Cargo throughput at Spanish ports totalled 651 million tonnes last year, 0.8% down from 2018, but Portuguese ports continued their downward trend with the country’s continental ports shipping only 87 million tonnes of cargo, a 6.2% year-on-year decline, according to a new report from Atlantico Business Development.

ECSA has reiterated its support of the European Green Deal but says the first priority should be ‘the rescue and full recovery of the EU shipping industry’.

Oslo-based ocean freight rate benchmarking platform Xeneta highlights a 0.50% dip in long-term contracted rates, with CEO Patrik Berglund cautioning: ‘After a welcome period of growth in rates development this is a small, yet significant, step in the wrong direction for carriers.’