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.
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 –...
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...