Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Port of Beirut reports slight rise in February TEU traffic
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – The port of Beirut has reported a slight rise in total container (TEU) handling of 58,537 TEU in February...
Top container ports in the EU in 2022
Rotterdam, The Netherlands (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – Most EU ports handled less containers in 2022, compared to 2021. The Q1 2023 TEU results of the top...
Armenia tests container ship line via Georgia to Russia
Yerevan, Armenia (PortSEurope) June 2, 2023 – Armenia, desperate to establish a regular combined rail and sea cargo route to sanctions-hit Russia, is testing...
Surprising decline in Georgia’s port cargo handling
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 31, 2023 – Georgian ports handled 3.5 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2023, which is -17.8% less than in...
PJSC TransContainer reorientates trade eastwards
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 30, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has successfully reorientates trade eastwards in response to Western sanctions closing...
EUROGATE Container Terminal Limassol reports TEU fall in Q1 2023
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 30, 2023 – EUROGATE Container Terminal Limassol has reported TEU traffic of 81,982 TEU in the first quarter of 2023,...
EUROGATE Tanger reports TEU traffic down in Q1 2023
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 30, 2023 – EUROGATE Tanger has reported TEU traffic of 583,262 TEU in the first quarter of 2023, down -3.6% on the...
World Bank publishes “The Container Port Performance Index 2022
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) May 29, 2023 – The World Bank has published “The Container Port Performance Index 2022: A Comparable Assessment of...
FT: Huge shipping containers surplus after COVID-related shortages
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) May 24, 2023 – Global demand for goods is declining after the post-COVID restrictions and boom and this is hampering...
EUROKAI sees TEU handling down over 16% in Q1 2023
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) May 17, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023 the container terminals in the EUROKAI Group saw an overall decline in...
Turkey: Seaport cargo report for April 2023
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 12, 2023 – The Turkish authorities have published total cargo handling figures for its seaports in January-April 2023....
Turkey: Seaports – Total TEU handled – Jan-Apr 2023
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 12, 2023 – The Turkish authorities have published total container (TEU) handling figures for its seaports in January-April...
Port of Constanta, Busan Port Authority signs MoU
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) May 11, 2023 – The Port of Constanta and South Korea’s Busan Port Authority have signed a Memorandum of...
ICTSI container traffic up +9% in Q1 2023
Manila, Philippines (PortSEurope) May 9, 2023 – Global port management company ICTSI handled 3.1 million containers (TEUs) in the first quarter of 2023,...
Georgia’s Poti container terminal with a record TEUs in April
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 8, 2023 – Georgia’s Black Sea container terminal of APM Terminals in the port of Poti handled in April 53,600 TEUs, which...
VCFI – Export freight from the Port of Valencia fell again in April by 9.28%
The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the Port of...
80% less containers in Russia’s Baltic ports – growth in Far East
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 3, 2023 – In 2023, port container terminals of Northwest Russia will have only 20% of their capacity utilised....