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.
Beato’s Multipurpose Terminal (TMB) reinforces operational capacity
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – TMB (Terminal Multiusos do Beato) has purchased on a rental basis a Liebherr LHM 280, with a capacity of...
Aurelio Martínez: new North Terminal will double economic impact of Valencia port
The North expansion will double the number of jobs generated by the port to 80,000 by 2030 – June 29, 2020 The €1.4 billion public-private investment...
Livorno’s Darsena Europa to be ready in 2024
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2020 – Stefano Corsini, President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP –...
DP World Limassol unveils new equipment
Eight forklifts and a state-of-the art empty container handler were added to the Company’s fleet – June 15, 2020 In line with its ongoing commitment to...
Motril port adds to crane capacity
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) June 20, 2020 – Logistics operator Consignaciones y Estibas Motril (CE Motril) has acquired a mobile crane, Fantuzzi MHC 115...
Serbia’s Danube ports of Prahovo and Bogojevo to be expanded to Danube TEN-T standards
Bogojevo, Serbia (Ports Europe) June 15, 2020 – The long-planned project for the expansion of Serbian ports of Bogojevo and Prahovo on the Danube river...
Environmental challenges remain for BOTAŞ Saros FSRU
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 9, 2020 – BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines...
Fincantieri confirms work in Palermo port until 2022
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 27, 2020 – The Fincantieri SpA shipbuilding facility in Palermo has a guaranteed workload until 2022, the...
Bulgaria’s Port Burgas enlarges quay walls, adds new docking spaces
(Adds details to “BMF Port Burgas receives several bids for tenders” article from May 1, 2020) Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 25, 2020 –...
Egypt’s port of Alexandria expands to speed-up cargo processing
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 15, 2020 – Egypt’s largest port, Alexandria, is in the middle of an ambitious upgrade and expansion programme that...
New mobile harbour crane at Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – Yesterday, a new Liebherr mobile crane was delivered to the port of Thessaloniki. Valued at €3.986...
MBM Port seeks controversial cargo expansion at Porto Romano, Durrës
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – In 2015, the Albanian government signed a 35-year concessionary contract for the construction and operation...
Autoterminal Khalifa Port opens new technical centre
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2020 – Autoterminal Khalifa Port, operator of the advanced Ro-Ro terminal at Khalifa Port, has opened a new...
Minister speaks at opening ceremony of cruise port extension works in Piraeus port
Address by the Greek Minister of Maritime and Island Policy Mr Yiannis Plakiotakis at the opening ceremony of the extension works of the Cruise Station of...
President of Tarragona Port visits TEPSA’s new facilities at Moll de la Química
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2020 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona), Josep...
Trammo in talks to construct new terminal in Batumi port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – TRammo Inc of the U.S,. is in talks to invest $20 million in Georgia and build a new terminal in the...
Egypt holds talks with EUROGATE to progress logistics zone in Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – Transport Minister Kamel el Wazir has met with senior management of Germany’s EUROGATE Group and...
APM Terminals’ Vado Gateway terminal commences operations
The new Vado Gateway terminal, located in Vado Ligure, Italy, received its first commercial service on 11 February 2020. The ship, M/V Maersk Kota, was the...
Eni starts production at photovoltaic plant on Porto Torres industrial site, Sardinia
Porto Torres, Sardina, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – Eni New Energy, a subsidiary of energy company Eni, has opened a new photovoltaic park in...
Portugal’s Sines port commences ambitious expansion works
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Work has started on the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean sea port of Sines, the first step to increase...