Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Lisbon port sees improves 2017 cargo figures
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – The Port of Lisbon handled over 12.1 million tons of cargo in 2017, up 19% on 2016. Containers...
Contship sees reduced container traffic in 2017
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Contship Italia Group, a maritime container terminal and intermodal operator, saw container volumes drop...
Bilbao port can increase container traffic by 40% in ten years
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – Bilbao port recorded 7% growth in cargo traffic last year, which is a sign of its strength and stability,...
Valencia port handles largest container ship ever
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 23, 2018 – Valencia port handled last weekend a call of the “MSC Eloane” vessel, the ship with the largest...
Italy’s Contship executes series of phase-in, phase-out operations at Cagliari port
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Contship Italia Group has completed a series of phase-in and phase-out operations at Cagliari port of...
MSC top managers to meet in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – The headquarters of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Spain, located in Valencia, will host on February...
Hamburg Süd to use Beirut port as transshipment hub
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – German container shipping company Hamburg Süd is to set up a transshipment hub at the Port of Beirut...
Portuguese ports report improved cargo statistics for 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – In January-November 2017, the country’s commercial ports reached 88.8 million tons of cargo....
La Rochelle sees reduces cargo numbers in 2017
La Rochelle, France (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Port traffic in 2017 was marked by another significant decrease, largely due to the 2016 cereal...
Delo group reports improved container turnover in 2017
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Growth at Delo’s NUTEP container terminal was, in terms of turnover in TEU and tonnage...
Russia’s Port Mechel Temryuk Sets Cargo Turnover Record in 2017
Rostov, Russia (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Port Mechel Temryuk (part of Mechel Group’s transport division managed by Mecheltrans Management...
Piraeus port expecting arrival of Chinese giga carrier container ship
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – On February 12, 2018, Piraeus port is expecting the arrival of the China Cosco Aries container ship....
Volume of cargo transported through Baku port in 2017 was 4.4 million tons
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – The volume of cargo transported through the Baku International Sea Trade Port in 2017 amounted to 4.4...
Damietta port to reduce some fees
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Container ships with the capacity of 100 units or less passing through the Damietta Port will be exempt...
Gioia Tauro port mulls revoking MCT concession
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port authority needs to verify whether the conditions for the operation of the...
Valencia port handles 7% of land cargo by rail
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Valencia port has set as one of its priority objectives to develop railway connectivity as it is an element...
Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – December 2017 container terminal statistics
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported December...