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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.

Contship Italia Group releases new business plan targets 2021-2024

Contship Italia Group, the Italian container terminal and intermodal branch of Eurokai, today unveils a raft of new initiatives aimed at enhancing its national...

Volos port to proceed with pier extension study

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – The Ministry of Shipping has approved a study for the completion of pier No. 3, a proposal submitted for...

APM Terminals Poti and Poti New Terminals Corporation sign agreement for joint development of a new bulk cargo facility

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 26, 2020 – APM Terminals Poti (APMT) and Poti New Terminals Corporation (PNTC) have signed an agreement for the joint...

Small Scale LNG, green light from the Ministry of Economic Development for OLT near Livorno

Small Scale LNG, green light from the Ministry of Economic Development for OLT – October 23, 2020 The Ministry of Economic Development, in agreement with...

Russia plans port SEZ in Astrakhan region

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 25, 2020 – Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development has said that it plans to allocate RUB 2.8 billion for...

Grimaldi group takes delivery of the Eco Valencia and Grande Florida

Naples, 20 October 2020: Great news for the Grimaldi Group fleet. On 16 October, the Neapolitan company took delivery of the Eco Valencia, the first of 12...

Merport aims to become Mersin’s new logistics base

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Merport Logistics, operating close to Mersin International Port (MIP) and Mersin Free Zone, has increased...

Livorno port seeks to double cellulose storage capacity

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – The port authority of Livorno is to issue a tender to build a cellulose storage facility which will...

Genoa port’s Calata Bettolo container terminal set to become operational today

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 12, 2020 – The new container terminal of Calata Bettolo in the port of Genoa is set to become operational today. It is...

Completion of repairs to the oil wharf in Rades port, Tunisia

Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) October 9, 2020 – Repair of the oil wharf located on the south bank of the port of Radès has just been completed for a sum...

Koper port adds RMG crane

In recent days, a new Rail-Mounted Gantry has been installed on the sidings of the Container terminal – October 1, 2020 This new piece of equipment will...

Grimaldi adds capacity to Livorno and Palermo ports connection

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) September 21, 2020 – Grimaldi Group is to increasing freight and passenger connections between central...

President attends event to mark Odessa port berth development

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) September 16, 2020 – On September 12, President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visited the port of Odessa and took part...

Russia’s Ministry of Transport presents seaports development plan

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) September 15, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport presented a draft plan of the federal project “Development of...

Slovenia government welcomes EU cohesion funding for Divača-Koper railway line expansion

Ljubljana, Slovenia (PortSEurope) September 13, 2020 – Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec has welcomed the allocation of €80 million...

Grimaldi Group receives new PCTC vessel

Naples, 7 September 2020: The Grimaldi Group has further expanded its fleet with the arrival of the new Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) Grande New Jersey....

TTI Algeciras increases number of reefer plugs available in the terminal

News – TTI Algeciras increases the number of reefer plugs available in the terminal – August 13, 2020 The Algeciras semiautomated container...

PSA Sines issues expansion tender

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 12, 2020 – PSA Sines, the concessionaire for the Container Terminal of the Port of Sines (Terminal XXI), has...

Koper port starts work on container terminal expansion

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) August 12, 2020 – Luka Koper, operator of the port, has announced the start of the main construction works for the...

KSK Grain Terminal in Novorossiysk port set for reconstruction

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 23, 2020 – The KSK Grain Terminal has been operated at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk by DeloPorts since...

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