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Spanish ports see cargo traffic up +3.5% in 2022

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – State-owned Spanish ports saw cargo traffic up +3.5% in 2022 to 563,373,981 tons, compared to 544,419,737...

Novorossiysk becomes port for container lines from Southeast Asia

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – Trans Synergy will launch a regular container sea service from Southeast Asia to Novorossiysk port in...

TengizChevrOil to export more oil via Georgia’s Batumi port

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s TengizChevrOil (TCO) plans to boost its crude oil exports via Georgia’s Black...

Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...

Turkish seaports handled 365 mln tons of cargo in January-August 2022

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2022 – Turkish seaports handled total cargo of 365.16 million tons (mt) in January-August 2022, up +4.4% on...

Ukraine exports 2.37 mln tons of food via new Black Sea corridor

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 8, 2022 – Ukraine has exported 2.37 mln tons of food via new sea corridor since it opened on July 22. According...

Port of Novorossiysk to have improved road connections

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 7, 2022 – The Port of Novorossiysk is to have improved road connections following the signing of a contract...

COSCO links Bosnia with the Chinese Silk Road

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – COSCO Shipping is to link Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with the Chinese Silk Road with a...

Ranking: Valencia is top Spanish container port in July 2022

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – The Port of Valencia was the top Spanish container port in July 2022. It handled 445,239 containers...

Algeria’s port of Oran increases non-hydrocarbon exports

Oran, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – Algeria’s port of Oran increased non-hydrocarbon exports by 163% in the first half of 2022...

Italy to invest in ports based agrifood logistics

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 31, 2022 – The Italy government is to invest in ports based agrifood logistics with €150 million. The Minister of...

Marsa Maroc increases cargo handling in first half of 2022

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 31, 2022 – Marsa Maroc increases cargo handling in first half of 2022 by +9% to 25 million tons, compared to...

Turkey has increased transit fees for Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 30, 2022 – Turkey has increased transit fee charges for commercial ships to use the Bosporus and Dardanelles...

International Maritime Organization head visits Odessa port

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 29, 2022 – The head of the the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Secretary General Kitak Lim has visited...

Greek Port of Kalamata helps Russian oil exports

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 29, 2022 – The Greek Port of Kalamata is helping Russian oil exports by allowing ship-to-ship (STS) loading...

Ukraine increases grain exports via inland ports

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 26, 2022 – Ukraine is increasing grain exports via inland ports in the south as rail connections increase capacity....

Russia seaports see container traffic down in January-July 2022

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 24, 2022 – Russia seaports saw container traffic down in January-July 2022 by -19.6% to 2.62 million containers...

Russia exporting grain from occupied Ukrainian ports

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 24, 2022 – Russia is also exporting grain under recent agreement to open Ukrainian ports to grain exports. Whilst the...

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