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Cargo traffic in the Port of Taranto down -16.9% in 2022

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – The Port of Taranto handled 14.6 million tons of cargo, a decrease of -16.9% on 2021 but...

New service highlights potential of Poti as Central Asia-Europe intermodal hub

This month saw the first call of CMA CGM’s new Caucasus Georgia Express (CGX) service. Playing a key role in this new intermodal service, APM Terminals Poti...

DP World signs digitalisation agreement with the Caspian Containers Company

Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) February 22, 2023 – DP World has signed a cooperation agreement with Swiss-based Caspian Containers Company SA (CCCSA)...

Port of Valencia sees cargo down 15.9% in January

València, Spain (PortSEurope) February 22, 2023 – In January 2023, the Port of València handled 5,715,093 tonnes of cargo, down -15.95% compared to the...

HHLA sees container throughput down -7.9%

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has reported that container throughput was 6.39 million TEU in...

Turkey – Total container (TEU) handling by port, January 2023

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 17, 2023 – Turkish container ports handled 993,808 containers (TEU) in January 2023, compared to 1,111,995 TEU in...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees January TEU traffic up +17%

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2023 – In January 2023, Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) handled 65,068 TEU, up +17% compared to January 2021....

MSC to restart DRAGON service

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – MSC is to restart its DRAGON service that will connect Asia to Israel, Italy and South of France, and...

Russia’s Far East ports are the bottleneck for oil export

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – Russia’s Far East ports are unable to handle the increased oil and oil-derived products volumes...

Terminal Container Ravenna ends 2022 with traffic up over 9%

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) ended 2022 with over 200,000 containers (TEU) handled, up +9.4% on...

DP World handled 79 million TEU in 2022

Dubai, UAE (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – DP World Limited handled 79 million containers (TEU) globally in 2022, an increase of +1.4% year-on-year on...

Kazakhstan: New terminal in Kuryk; increase of container transit

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – The Concept for the Development of the Transport and Logistics Potential of Kazakhstan has been approved...

Turkey – Total container (TEU) handling, by port, 2022

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 5, 2023 – Turkish container ports handled 12.36 million container (TEU), slightly down on the previous year’s...

Turkey – Total container (TEU) handling, 2018-2022

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 5, 2023 –  Turkish seaports handled 12.36 million containers (TEU) in 2022, slightly down on the previous...

Ellerman City Liners launches USA-Bilbao container service

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – Ellerman City Liners will launch, in mid-February, a weekly direct service between the Port of Bilbao and...

Spanish state-owned ports – TEU handled – 2021/2022

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2023 – Puertos del Estado has published the final figures for containers TEU handling in 2022 by Spanish...

MSC container service links Malta Freeport with India

Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) January 31, 2023 – MSC has launched the new India-West Med Service which links Malta Freeport with India. The new service...

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