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Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – H1 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-June 2024. Spain’s ports...

Russia’s Global Ports sees improved container handling in Q2 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 23, 2024 – Global Ports has reported improved container handling in Q2 2024. Total container throughput was 1.33...

Port of Algeciras sees containers up +2.67% in H1 2024

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Algeciras handled 2.39 million containers (equivalent TEUs), up...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) – TEU traffic – June & Q2 2024

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Terminals S.L.U. (CSP Spain) has published container (TEU) traffic for June...

Russian TEU turnover in H1’24 increase 14.6% to 2.6 mln

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Container turnover of Russian sea ports in the second quarter of 2024 increased by 11.8% compared to...

Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – June & Q2 2024

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has announced its container (TEU) for June and Q2 2024. In June 2024, the...

Port of Castellon saw a +93.5% rise in containers in H1 2024

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – The Port of Castellon saw a +93.5% increase in container traffic in the first half of 2024, reaching...

Gemini alliance hit by FMC “dead-wave”

Washington, United States (Ports Europe) July 14, 2024 – A global operational alliance between two of the world’s largest container shipping companies...

Turkey: Seaports TEU traffic – June 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 11, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for June 2024. Below is...

BMF Port Burgas sees 130,000 TEU, 7.2 mln cargo tonnes in 2023

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, concessionaire of Bulgaria’s Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas...

Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) fell by -1.30% in June

Valenciaport – Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) fell by -1.30% in June – July 8, 2024 Valencia, July 8, 2024.- The Valencia...

Port of Augusta to repair cranes to increase container capacity

Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The Port of Augusta will repair two gantry cranes at the port to increase its container handling...

France: Total port cargo traffic – Q1 2024

Paris, France (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The Ministry of Ecological Transition (Ministère de l’Écologie) has published cargo statistics for Q1...

Port of Las Palmas receives largest container ship to date

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The MSC New York, a vessel with a capacity of 16,864 TEU, has been received at the OPCSA...

ULCT handles first vessel call of NewNew Shipping Container Line

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) July 4, 2024 – Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) has handled the first call of NewNew Star containership of Hainan...

COSCO SHIPPING sends megamax carrier to Port of Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 3, 2024 – China’s COSCO SHIPPING Lines has sent the COSCO SHIPPING Solar to the Port of Valencia. The ship has...

Chinese ports container volume rises 10 % in first five months

Chinese ports container volume rises 10 % in first five months 2024, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index increase significantly in June 2024 – July 2,...

Italy: Total TEU by port 2023 – ranking

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – Industry association Assoporti has published seaport TEU traffic figures for 2023. In 2023, the ports handled...

Portugal: Seaports cargo report – April 2024

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – Cargo handling in the mainland’s commercial port system recorded growth of +7.1% in the first four...

MSC cancels its first scheduled trip to Odessa since war started

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 27, 2024 – Switzerland-based container operator MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. cancelled the first scheduled...

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