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.
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...
APM Terminals’ Vado gateway to open in December 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – The “Vado gateway”, the container terminal of APM Terminals, will open on 12 December 2019, said...
APM Terminals to announce Vado Ligure terminal’s official opening date on April 29
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – APM Terminals plans to announce the the official opening date of its container terminal...
Luka Koper to start operating five electric gantry cranes
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Luka Koper will soon start operating five new electric gantry cranes. The new series of cranes is more...
Spain’s ICL Iberia investing €77.3 million in terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – The new terminal of ICL Iberia in the port of Barcelona will start operating later this year after an...
MSC, Grimaldi to use hydrogen-powered loading machines at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The MSC and Grimaldi Group terminals of Valencia port will use two hydrogen-powered machines to load and...
Mitsui Kinzoku ACT Launches Car Lock Plant in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 7, 2019 – Japanese car supplier Mitsui Kinzoku ACT Corporation has launched the construction of a plant to produce...
Caronte & Tourist strengthens fleet via €34 million loan
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Messina-based shipping company Caronte & Tourist is strengthening its fleet thanks to a €34...
Genoa port’s Calata Bettolo container terminal to be launched by end-2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2019 – Genoa port expects the Calata Bettolo container terminal to enter into operation by the end of this year,...
Ukraine’s inland Reni port proposes new LNG terminal
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Reni port is considering the possibility of attracting investors for a public-private partnership...
Caglari port’s container traffic declines, operators launch downsizing
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – Italian company Iterc SRL, an operator assisting the handling of containers at Cagliari port, plans to launch...
Koper port increases export capacity to Austria businesses
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – At a business event near Koper, 26 Austrian companies active in the logistics, transport, IT and civil...
Naviera Armas to complete construction of Las Palmas port terminal in June
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – Spanish shipping company Naviera Armas SA expects to complete the construction of its terminal at Nelson...
Alicante port to approve bulk terminal project in April
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante (APA – Port Authority of Alicante)e is completing the technical...
​Varroc Lighting Systems Celebrates Opening Of Greenfield Manufacturing Facility In Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 10, 2019 – Varroc Lighting Systems has opened its new 17,000-m² facility in Tangier, Morocco, which produce...