Rotterdam, Antwerp-Bruges and Hamburg have maintained their dominance in the European port rankings in 2024, despite severe geopolitical instability and security challenges.
The combined container throughput of the top three European Union (EU) ports increased by 4.4% in 2024, rebounding from a sharp 7% decline the previous year, according to Theo Notteboom, a member of PortEconomics, the organization responsible for compiling the rankings.
Among the leading ports, Belgium’s Antwerp-Bruges...
Four new ship-to-shore cranes have arrived at the Port of Gioia Tauro, with two more expected by the end of the month. The new equipment is provided by the Chinese port equipment manufacturer ZMPC.
In the first nine months of 2024, container traffic at the Italian port rose by 10.4%.
Following the addition of six new ship-to-shore cranes in November 2019 and three more in February 2023, the port now welcomes four additional cranes, bringing its total to 25 quay cranes and three mobile harbor...
PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom compiled a table showing the year-on-year TEU growth in the top 15 container ports in the European Union during the first six months of the year.
“While 2023 was characterized by a strong to moderate traffic decline in most ports, the first half of 2024 brought double-digit growth in seven of the top 15 ports,” pointed out Notteboom.
As seen in the table, Portugal’s port of Sines, Spain’s ports of Valencia and Barcelona, France’s HAROPA complex, Germany’s...
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Authorities in Italy are responding to an incident wherein a container vessel became stranded near the entrance of the Port of Gioia Tauro on the country’s Tyrrheni ..
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The operations at the port of Gioia Tauro have returned to normal levels after the successful attempt to free MSC Elaine which blocked the entrance of the Italian gateway on 9 January.
“The port entrance is no longer obstructed by the large container ship,” confirmed the Italian Coast Guard.
Local authorities carried out rescue operations throughout the night with five tugboats trying to pull the vessel.
The Italian Coast Guard said the rescue operations “Paradoxically benefited from the bad...
The 8,562 TEU container ship MSC Elaine went out of control at Gioia Tauro harbor and ran onto the southern breakwater tip. The 339-metre-long vessel remains grounded at the entrance of the Italian port, blocking the largest container port in the country.
The incident occurred when the ship was leaving the port on 9 January in the morning (around 09:00 local time).
According to the reports, there are no crew member injuries at the time of writing. Additionally, the Panama-flagged vessel does not...
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A big number of European ports constitute major gateways for international transportation. Apart from the giant container port trio Rotterdam – Antwerp – Hamburg, there are several European hubs which are also developing, achieving to be considered as key hubs for European and global supply chain.
The following list includes the busiest box ports in Europe, according to 2020 data:
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Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a new ASD Tug to Italy’s Con.Tug, a joint venture between Scafi and TIL. The vessel, named Gioia Star, will operate in Gioia ..
According to Maritime Bulletin, MSC container vessel had an accident at the port of Gioia Tauro on January 18. The boxship struck pilot boat, while moving in the harbor. The pilot boat sank after the collision with MSC container ship, but the reflections of the port were quick enough, as a crane recovered the boat immediately and placed it on pier.
As three vessels of the Swiss company were at the Italian port on January 18, it is not clear which was the involved one, but available information...
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Italian police seized over 115 kilograms of pure cocaine in the southern port of Gioia Tauro in a major operation against the ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate, authorities said on Tuesday.
The drug was hidden aboard a cargo ship inside a container carrying paper reels from San Antonio in Chile. The ship reached Gioia Tauro after a stopover in the Panamanian port of Rodman, and its final destination was the port of Livorno in central Italy.
The cocaine seized would have been worth about 23 million...
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