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.
CMA CGM reported to be interested in multi-purpose terminal in Alexandria port
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 24, 2021 – The Al-Mal newspaper reported last week that the French shipping group CMA CGM is negotiating the...
Capacity of Russian seaports set to increase by 50 million tons in 2021
The production capacity of Russian seaports in 2021 is planned to be increased by 50 million tons due to the commissioning of facilities under construction and...
New Tanger Alliance terminal (TC3) at Tanger Med Port Complex now operational
Tanger Alliance, a subsidiary of Marsa Maroc, Contship Italia, Eurogate International and Hapag-Lloyd, received its first container vessel on January 1st, 2021...
Cereal Docks Group inaugurates new Venice port facility
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) January 8, 2021 – The Cereal Docks Group from Vicenza, has announced the start-up of its new €1.5 million plant for...
Grimaldi Group takes delivery of the Eco Barcelona vessel
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 – Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Eco Barcelona with two more ultra-modern vessels, the Grande Texas...
Hapag-Lloyd orders six ultra large container vessels of 23,500+ TEU
Order placed at Korean ship yard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Vessels will be powered by LNG Dual Fuel Delivery starts in April 2023 1 billion...
Tanger Alliance receives first vessel
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – Tanger Alliance has received its first vessel in container terminal three (TC3). Tanger Alliance, a...
Genoa port’s PSA Pra’ sees rail capacity increase
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 22, 2020 – The new configuration of the PSA Pra’ port, which with the entry into operation of two new tracks...
Work on deepening the seabed at the Brajdica container terminal starts
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 21, 2020 – Dredging works costing €97.7 million have started to deepen the seabed of the Brajdica container...
Constanta port ambitious €500 million expansion project
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) December 20, 2020 – Romania’s largest Black Sea port of Constanta will start a 500-million-euro enlargement project –...
A new grain terminal to be built in Varna, Bulgaria
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 – Agria Group Holding, a Bulgarian grain producer and trader, is preparing to build a €30 million...
Rail services to Gioia Tauro port resume
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 – For the first time snce 2015, rail services are now operating between the port of Gioia Tauro and...
BEST terminal improves the efficiency of container transfer between ADTs
The BEST terminal of the port of Barcelona has registered greater efficiency in the transfer of containers between Termporal Warehouses (ADTs) since on...
Fincantieri signs for a concession to develop shipbuilding in Palermo port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – The Trieste-based shipbuiding group Fincantieri SpA has signed an agreement with Autorita’ di...
Analysis – Russia keeps pushing for development of Caspian Sea ports and Volga-Don Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – The prospects for the development of container services in the Caspian Sea and the creation of a...
Piraeus Port Authority to proceed with ship repair facility development
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 9, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has announced the signing of the agreement to proceed with the project:...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale plans Carrara port development
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2020 – An agreement between Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...
CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal confirms full capacity to operate ferroutage trains
CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal (CSPZ), part of the CSP Spain group, has confirmed to ADIF and the regional government of Aragon, its capacity to...
PSA Pra’ terminal employs two new rail cranes
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 1, 2020 – PSA Genova Pra has inaugurated the use of two new rail cranes which will increase precision and reduce...
Venice port to start dredging of Malamocco Marghera canal
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – Venice port hasd received the required approval to commence dredging of the seabed of the...