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.
Adif, Valenciaport & Tramesa agree new Madrid-Valencia rail link
València, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2021 – Rail operator Adif, Valenciaport and Transportes Mixtos Especiales (Tramesa) have signed an...
METRANS to build new HUB terminal in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – Intermodal transport provider METRANS is to invest €40 million ($47.19 million) in new HUB...
Ports and logistics highlighted for Turkish investment
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – According to the Turkish government’s 2022-2024 Investment Program, both ports and logistics...
Risoil Terminal signs agreement to invest in Ukraine’s port of Chernomorsk
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 10, 2021 – JV Risoil Terminal LLC has signed an agreement with Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) to...
RFI reconnects Trieste port with Servola and Aquilina stations
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the Italian railway infrastructure manager, has completed a €7.5...
New Chinese-operated Haifa Bay Port starts operations
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – China’s state-owned Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) won the tender in 2015 to operate the new...
“Norwegian Prima” floated out of port of Marghera
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 – The “Norwegian Prima” ship is the first of six vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL)...
Port of Marghera, Venice, prepares temporary cruise ship facility
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2021 – The Port of Marghera, located next to the suburb of Mestre on the mainland shore west of...
Kombiverkehr to increase services between Italy, Germany and Benelux
Frankfurt, Germany (Ports Europe) August 20, 2021 – Kombiverkehr KG, an intermodal transport business, is to increase the number of trains operating...
A.P. Moller – Maersk opens an Inland Container Depot at Novorossiysk, Russia
Maersk´s first Russian Inland Container Depot will create over 48 jobs and add needed storage/cross-dock capacity to relieve strained supply chains –...
Russia’s Port of Taganrog set for new grain handling complex
Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2021 – State agency Glavgosexpertiza has announced positive results of engineering surveys for the...
New dock planned for port of Corralejo, Fuerteventura
Corralejo, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) August 11, 2021 – The Minister of Public Works, Transport and Housing of the Government of the Canary...
Piraeus port receives new super post panamax quay crane
Τhe new Super Post Panamax Quay Crane capable of handling large mega-vessels with a capacity of 20.000 TEUs has arrived at the Port of Piraeus and will be...
Yilport adds crane capacity to Huelva port facility
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2021 – Three STS (Ship-to-Shore Super Post Panamax) cranes are to be added to the Muelle Sur container terminal,...
Haifa’s new Bay Port trials ship handling
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) July 16, 2021 – The container ship MSC Marylena in currently docked in the new Bay Port as part of trials for the...
Noatum Terminal Málaga and Servimad Global will reduce emissions from solid bulks
The upward trend in solid bulk traffic in the Port of Malaga entails a commitment from the operators belonging to the Port Community, who have opted...
The port of Elefsina is connected to the railway network
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 14, 2021 – The Attica port of Elefsina is to be connected to the country’s national rail network via the...
Government council comments on proposed second track of the Divača-Koper railway line
The President of the Project Council for Civil Oversight of the Construction of the Second Track of the Divača – Koper Railway Line (PSCN), Jadran...
NCSP installs new crane capacity at port of Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 8, 2021 – NCSP is installing three portal cranes are being installed by the Russian manufacturer CJSC SMM at...
New quay at port of Civitavecchia set to attract new business
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 7, 2021 – The new quay 30 at Civitavecchia port will enable the port to handle larger vessels in the Ro-Ro and...