Containers
All port activities linked to containers, including traffic volumes, storage and transport to and from ports.
Cosco says Valencia port has crucial role for activities in Spain
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Valencia is a key port for the strategy of COSCO Shipping Lines in Spain, the managing director of the...
Eurogate reports container handling volumes hold up well in 2016
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – Eurogate has reported container volumes for 2016. In the just completed financial year 2016, the...
Ukrainian seaports increase cargo turnover by 15% in January 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – According to the Ukrainian Seaports Authority in January 2017 the volume of cargo handling in...
Algeria to develop El-Hamdania port
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 1, 2017 – Algeria is to proceed with the development of a new $3.5bn (€3.24 billion) port and industrial zones...
CMA CGM upgrades Mediterranean offer with the new TURAF EXPRESS service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group, is pleased to announce the new service offer TURAF...
Valencia port president expects reduced container traffic
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martinez considers that,...
Chipolbrok starts service to Far, Middle East
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – US-based shipping company Chipolbrok, which operates its Spanish hub at the port of Bilbao, has started a...
Cosiarma returns to Lisbon port on Jan 22
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Italian shipping company Cosiarma S.p.a., which left Lisbon port in 2014, has resumed its maritime...
Cosco continues to develop Piraeus operations
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 22, 2017 – Cosco, the Chinese shipping group which operates Piraeus port, is adding to the port’s capacity...
Trieste Marine Terminal increases container throughput in 2016
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. ended 2016 with a container throughput of 449,481 TEU, up 1.6% on 2015,...
Depot Zona Franca acquires reachstacker
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2017 – Depot Zona Franca, the logistics operator of Barcelona port’s free trade zone, has invested...
CMA CGM consolidates services at Castellon port
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM continues to consolidate its commitment to Castellon port. As a result...
Italian ports boost recovery of container traffic in Mediterranean region
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – For once the ports of northern Europe are not the best on the continent, the ones that drive the...
Spanish company Tamaran starts operating Motril-Genoa container line
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Naviera Tamaran S.A., a subsidiary of JSV Logistic, has started operating a regular...
Huelva port expects 400% jump in container traffic Y/Y in 2017
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 – Huelva port plans to increase container traffic by more than 400% this year, from around 12,000 TEUs in 2016...
Alicante port interested in starting feeder line with Algeciras
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 – Alicante port is interested in starting the feeder line with Algeciras and relaunching a regular connection...
Tarragona port handles 325 containers weekly on lines to West Africa
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Tarragona port maintains a weekly direct service at the DP World container terminal with the African ports...