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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.

Valenciaport traffic grows 5.53% in February

During the second month of the year, 6.36 million tons have been channeled. All merchandise items (bulk and general merchandise) have been in positive figures...

Moroccan ports see 11.3% increase in traffic in 2019

Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 15, 2020 – In 2019, Morocco ports handled a total of 153.1 million tonnes, up 11.3% on the previous year. A key...

Casablanca port sees rising traffic in first two months of 2020

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 15, 2020 – In the first two months of 2020, the port of Casablanca registered total traffic of 4.8 million...

Algeciras port sees positive January 2020 traffic

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-owned organisation responsible for the management of state-owned ports, has...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports January 2020 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports January 2020 cargo figures by port authority. The state-owned Puertos del Estado...

Freight returns to moderation during the month of February

The Chinese New Year and the installation of scrubbers or filters against polluting gases increased the idle fleet to 8.8%, representing more than 2 million...

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grew by 1.55% in 2019

The value of trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries grew 1.55% year-on-year in 2019 to $149.639 billion, according to official Chinese...

Unctad: Short-terms effects of the coronavirus outbreak: what does the shipping data say?

Short-terms effects of the coronavirus outbreak: what does the shipping data say? – March 4, 2020 It is too early to gauge the full economic and trade...

Unctad: Coronavirus outbreak has cost global value chains $50 billion in exports

The impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) are being felt along global value chains as manufacturing slows in China, a new UNCTAD report finds –...

YILPORT Holding reports cargo numbers for its terminals in 2019

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 5, 2020 – Last month, Yilport Holding has reported that its terminals globally handled 6.15 million TEU containers...

YILPORT Leixões sees 2.3% container growth in 2019

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2020 – YILPORT Leixões (TCL) has reported that in 2019 it handled 685,810 TEU, an increase of 2.3% (15,716...

Port of Marseille Fos confirms its cargo leadership in France in 2019

With a turnover of €169.5 million in 2019, the Port of Marseille Fos confirms its 6-year growth in turnover, with in particular a clear increase in its land...

Valenciaport sees January container traffic down 2.18%

During the month of January, container traffic receded by 2.18%, a figure that reflects the change in trend that has already begun to be perceived during the...

Suez Canal traffic increases over 12% in February 2019

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 2, 2020 – Osama Rabie, the head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has announced that in the month of February...

Koper port see cargo traffic down 5% in 2019

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 1, 2020 – Luka Koper d.d., operator of Koper port, has published cargo throughput numbers for 2019. Maritime...

PSA International Pte Ltd & subsidiaries report 2019 results

Singapore – February 28, 2020 Review of Results PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) handled 85.20 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) for the year...

Portuguese ports see 6.2% fall in cargo in 2019

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The AMT – Mobility and Transport Authority (Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has...

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