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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.

Italian ports see cargo volume of 490 million tons in 2022, +1.9%

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – Italian ports recorded a total cargo volume of 490 million tons in 2022, +1.9% on the previous 12 months....

North Sea Port sees transhipment cargo down -4% in Q1 2023

Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, North Sea Port reported 17 million tonnes of seaborne transhipment of cargo,...

ING: Weaker growth for world trade in 2023

Amsterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – World trade has been falling, but growth is expected to return this year. There are large shifts...

Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan to create a logistics JV for North-South Corridor

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will create a single logistics operator on the eastern route of the...

Valenciaport: Freight traffic and container movement grew by 11.5% in March

11.5% more containers and 11.5% more tons – this has been the increase in freight traffic recorded by Valenciaport during the month of March –...

Port of Barcelona sees cargo traffic down -12.6% in Q1 2023

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – Total cargo traffic in January-March 2023 was 15.3 million tonnes, down -12.6%). Container traffic was...

Occupied port of Berdyansk to export 1.8 million tonnes of grain in 2024

Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – The capacity of the Russia-occupied by Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Berdyansk for grain shipment is expected...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges sees Q1 2023 cargo traffic down over -4%

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 18, 2023 – Total cargo throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges amounted to 68.7 million metric tonnes in Q1 2023, down...

Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., container throughput, Q1 2023

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 18, 2023 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. (PCT) has published containers (TEU) throughput for Q1 2023. PCT is owned...

Port of Taranto struggles to increase cargo volumes

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2023 – The Port of Taranto is located on the inner heal of southeastern Italy, is one of the first in Italy for...

Valencia Containerized Freight Index again saw a fall of -12.52% in March

The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) again registered a fall of -12.52% in March compared to the previous month, accumulating seven consecutive...

Global Ports Investments sees TEU down -48.8% in Q1 2023

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – Global Ports Investments’ consolidated marine container throughput in Q1 2023 was 186,000 TEU,...

China’s CMPort sees container and bulk cargo traffic down in Q1 2023

Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – In the first three months of 2023, China’s CMPort saw container and bulk cargo traffic down. In this...

China’s CMPort container throughput up slightly in 2022

Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – China’s CMPort container throughput up slightly in 2022. Highlights: A full press release can be...

Luka Koper board approves annual report for 2022

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – The Supervisory Board of Luka Koper has approved the revised Annual Report of the company and the Luka...

Caspian Sea water level is below the safe line

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – The Caspian Sea water level around the Russian port of Makhachkala is below safety levels, which can...

Trieste Terminal Passeggeri triples profit in 2022

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – Trieste Terminal Passeggeri (TTP) has ended 2022 with a profit of €4.4 million which almost triples the...

Turkey: Cruise ship & passengers – Jan-Mar 2023

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – The Turkish authorities have reported cruise ship and passengers for the period January-March 2023. The...

Batumi Oil Terminal increases traffic in 2022

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – Total volume of cargo transshipment in 2022 by Batumi Oil Terminal LLC and Batumi Seaport LLC was 7.6...

Constanta keeps up the pace of Ukrainian grain export

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) April 12, 2023 – 3.33 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain were shipped through the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta...

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