Capacity
A category including news related to increasing output and production of ports. Additional port equipment adding capacity; port expansion adding cargo capacity, shipping lines adding larger vessels and increased land traffic capacity by rail and road.
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company adds tanker to fleet
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2025 – Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) has added another “Aframax” type tanker to its fleet....
CSP Logitren railway operator in Spain increases capacity
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 2, 2025 – CSP Logitren, COSCO’s railway operator in Spain, has added two new locomotives manufactured by...
Med Marine adds new tugboat tug to fleet
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 18, 2024 – Med Marine is adding a firefighting harbour tug to its fleet after its construction as newbuild ER144...
APM Terminals’ expanded Medport Tangier port now operational.
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) December 17, 2024 – APM Terminals’ newly expanded Medport Tangier port is now operational. The terminal now has...
Iran’s Caspian Sea merchant fleet comprises 87 ships
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – The country has recently increased the number of ships in its Caspian Sea merchant fleet to 87 vessels,...
Port of Santander expands car silo
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – Works to expand the car silo are scheduled to be completely at the beginning of 2027. This will add...
Work starts to expand Karasu Port, Turkey
Karasu, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The government has announced that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) has started on a plan to...
Novorossiysk Grain Terminal plans to increase grain shipment
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 27, 2024 – By 2027, Novorossiysk Grain Terminal (NZT) plans to increase its grain shipment capacity to 11...
BMF Port Burgas started major railway expansion
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 19, 2023 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas...
Vestas inaugurates new production line in Taranto
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – Vestas, a wind turbine company, has inaugurated a new production line for the V236-15.0MW wind turbine...
Port of Rijeka completes dredging of AGCT terminal
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) November 1, 2024 – Dredging has been completed at the Adriatic Gate container (AGCT-Jadranska vrata) terminal which will...
Interporto Rivers Venezia to open platform in Porto Marghera in spring
Porto Marghera, Italy (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Interporto Rivers Venezia, formerly Centro Intermodale Adriatico, a terminal company in Porto...
New maritime railway station planned for Savona port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – A memorandum of understanding to build a new maritime railway station and adapt the connection between the...
Aldeport opens new terminal in Port of Seville
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – A new terminal of the Port of Seville, located to the south of the site in the Dársena del Cuarto,...
Algeposa adds new electric crane to Pasaia port facility
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – Logistics operator Algeposa has invested 4.5 million euros in a crane which will contribute both to...
Dragados expands in Port of Cadiz
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – The construction company Dragados has been expanding at the Port of Cadiz. The company currently has a...
Hutchison Ports BEST introduces first 100% electric Reach Stacker
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2024 – Hutchison Ports BEST has introduced the first electric Reach Stacker in Southern Europe at its...
Volkswagen exports cars to Italy via Port of Sanova
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 11, 2024 – The Volkswagen group has decided to use the Savona port to transport Audi, Volkswagen and Seat cars...
JSW & Metinvest plan steel plant in Piombino, Italy
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2024 – Indian steel group Jindal South West (JSW) is to sign a contract with Ukrainian-based steel group...
Russian President Putin launches coal terminal in Sukhodol seaport
Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched operations at the coal terminal in the Sukhodol...