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Goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, railway, road, inland waterway involving a port. Includes containers, general, solid, liquid, general and project cargo. Also includes regular traffic statistics includes monthly, quarterly and annual port traffic statistics. This will include imports and exports.

North Sea port sees stable cargo traffic in 2024, slightly up

Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 16, 2025 – In 2024, North Sea Port handled 66.3 million tons of seaborne cargo, a 0.7% increase from 2023, while...

FESCO increases car imports from China

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2025 – Of the total cargo volume handled by FESCO in 2024, finished vehicles accounted for 81%, while vehicle...

Luka Koper publishes throughput and revenues for 2024

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 15, 2025 – Luka Koper d.d., operator of the Port of Koper, has announced net sales revenue of the parent company...

SIOT handles over 40.2 mln tons of crude oil in Trieste port

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 15, 2025 – SIOT (Società Italiana per l’Oleodotto Transalpino SpA), manager of the Transalpine Pipeline,...

Trieste Marine Terminal: TEU traffic – Jan-Dec 2024

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 14, 2025 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) handled 61,448 containers (TEU) in December 2024. This compares with...

Port of Nantes – Saint-Nazaire sees cargo down 10% in 2024

Nantes, France, (Ports Europe) January 14, 2025 – Significant technical issues at industrial facilities halted vessel traffic for months, leading to a...

Kazakhstan reports December as a record month for grain exports

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – Kazakhstan Railways has reported December as a record month for grain exports, including grain...

Port of Bordeaux to promote rail and river cargo

Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – As part of its decarbonization strategy, the Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux (GPMB) is promoting rail...

Port of Koper handled 23 million tons of cargo in 2024, up 3%

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – Koper port handled 23 million tons of goods last year, a 3% increase compared to 2023. The container...

Port of Damietta publishes trade cargo import-export details

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – The Mediterranean Port of Damietta received over 175,000 tons of various goods over the past week, with...

Port of Motril exports wind turbine blades for Vestas

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2025 – 80-meter-long wind turbine blades for Vestas’ new V163 4.5 MW turbine, manufactured in Daimiel...

Port of Marín reports record year for cargo

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2025 – The Port of Marín broke all its records in cargo handling during 2024, recording 2.6 million tons....

Suez Canal sees traffic down 55.9% in November

Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 7, 2025 – In November 2024, 1,000 ships passed through the Suez Canal, down -55.9% compared to November 2023. Of the...

Anzali Port Complex sees increased cargo traffic

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) January 6, 2025 – In the first nine months of the Iranian calendar year (March -December 2024), the Anzali Port Complex...

Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Nov 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 2, 2025 – Puertos del Estado has published container (TEU) numbers for Spanish ports in January-November 2024....

Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Nov 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 2, 2025 – In January-November 2024, general interest ports handled a total of 514.09 million tons, representing an...

Spanish ports see increased cargo traffic in Jan-Nov 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 2, 2025 – Between January and November 2024, general interest ports handled a total of 514.09 million tons,...

Suez Canal Authority tests transit of two ships in opposite directions in the Little Bitter Lake area

Ismailia, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 2, 2025 – Last Saturday, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) successfully tested the simultaneous transit of two ships...

Adriatic Gate Container Terminal transhipped over 400,000 TEU in 2024

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 1, 2025 – In 2024, Adriatic Gate Container Terminal transhipped over 400,000 containers (TEU). On the...

Port of Bilbao cruise ship business expands in 2024

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 1, 2025 – The cruise ship season for the Port of Bilbao started on April 5 and has seen the arrival and departure...

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