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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.

Kazakhstan Railways increases grain handling

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 4, 2023 – Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) handled over 1 million tons of grain in the month of August, twice the...

Port of Aktau increases freight handling

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 4, 2023 – In the January-July period, more than 2.6 million tonnes of dry and oil bulk cargoes were...

Freight transport by barge between North Sea Port and hinterland increases to 60%

In North Sea Port, the transportation of goods to the hinterland by inland waterway continues to increase. Over five years, it rose from 54% to an impressive...

117,000 tonnes of agricultural products exported daily via Ukraine’s Danube ports

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 1, 2023 – During the first 15 days of August, Ukrainian Danube River ports shipped 1,750,000 tonnes of...

Aktau and Kuryk ports increase freight traffic

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 1, 2023 – In January-August 2023, the volume of freight shipped through Caspian Sea Aktau and Kuryk ports...

China ports container volume rises 4.5% from January to July 2023

From January to July of 2023, the cargo volume of Chinese ports was 9617.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.0%; the container throughput of Chinese...

Port of Livorno cargo traffic decreased -3.2% in the first half of 2023

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 30, 2023 – Total traffic in the first half of 2023 for the Port of Livorno was 15,410,621 tons of goods, 3.2% less...

Port of Leixões doubles cruise activity in first half of 2023

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 29, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the Port of Leixões handled 68,203 cruise ship passengers, an increase of...

Luka Koper Group ends first half of 2023 with improved numbers

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 28, 2023 – The Luka Koper Group concluded the first half of 2023 with improved business results. All financial...

Port of Barcelona cargo traffic down -11.3% in year to July

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2023 – In January-July 2023, the Port of Barcelona has reported total cargo traffic of 37.91 million tons...

Spain: Seaports – January-July 23 cargo report

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 25, 2023 – In the period January-July 2023, Spanish seaports handled 320.1 million tons of cargo, down -4% on the...

Russian invasion reduces imports of Ukrainian grain in Valencia

The war in Ukraine generated by the invasion of Russia put many countries in check on a crucial issue for food: cereals. The ‘granary of Europe’...

Ports of Genoa sees slight fall in July cargo traffic

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 24, 2023 – In July 2023, the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure handled a total of 5.77 million tonnes, down -0.2%...

Global Ports Holding reports recovery in passenger numbers

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) August 23, 2023 – Global Ports Holding (GPH), an international cruise port operator, has reported that occupancy...

APM Terminals: Rail freight on track for record volumes

Rail is acknowledged as the most fuel-efficient way to move freight over land, with a gallon of fuel stretching an average of 500 miles, according to the...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drives up trade with Turkey

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 20, 2023 – Figures from the Turkish government show that since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in July...

Turkey: Monthly seaports cargo report – July 2023

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – The Turkish authorities have published cargo figures for July 2023. Turkey: Seaports cargo report –...

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