Turkish ports: Total cargo handling Jan-May 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 15, 2020 - Total cargo handling at Turkish ports in June 2020 totalled 38.28 million tons, down 442,000 tons compared to…
Yilport’s San Cataldo Container Terminal, Taranto port, set to welcome first ship
On July 12, Yilport's revived San Cataldo Container Terminal in Taranto, Italy, will the receive the maiden call of the CMA CGM TURMED service vessel…
Ukrainian minister welcomes container train from China
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 6, 2020 - Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Vladyslav Krykliy, has joined a ceremonial event on the occasion of the meeting…
VCFI experienced a slight rebound in June with growth of 1.62%
The Covid-19 crisis continues to condition commercial activity, which is reflected in an 8.4% increase in freight with the Far East and a 1.56% decrease…
Turkey: Izmir and Haydarpaşa ports container traffic Jan-May 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 29, 2020 - TCDD (state-owned Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları/Turkish State Railways) has reported the January-May 2020 figures for container throughput at…
New European assets add to container traffic for CMPort of China
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) June 25, 2020 - Deng Renjie, Executive Vice President of China Merchants Group Limited and the Chairman of the Board of…
Livorno’s Darsena Europa to be ready in 2024
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2020 - Stefano Corsini, President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP - North Tyrrhenian Sea Port…
Yilport’s Transitex starts new rail link between Elvas and Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2020 - Transitex, an Iberian logistics and transport company and part of Yilport, has added the port of Huelva to…
NEW NEMO Service starts calling at Malta Freeport
Malta Freeport Terminals has been selected as a port of call on the weekly NEW NEMO service connecting Malta to 7 new ports worldwide stretching…
ECSA in full support of effective and well-targeted tonnage tax for shipping
Today, the Federation of European Private Port Operators (FEPORT) and the European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services (CLECAT) once again asked the…
Danube river cargo volumes not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Persenbeug, Austria (PortSEurope) June 16, 2020 – There was no reduction in cargo ships traffic in the Danube river, during the three months of quarantine,…
COSCO SHIPPING Ports reports container throughput down 3.7% in May
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) June 16, 2020 - COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd has published container (TEU) throughput for May 2020, which records total traffic of…
French ports handle disproportionately small cargo volumes compared to Italian and Spanish competitors
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2020 – French ports lag significantly behind their Spanish and Italian counterparts in gross weight of seaborne goods handled as…
Trieste Marine Terminal reports improved May TEU traffic
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 11, 2020 - Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) has reported May 2020 TEU handling of 63,002, compared to April (56,373) and…
Valencia Containerized Freight Index slows in May with a decrease of 6.64%
The idle fleet continues to increase due to the effects of the Covid-19 crisis, reaching 2.65 million TEU - June 9, 2020 The Western Mediterranean…
CMA CGM – first quarter 2020 results – solid operating performance & resilient business activity
First Quarter 2020 Results - Marseille, June 5, 2020 Operating margin increase to 13.5% and positive net result of $48 million.Significant strengthening of liquidity in…
Global Ports Group’s First Container Terminal is first Russian terminal to transfer to paperless export management system
Global Ports Group has launched a service for the digital issuance of orders for the loading of export containers at its First Container Terminal (FCT),…
TransContainer calls for container transportation through Russia to be subsidized by the state
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 9, 2020 - Digitalization, excess of transport capacity, transit of sanctioned goods through Russia, changes in the logistics of state-owned companies…
YILPORT LEIXÕES posts record volume in first quarter 2020
Yilport Leixões (Porto, Portugal) handled 182.000 TEUs in the first quarter of 2020, increasing its volume by 8% compared to the same period of the…
NileDutch extends Mediterranean service offering to Rades, Tunisia
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 3, 2020 - NileDutch, a shipping company linking West Africa with Europe, has added the Tunisian port of Rades to its…