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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.

Cereal Docks to add six silos to Porto Marghera, Venice

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – Cereal Docks Spa is to add six silos to its operations in Porto Marghera in the Port of Venice. This will...

Ascet Shipping to build grain storage facility near inland port of Izmail

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 4, 2023 – Ascet Shipping LLC will build a grain storage facility near the south, inland port of Izmail. The $500,000...

APM Terminals to expand Maasvlakte II container terminal, Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has announced the expansion of its Maasvlakte II...

Boluda finalizes the opening of its container terminal in the port of Santander

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) March 30, 2023 – Boluda Maritime Terminals and DIF are planning the start of their new container terminal in the port of...

ELSTAT – Greek Ship Repairing Industry, 2021-2022

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces data of the survey on the activities of the Greek Ship Repairing Industry – 2021-2022 According to...

New LNG complex to be built in Sviyazhsk, Tatarstan, Russia

Sviyazhsk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and bunkering complex will be built on the territory of the...

Moscow desperate for first ammonia transshipment complex in Taman

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – Under heavy pressure to speed-up the construction of Russia’s first ammonia and mineral fertilisers...

Four bcm FSRU ship docked in Italy’s Piombino

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – Golar Tundra, the giant ship that will serve as a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasifier, has arrived...

New Genoa logistics warehouse opened – Pra’ Distripark Europa

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – PSA Italy has opened a new warehouse, Pra’ Distripark Europa, in the port basin of Genoa Pra’. It...

Iberdrola, Haizea will invest €150 million in the port of Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – Energy company Iberdrola and the Haizea Wind Group have signed a contract worth more than €200 million...

New pier in Don River in 2023 after poor cargo handling results

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – A new pier for mineral and construction cargo with a capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year will...

British American Tobacco opens second production line in Trieste

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – BAT Italia, part of British American Tobacco, is to open a second production line i in the FreEste area in...

Sanctions cause cancellation of two grain terminal projects in Azov Sea

Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) March 5, 2023 – Western sanctions have forced Russia to abandon construction projects for new grain terminals in the Azov Sea...

Draft of vessels in Ukraine’s Danube ports significantly increase

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine has managed to increase the draft of vessels in the country’s section of the Danube...

New combined intermodal and multimodal terminal for Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 19, 2023 – By the beginning of 2024, the construction of the second phase of Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku...

New terminals and berths in Novorossiysk port

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) February 17, 2023 – Novaya Pristan company (part of OZK Group) is preparing the project for new berths in Russia’s Black...

Taman Bulk Cargo Terminal ready to process 2,071 coal wagons daily

Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) February 14, 2023 – Taman Bulk Cargo Terminal has confirmed it now has the capacity to process 2,071 coal wagons daily....

New Danube River grain and cargo port in Bulgaria’s Silistra

Silistra, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 13, 2023 – Encouraged by the high demand for grain and other cargo transportation along the Danube River...

TransContainer tries to fill in the container gap in Russia

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2023 – TransContainer, intermodal container operator that manages the largest fleet of containers and flatcars...

Algeria’s Oran port completes container terminal extension

Oran, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 31, 2023 – Oran port has completed the extension of its container terminal, according to Chairman and CEO of...

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