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PSA Genoa Pra terminal sees slight drop in container traffic in 2023

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2023 – The PSA terminal in Genoa Pra’ will end 2023 with container traffic of 1.4 million TEUs, down -3%...

MSC to use Giresun Port in Turkey

Giresun, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 1, 2023 – The international shipper MSC has started using Giresun port on Turkey’s central Black Sea coast....

Chinese port cargo up +8.5% in Jan-Oct 2023

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) December 1, 2023 – In January to October 2023, total cargo handled by Chinese ports was 14,030.9 million tons, a...

TransContainer, Global Ports launch East-West container service

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 30, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer and container terminal operator Global Ports have launched a new scheduled container...

Trieste Marine Terminal reports increased TEU handing in October

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 30, 2023 – Trieste Marine Terminal handled 69,684 containers (TEU) in October 2023, compared to 59,650 TEU in the...

ZIM service to continue using Israeli ports

Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) November 28, 2023 – The Israeli global shipping company, ZIM, has announced that its ZIM Mediterranean Premium Service (ZMP)...

ONE launches Black Sea Turkey Service

Singapore (PortSEurope) November 21, 2023 – Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced a new Black Sea Turkey Service (BTS). The new service will offer...

Malta joins opposition to EU emission tax

Valletta, Malta (PortSEurope) November 21, 2023 – Various voices from Malta have joined widespread criticism of the European Union’s plan to...

Russia as a black hole for containers from China

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 20, 2023 – The huge trade imbalance between Russia and China has led to the next unique Russian phenomenon –...

HHLA sees container traffic down -8.5% in first nine months

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 14, 2023 – In the first nine months of 2023, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) reported container traffic of...

CMA CGM sees slight decline in TEU handled in Q3 2023

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 13, 2023 – French shipper CMA CGM handled 5.72 million containers (TEU) in Q3 2023, down just -0.9% on the same...

Port of Iskenderun continues recovery from February earthquakes

Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 10, 2023 – The Port of Iskenderun continues recovery from the February earthquakes both in terms of facilities...

ICTSI reports increased container handling in Jan-Sep 2023

Manila, Philippines (PortSEurope) November 9, 2023 – International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has reported increased container handling in...

New direct rail freight service connects Barcelona port with Toulouse and Lyon

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2023 – A new direct rail freight service now connects the Port of Barcelona with the French cities of Toulouse...

Export freight rates from the Port of Valencia stabilize their evolution in October

Export freight rates from the Port of València stabilize and in the last month they register a decrease of 0.26% – the most moderate drop since February...

FT: Shipping industry to steer container production away from China

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – The shipping industry is stepping up efforts to build steel containers outside China, lining up...

DeloPorts increased container, grain transshipment in Jan-Sept 23

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – The KSK and NUTEP terminals, both part of DeloPorts, increased transshipment handling in...

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