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.
ENKA applies for Izmir LNG facility license
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 22, 2020 – ENKA, the local industrial conglomerate, has applied to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) for a...
Greece completes another part of Athens-Corinth- Patras rail link
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 21, 2020 – Mytilineos S.A., a Greek-based industrial conglomerate, has completed work on the new double railway line of...
Eurofos terminal adds two new gantries
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 21, 2020 – The Eurofos container terminal has employed two malaccamax-type gantries. The equipment ws manufactured...
Frittelli Maritime Group inaugurates new warehouse in Ancona port
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2020 – The local Frittelli Maritime Group has inaugurated a new facility which will function as a multi-purpose and...
Kuenz delivers all 42 cranes to APM Terminals, Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 10, 2020 – Kuenz GmbH, the Austria-based crane manufacturer, has delivered a total of 42 cranes to APM Terminals,...
Turkey’s Ünye Port receives Hazardous Goods Compliance Certificate
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – Ordu Metropolitan Municipality, in Northwest Turkey has received a Hazardous Goods Compliance Certificate...
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...