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.
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...
Medcenter Container Terminal receives 18 hybrid straddle carriers, Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 26, 2024 – The Medcenter Container Terminal has received 18 hybrid straddle carriers from the Swedish company...
‘Cruisezillas’: How much bigger can cruise ships get? – T & E
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe)- August 13, 2024 – Clean energy advocate Transport & Environment has published a report asking how big cruise ships...
St.Petersburg’s First Container Terminal extends railway capacity
St.Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) August 12, 2024 – First Container Terminal in the Big Port of St. Petersburg has increased the length of its railway...
Best Container Terminal Barcelona receives new cranes
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – The Best Container Terminal at the Port of Barcelona, the first semi-automated terminal of the Hutchison...
$660 million liquefied ethane gas facility in Egypt’s Dekheila port
Dekheila, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 4, 2024 – A $663 million facility to receive, store, and process liquefied ethane gas (LEG) will be built in...
Port of Gioia Tauro inaugurates towage dock
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has inaugurated the western dock, which is dedicated exclusively to tugboat...
Ice-class tugs badly needed for Russia’s Northern Sea Route
Murmansk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – To operate efficiently, the ports along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) – the new Western...
Boluda Maritime Terminals Santander completes 2nd phase expansion
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2024 – Boluda Maritime Terminals Santander has completed the works on the second phase of the concession,...