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Taganrog Sea Commercial Port sees cargo traffic down 11% in first half 2019

In the first half of 2019, Taganrog Sea Commercial Port JSC (TagSCP, a company of UCL Holding) handled 554,000 tonnes of cargo, down 11%, year-on-year. The...

Tuapse Sea Commercial Port sees 3% rise in cargo handled in first half 2019

Over the six months of 2019, Tuapse Sea Commercial Port (TSCP Group, part of UCL Holding) handled 7 million tonnes of cargo, up 3%, year-on-year. Growth was...

In the first half of 2019 traffic of goods handled by Albanian ports increased 13.9%

Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) August 1, 2019 – The volume of freight loading/unloading in Albanian ports, in the June 2019 was 413,000 tonnes,...

Algiers port sees reduced traffic in Q2 2019

Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 28, 2019 – In the second quarter of 2019, Algiers port registered a decline in total freight, mainly due to a...

Stevedoring division of UCL Holding handled 19 million tonnes of cargo in 6M’2019

News – Stevedoring division of UCL Holding handled 19 million tonnes of cargo in 6M’2019 – July 27, 2019 In the first half of 2019, companies of...

Bilbao port sees slight cargo fall in first half 2019

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 26, 2019 – Between January and June, the Port of Bilbao handled 17.6 million tons, a decrease of 1% compared to the same...

Container traffic at Barcelona port grows 5% during the first half

Container traffic of the Port of Barcelona grows 5% during the first half – July 25, 2019 The Port of Barcelona has closed the first half of 2019 with...

Valenciaport closes first half with growth of 8.72% in container traffic

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 24, 2019 – Valenciaport has reported first half growth of 8.72% in container traffic and a total movement of 2,739,198...

Koper port sees increased sales in first half of 2019, with total cargo down

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 23, 2019 – In the first half of 2019, Koper port reported total maritime traffic of 11.9 million tons of total...

Medlink sees growth in inland transport of dangerous goods

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – Medlink Safe has recorded growth of +67% in 2018 and today, with the arrival of XPO Logistics and LPO...

Genoa port records monthly cargo record in June 2019

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – In the month of June, Genoa port recorded 241,466 TEU handled, the highest number ever recorded in a single...

Ranking – Top cargo ports in the Europe 2016-2017

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 18, 2019 – The European Statistical Agency, Eurostat, has published statistics for the top cargo ports in Europe for...

Ranking – Portugal’s Sines port among largest in the European Union

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 17, 2019 – The Port of Sines is the 20th largest of the European Union (EU) in gross weight of goods handled. The...

Luka Koper reports throughput traffic figures for first half 2019

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 11, 2019 – In the first half of 2019, the Slovene port of Koper has reported total maritime traffic of 11.9 million...

Gijón port cargo traffic rose by 0.2% on the year in first half of 2019

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Gijón port’s cargo traffic rose by 0.2% on the year in the first half of 2019, reaching 9.3...

Container traffic at Valenciaport sees 10% growth in the five first months of 2019

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Valenciaport container traffic increased 10% in the first five months of 2019, reaching 2,298,602 TEU. Full...

Portuguese ports cargo traffic declines as crude oil imports fall

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Portugal imported about one million tonnes of crude oil from January to April, 914,900 tonnes less, which...

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