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Sanctions busting parallel imports in Russia expand greatly

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Desperately trying to help Russian industry and businesses to survive western sanctions, the country’s...

Russia claims increase in ports’ cargo handling in Jan-Feb’23 despite sanctions

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Russian seaports handled 140.3 million tonnes of cargo in January-February 2023, 2.6% more compared to the...

Port of Livorno closed 2022 with a +35.8% rise in trains

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) March 19, 2023 – The port of Livorno closed 2022 with an increase of 35.8% in the total number of terminalised trains...

Eurostat: Majority of EU freight transport in 2021 via sea

In 2021, maritime transport accounted for more than two-thirds (68%, 5 135 billion tonne-km; tkm) of the EU’s freight transport, the lowest share recorded...

Slovenia ports see reduced cargo in January 2023

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – In January 2023, 234 ships arrived in or departed from Slovenian ports, down nearly -5% fewer. Cargo...

Kazakhstan’s KTZ transports more containers by rail

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – In 2022, the share of container transport in the total volume of export cargo transported along the KTZ...

Global Ports Holding sees huge passenger rise in 9 months to 31 Dec 2022

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) March 15, 2023 – In a trading statement for the nine months to December 2022, Global Ports Holding saw huge rise in...

KazTransOil to ship Kashagan oil via Baku and Aktau

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – KazTransOil has announced a trial shipment of 7,000 tonnes of oil from the Kashagan field via the port...

Rail transport increases profile in Port of València in 2022

València, Spain (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – Rail transport has increased its profile in the Port of València in 2022 with more and longer trains,...

DeloPorts terminals in Novorossiysk report higher January traffic

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 10, 2023 – DeloPorts terminals in Novorossiysk have reported higher January traffic numbers. This includes the...

Ports of Genoa returns to pre-Covid cargo numbers in 2022

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) March 10, 2023 – The Ports of Genoa returns to pre-Covid cargo numbers in 2022, with significant gains in container and...

Turkey’s Safiport to receive Chinese cars

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 8, 2023 – Safiport has handled the delivery of 4,000 Chery cars by a Ro-Ro vessel of China’s COSCO Shipping....

Georgia cargo figures recover in 2022

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – Georgia cargo figures recovered in 2022 reported the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of...

ICTSI reports TEU throughput grew 9% to 12.22 million TEUs in 2022

Manila, Philippines (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – ICTSI has reported that container TEU throughput grew 9% to 12.22 million TEUs in 2022. This was...

Russia offers 12 million tonnes Caspian Sea ports capacity to Iran

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) March 3, 2023 – In 2023, Russian Caspian Sea ports are ready to accept up to 12 million tonnes of cargo from Iran with...

Ukraine holds discussion with Danube Commission

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 2, 2023 – Ukrainian experts have met with the Danube Commission (DC), confirming that the Danube remains the only...

Impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the port of Rotterdam

News – Port of Rotterdam – February 28, 2023 The war in Ukraine has led to a number of sanctions by the European Union and others against Russia....

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