lisbon handled over 700,000 cruise passengers in 2023

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The Port of Lisbon handled 758,328 cruise passengers in 2023, up +54% in 2022. The previous record was...

València Containerised Freight Index increases in December

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The València Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) rose by +4.66 in December for the second time in...

Algeria bans cargo transshipped via ports in Morocco

Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The Algerian government has announced it has banned goods entering the country which have transshipped...

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