Panama Canal facing tough challenges
NewsThis year has been one of the most challenging for the Panama Canal Authority and its customers as a drought in the country has led to draug...
Staging a Caribbean comeback
NewsThe economies of most Caribbean countries were severely impacted by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and while some recovery has take...
Barcelona reports buoyant first quarter
NewsIn the first quarter, the Port of Barcelona handled traffic of 16.5 Mt, an increase of 18.5% over the corresponding 2017 period. This is the...
Port of Gothenburg shows growth in Q1 2018
NewsContainer volumes rose by three per cent during Q1 2018, up from 184,000 to 188,000 TEU. The number of cars shipped rose by 20%, whilst intr...
ICTSI posts higher revenues and throughput
NewsInternational Container Terminal Services, Inc posted gross revenue from port operations of US$1.244B in 3017, + 10% y-o-y, with volume up 5...
Box record for Mexico
NewsIn 2017, Mexican ports broke all previous records for container handling. The combined total of 6,375,338 TEU was an all-time record, and wa...
Chabahar takes Afghan traffic
NewsIran’s new port of Chabahar, backed by India, is reported to have taken over from Karachi as the main export port for Afghani shippers, ev...
Rotterdam box traffic up 12%
NewsLast year container throughput rose by 10.9% to 13.7M TEU in unit terms and, by weight, by 12.3% to 142.6 Mt. In H2 throughput was 12.4% iup...
Record year for ABP Ipswich
NewsABP’s Port of Ipswich has reported 2017 as a record-breaking year, which saw the port handle the highest tonnage levels of cargo for...
Eurogate group steady in 2017
NewsContainer handling volumes held up well in “a difficult market environment,” the Eurogate Group has reported from Bremen...
New record for Malta Freeport
NewsMarsaxlokk Container Terminal handled 3.15M TEU in 2017, a new record and 2% up on 2016...
Barcelona grows strongly in 2017
NewsIn 2017 the Port of Barcelona recorded its best results yet in the main traffic indicators and claims it was the fastest-growing European po...
Boom year for Ports of Stockholm
NewsPorts of Stockholm Ltd (SHAB) has reported record freight volumes in 2017...
Italian ports steady with container throughput
NewsTotal container throughput was virtually unchanged last year, at 10.34M TEU, but imp/ex ports grew while transhipment ports witnessed a fall...
Russian ports traffic up 9% in 2017
NewsLast year, all Russian seaports (including those in annexed Crimea), handled 786.97 Mt of various cargoes, up 9% on 2016, according to the c...