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.
Luka Koper: Extension of the southern part of Pier I completed
With the acquisition of the operational permit for the last section of the newly built extension of Pier I, we have completed one of the largest individual...
Port of Constanța removes unused railway wagons from its tracks
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 30, 2022 – The Port of Constanța has removed 400 of 700 unused and damaged wagons from its tracks in the port, and...
Port of Constanța handles more cargo due to Ukrainian conflict
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 30, 2022 – Since the war started on February 24, 2022, the Port of Constanța has become a key exports hub for...
African Development Bank approves finance for the Nador West Med port in Morocco
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 27, 2022 – The African Development Bank(AfDB) approved a further €57 million investment to finance the ongoing...
Luka Koper d.d. orders three electric RTG cranes from Konecranes
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 16, 2022 – Luka Koper d.d. has ordered three electric RTG cranes from Konecranes of Finland. The cranes will...
APM Terminals Gijón plans investment after concession extension
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) May 11, 2022 – APM Terminals Gijón is planning a number of improvements to improve its facilities after the Port Authority...
DP World has started construction of a new inland multimodal logistics terminal in Aiud, Romania
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) May 5, 2022 – DP World has started construction of a new inland multimodal logistics terminal in Aiud, Romania. Aiud is...
Grupo Hafesa has completed works to develop its DBA Bilbao Port terminal
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 5, 2022 – Grupo Hafesa has completed works to develop its DBA Bilbao Port terminal in eight months at a cost of €2.3...
Port of Palermo inaugurates new cruise terminal
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – The Port of Palermo has inaugurated a new cruise terminal which is part of a wider development of the...
Synergy and Asercomex increase frequency of rail service between Burgos and the port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – The intermodal operator Synergy and freight forwarder Asercomex have increased the frequency of the rail...
Port of Koper welcomes new STS container crane
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) May 3, 2022 – Last Friday, the Port of Koper has welcomed the arrival of the first of the two new STS container cranes....
Two new Panamax STS cranes arrive at the Port of Thessaloniki
Two new specially designed New Panamax STS Cranes with lifting capacity of 65 tons and 50 tons in twin-lift mode and in single-lift mode, respectively, arrived...
Grimaldi adds Ro-Ro vessel to Venice-Bari-Patras route
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2022 – The Grimaldi Group will add a Ro-Ro vessel to the Venice-Bari-Patras route, bringing the total to three such...
DP World seeks to increase size of Tarragona port concession
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2022 – DP World Tarragona has asked the Tarragona Port Authority to increase the surface area of the concession...
New grain terminal to be built in Russia’s Azov Port
Azov, Russia (PortSEurope) April 18, 2022 – A new grain terminal with capacity of over 1.5 million tonnes per year will be built in Russia’s Azov Sea port...
Two feeder vessels to double the capacity of Turkmenbashi-Baku container line
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) April 18, 2022 – Two feeder vessels started regular sailing between the Turkmen port of Turkmenbashi and the Azerbaijani...
Poor railway infrastructure hampers Constanța efforts to replace war blocked Ukrainian ports
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 – Romania’s largest Black Sea port of Constanta, which is also the nearest port to war-torn...
Minister Giovannini inaugurates the new large ship terminal in Marghera, Venice
News Release – Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy) – April 6, 2022 “I am particularly pleased to be here today, because it is...
Rosmorport starts repair dredging of the Volga-Caspian Sea Shipping Channel
Vessels of the Rosmorport dredging fleet have begun work to maintain the navigation depths of the Volga-Caspian Sea Shipping Canal (VCSSC) – April 1,...
Olt Offshore Lng Toscana receives favourable response to increase the number of berths of small vessels
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) April 1, 2022 – Olt Offshore Lng Toscana has received a favourable response to its proposal to increase the number of berths...