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.
DACHSER Morocco opens new warehouse in Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – DACHSER Morocco has announced that it has opened a new warehouse facility in Tanger Med port. Situated...
Safiport Derince International Port plans further investment
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 5, 2021 – Safiport Derince International Port is set for further investment which could create a further 2,000 jobs....
Turkey’s IC Karasu Port plans expansion
Karasu, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 3, 2021 – The Black Sea port of Karasu is planning an expansion to increase its cargo handling capacity. Managed by...
New Bursa-Osmaneli high speed rail will benefit Marmura ports
Bursa, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 3, 2021 – The Bandırma-Bursa-Yenişehir-Osmaneli High Standard Railway Line from Bursa to Osmaneli is planned for...
Contract signed for the main construction works on the second track of the Divača – Koper railway line
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 31, 2021 – The Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec has attended the signing of a contract for the main...
APM Terminals MedPort Tangier commences second phase of development
Following a total investment of 800 million USD, operations at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier commenced in 2019. It now celebrates its next major development...
Red Eléctrica will invest €36 million in a new substation in Barcelona
In the coming weeks, Red Eléctrica will begin the preliminary works for the construction of a new 220 kV substation in Barcelona, specifically the Ronda...
Port of Livorno trials 11.5-metre draft ships
With the arrival in Livorno of the Alexandra container ship, experiments began this morning to allow ships with a draft greater than the estimated 11.5 meters...
Elstat: Greek ship repairing industry – 2020
The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces data of the survey on the activities of the Greek Ship Repairing Industry in 2020 – March 25, 2021...
Algeria’s El Hamdania deep-water port construction start
Cherchell, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 23, 2021 – The construction of the Algeria’s new commercial port of El Hamdania (between the cities of Cherchell in...
Mersin International Port starts expansion works for EMH II
Mersin International Port Management Inc. (MIP), Turkey’s largest trade gateway to the world, held a groundbreaking ceremony today to mark the beginning of...
Construction of Algeria’s new El Hamdania mega port is expected to start in May
Cherchell, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 22, 2021 – The construction of the Algerian new commercial seaport of El Hamdania (near the town of Cherchell, in the...
DeloPorts receives permit for commissioning new grain berth at Novorossiysk port
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) March 18, 2021 – The Delo Group received a permit from the Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport...
Port of Taman – Russia’s bulk cargo champion in the Black Sea
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) March 18, 2021 – The construction of the third stage of the Taman Bulk Cargo Terminal (TTNG), Russia’s largest, has been...
Sibport will manage the terminal in which Bilbao Port Authority has invested €15.7 million
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – Starting tomorrow, the new Aratrain rail service will commence linking Bilbao port’s container...
NUTEP increases its transport equipment in the port of Novorossiysk
In March 2021, NUTEP (part of DeloPorts) has significantly increased its transport equipment – both in the special vehicle segment and in the segment of...
Turkey’s Mersin port set for expansion
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – The Transport and Infrastructure Ministry has announced that the capacity of Mersin port in Southeast...
Work to start on Decal’s new Venice LNG storage facility
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 9, 2021 – Preliminary has started on the construction of the new Venice liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility...
Terminales Marítimos de Galicia exoans facility in Port of A Coruña
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2021 – Terminales Marítimos de Galicia (TMGA ) has started the construction of two warehouses and an auxiliary...
Euroenergo España reports increased capacity storage in 2020
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2021 – Euroenergo España SL, operator in the storage of petroleum products and biofuels, ended 2020 with a...