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.
Portuguese government approves Sines port expansion
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 6, 2019 –  APS – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve (Ports of Sines and Algarve Authority) has...
Portuguese minister visits Sines port for official presentation of investment projects for expansion of Terminal XXI & new Vasco da Gama Terminal
News – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, visited the Port of Sines for the official presentation of the investment projects for the expansion of...
Japan’s Kasai to set up automotive facility in Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) August 4, 2019 – Kasai Kogyo Co Ltd, a global Japanese automotive supplier, is to set up a logistics facility in Tanger...
Koper port adds car storage capacity
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) August 1, 2019 – The joint venture of GIC Gradnje and Pro.Concrete is to build a new car parking space at Koper port with a...
Koper port starts strategic Pier 1 expansion
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 29, 2019 – Work has begun, with the installation of the test-drilling pilots, on the extension of Pier I of Koper...
Ancona port proposes Molo Clementino for new cruise terminal
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) July 25, 2019 – Molo Clementino (wharf) has been proposed by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico (AdSP –...
Two rail track improved in PSA Genoa Pra terminal
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and Italferr have completed works on two rail tracks at the PSA Genoa Pra...
APM Terminals Barcelona outlines its recent €47 million investment
News Release – APM Terminals Barcelona outlines its recent €47 million investment – July 1, 2019 APM Terminals Barcelona provided an overview of...
APM Terminals marks opening of second terminal at MedPort Tangier
News Release – APM Terminals marks opening of second terminal at MedPort Tangier – June 28, 2019 APM Terminals second terminal in Morocco, MedPort...
Batumi Sea Port Ltd and China’s Lianyungang port sign a memorandum of understanding
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 1, 2019 – On May 20, Batumi Sea Port Ltd hosted a delegation from China’s Lianyungang port, and the two ports...
Morocco launches Tanger-Med 2 terminals at Tangier port
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 1, 2019 – Tanger-Med 2 of Tangier port has been inaugurated to bolster Morocco’s position in the Mediterranean...
Morocco expands Tanger Med’s container capacity by 6 million TEUs annually
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 28, 2019 – Morocco opened on June 27 new terminals at Tanger Med port adding 6 million TEUs of annual capacity...
Damietta port announces new multi-purpose terminal
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – The Minister of Transport, Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, has announced the completion of a new multi-purpose...
Hupac to manage new Pordenone intermodal terminal
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Ports in northern Italy are set to benefit from the opening of Interporto – Centro Ingrosso di...
Contship Italia signs agreement to expand La Spezia Container Terminal’s Garibaldi pier
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – The Contship Italia Group has signed an agreement with Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale...
Maersk and MSC to relocate operations away from Malta’s Freeport
Freeport, Malta (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – Malta Freeport has said that the shipping companies Maersk and MSC plan to reduce their operations at...
PSA Peugeot Kenitra factory set for mid-year launch
Tanger Med, (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – French automaker PSA Peugeot aims to start production at its Kenitra factory in mid-2019, with CEO Carlos...
Noatum Logistics expands warehouse network in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – Noatum Logistics has opened a largest logistics warehouse in Ribarroja, Valencia, expanding the company’s...
BEST container terminal in Barcelona port increases capacity
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Hutchison Ports’ BEST container terminal in Barcelona port, has received six new Automated Stacking...
AMT Terminals receives two SPPx cranes at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – APM Terminals has started unloading two new STS Super Post Panamax cranes (SPPx) at Barcelona port to improve...