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.
WEC Lines adds capacity to Bilbao-UK route
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) June 2, 2021 – WEC Lines is to use a larger ship in its weekly direct container service that began in January between with...
TPAO’s efforts to establish a refinery in Zonguldak continue
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 1, 2021 – The works of Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) to establish a refinery on 960 acres are continuing at...
New crane equipment delivered to the NUTEP terminal
On May 26, 2021, the ZHEN HUA 19 ship delivered new equipment from China to the container terminal of NUTEP (part of DeloPorts, a stevedore asset of Delo...
Port of Huelva will invest €11 million in extending the Huelva-Seville railway line
Francisco Toledo and Pilar Miranda, presidents of Puertos del Estado and the Huelva Port Authority, respectively, have signed the addendum and extension to the...
PSA Antwerp trialing hydrogen-powered tractor in green energy bid
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – PSA Antwerp has announced that it will trial a Terberg hydrogen-powered terminal tractor and mobile...
Port of Vado Ligure increases rail transport for containers
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 15, 2021 – In the first three months of 2021, 3,779 railway wagons for container transport moved to and from the port of...
APM Terminals/Enna Logic consortium bids for Zagreb Deep Sea container terminal concession in Rijeka port
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 12, 2021 – The Port Authority of Rijeka has reported that a consortium of Dutch APM Terminals and the local Enna Logic...
Minister at the symbolic start of the main construction works for construction of the second track, Divaca-Koper
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – Today, Minister of Infrastructure, Jernej Vrtovec, attended a ceremonial event at the signing of the...
Efficiency and speed in ports’ handling of containers and use of boxes inland can greatly ease shortages
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – Shipping companies cannot keep buying ever more expensive containers; newly ordered container ships will start...
CMA CGM Group announces the order of 22 new vessels
April 30, 2021 The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, signed today with CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) Group an order for: 6...
Railway connection between the Port of Trieste and Nürnberg is strengthened
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – Following its introduction in November last year, the intermodal rail cargo service between Trieste and...
Turkey receives new FSRU vessel
Iskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 23, 2021 – The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has announced that the country’s first floating...
Slovenia to discuss Hungarian investment in expansion of Divaca-Koper railway line
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2021 – The governments of Slovenia and Hungary are set to discuss the latter investing in Slovenian state-run...
Project Council reports on the construction of the second track of the railway connection between Divača and Koper
Members of the Project Council for the supervision of the construction of the second track of the railway connection between Divača and Koper presented the...
Luka Koper sign contract for container terminal cranes
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 20, 2021 – Port operator Luka Koper has signed a contract for the supply of two shore-to-ship cranes which will be...
Piraeus Port Authority to add electric crane bridges to container terminal
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 14, 2021 – Piraeus Port Authority has announced the signing of a new contract for the supply of five (E-RTG) cranes...
Ak Automotive to expand Koper facility
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2021 – Ak Automotive is to expand production and has recently purchased a production facility in Koper, in which...
Port of Koper extends concession area
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2021 – Following a decree amendment by the government, the concession area of the Port of Koper has been...
Marina di Carrara opens improved port rail connections
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 13, 2021 – The port of Marina di Carrara has inaugurated a new rail layout at the Fiorillo quay allowing cargo...
Malta Freeport: Cranes assembly works are well on track
Work continues apace at Malta Freeport Terminals on two new Megamax quayside cranes from Liebherr Container Cranes which further enhance the Terminals’...