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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.

APM Terminals Valencia assembles three new Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes

The project is part of the company’s investment plan to upgrade the fleet, its capacity, productivity and sustainability – March 4, 2021 APM...

Port of Bilbao to construct new capacity

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2021 – The port of Bilbao is to go ahead with the construction project for the extension of the AZ-1 dock which...

Mersin International Port plans expansion

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 1, 2021 – Last year, Mersin International Port (MIP) handled a total of 2.6 million TEU and 7.6 million tons of...

Gefco opens warehouse in Tanger Med Logistics Zone

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – Gefco, the French transport and logistics company, has opened a new warehouse in Tanger Med...

Cleveland Cascades supplies equipment to Batumi port, Georgia

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 1, 2021 – The UK’s Cleveland Cascades Ltd has supplied Batumi port with a Cascade systems for a ship loading...

Port of Tarragona starts final construction phase of the Moll de Balears

The works have entered the last phases with the completion of the dredging and the placement of the material with land means – February 15, 2021 The pier...

APM Terminals Valencia expands VGM service with three new container weighbridges

This is the first phase of a project that will be completed with 11 devices to increase simultaneous weighing Valencia, Spain – APM Terminals Valencia has...

Design capacity of the new Olya port’s SEZ to be reached in 2026

Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – The port special economic zone (SEZ), which is being created in the Astrakhan region on the territory adjacent...

Southern Pier ready as part of Gelendzhik port modernisation

Gelendzhik, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – A working meeting has evaluated the implementation progress of the project “Complex of coastal...

New customs office for the new bulk cargo terminal in Russia’s Taman port

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – On the Taman Peninsula, the Taman bulk cargo terminal is being built. It will be the largest on the...

Livorno port start pier reconstruction works

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – The port of Livorno has commenced the restructuring work on 35 meters of Pier 13 between the Torre del...

Malta Freeport’s €20 million investment in two megamax quay cranes

Valletta, Malta (PortSEurope) February 9, 2021 – Malta Freeports has announced the arrival of components of the two megamax quay cranes, ordered Liebherr...

Grimaldi doubles its connections between Ancona and Greece

Naples, 5 February 2021 The latest great news from the Grimaldi Group involves the transport services for passengers and freight between Italy and Greece. In...

Novorossiysk port’s KSK Grain Terminal raises funds for investment

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – KSK Grain Terminal, part of DeloPorts, and Alfa-Bank have signed an agreement for KSK 1.1 billion...

Santander port improves railway infrastructure

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – The port of Santander has started renovation work on the railway tracks, located on quay 8 of Raos East...

Cosco incorporates new tractors in its Valencia terminal

València, Spain (PortSEurope) February 2, 2021 – Cosco Shipping Ports Spain (CSP Spain) has announced the addition of 15 new tractor units to its...

MSC starts operations at the Torrejón de Ardoz railway terminal in Madrid

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – Laumar Terminales Ferroviarias has works to adapt the Torrejón de Ardoz railway terminal in Madrid and...

Grimaldi Group expands the Livorno-Olbia Ro-pax connection

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – Following the recent launch of the Palermo-Cagliari Ro-pax line, the Grimaldi Group is expanding the...

Cairo seeks to develop Libya railway connection

Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 28, 2021 – The Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel Al-Wazir has said that the government is planning to extend its...

Bergé and Vertraco Shipping increase Europe-Caribbean service

Bergé and Vertraco Shipping (agents in the Netherlands) intensify theirregular conventional service between Europe and the Caribbean to boost trade –...

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