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Russian port capacity reached 1.3 billion tonnes

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – The total capacity of the Russian sea ports is 1.3 billion tonnes per year, according to Ruslan Mukhametov,...

China ports container volume rises 4.8% from January to April of 2023

China ports container volume rises 4.8% from January to April of 2023,Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease in May 2023 – June 7, 2023 From...

Turkey increases passage fee for Bosphorus and Dardanelles

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Turkey has again increased the passage fee for the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits. Since October 2022, the...

Operations start at 2nd Passenger Terminal of Port of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Operations have started at the 2nd Passenger Terminal in the Port of Thessaloniki with two cruise ships...

Port of Beirut reports slight rise in February TEU traffic

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – The port of Beirut has reported a slight rise in total container (TEU) handling of 58,537 TEU in February...

Top container ports in the EU in 2022

Rotterdam, The Netherlands (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – Most EU ports handled less containers in 2022, compared to 2021. The Q1 2023 TEU results of the top...

Belarus dodging sanctions via ports of sanctioned Russia

Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) May 31, 2023 – International sanction-hit Belarus has managed to establish transport and logistics schemes for the delivery of...

Sanctions force Russia to invest 1.1 billion euro in border checkpoints modernisation

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 31, 2023 – Some 95 billion rubles (1.1 billion euro) will be invested in the modernisation of Russian border checkpoints by...

PJSC TransContainer reorientates trade eastwards

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 30, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has successfully reorientates trade eastwards in response to Western sanctions closing...

EUROGATE Container Terminal Limassol reports TEU fall in Q1 2023

Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 30, 2023 – EUROGATE Container Terminal Limassol has reported TEU traffic of 81,982 TEU in the first quarter of 2023,...

EUROGATE Tanger reports TEU traffic down in Q1 2023

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 30, 2023 – EUROGATE Tanger has reported TEU traffic of 583,262 TEU in the first quarter of 2023, down -3.6% on the...

Kazakh grain terminal in Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) May 30, 2023 – The construction of a grain terminal for Kazakhstan is to start soon in the Azerbaijani Caspian Sea port of...

Contship Italia sees TEU traffic down over -16% in Q1 2023

Milan, Italy (PortSEurope) May 29, 2023 – In the first three months of 2023, Contship Italia’s terminals handled 358,402 containers (TEU), down...

Russian ports export record grain volumes – expect much more

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 30 – Grain exports via Russian ports is expected to reach 60 million tonnes in the 2023-2024 season and might continue to...

World Bank publishes “The Container Port Performance Index 2022

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) May 29, 2023 – The World Bank has published “The Container Port Performance Index 2022: A Comparable Assessment of...

Passenger traffic with Italy at Port of Durrës increases

Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) May 29, 2023 – Passenger traffic between the Port of Durrës and Italy has maintained an upward trend during the first...

Russian ports experience coal backlog

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) May 28, 2023 – The European Union’s ban on Russian coal imports and reduced demand from Turkey, has led to a huge...

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