Sea Freight Transport Records a Record Year and Awaits the Reopening of the Suez Canal in 2025
Difficulties in maritime freight transport have not prevented 2024 from being a record year. During the first nine months, container ships moved almost 137 million TEUs.
Logistics in Sea Freight Transport
The transport of goods by sea accounts for 80% of world trade. Let’s find out more about the logistics of sea freight transport.
Six decades of consolidation in maritime cargo transport thanks to the standardized container
Eighty per cent of world trade uses ships as a means of transport, made possible by the standardised sea container.
LNG grows as an alternative fuel in maritime cargo transport
The supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for bunkering increased by 62% worldwide last year, reaching 4.7 million cubic meters, a trend that continues into 2024, with projections to exceed 7 million cubic meters.
The new container terminal of the Port of Valencia will enable it to reach 12.5 million TEUs a year
The Port of Valencia will increase its TEU traffic management capacity by five million TEUs thanks to the new terminal to be built in the northern area.
The Port of Barcelona prepares the extension of the container management infrastructure to optimise the increase in goods traffic
The Council of Ministers authorizes the tendering of the contract for the construction of the first phase of the Catalunya wharf in the Port of Barcelona.