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.
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...
Spain’s Yecasa launches terminal at Arinaga port
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2019 – Canary Islands business group Yesos Canarias SA (Yecasa) has launched a terminal and...
Davila Reefer Terminal plans Marin port facility expansion
MarÃn, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de MarÃn y RÃa de Pontevedra (APMRP – Port Authority of Marin) has approved a...
Cartagena port dismisses Escombreras expansion as alternative to El Gorguel project
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) president JoaquÃn Segado has...
APM Terminals’ new container terminal in Vado Ligure now 78% complete
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – The new APM Terminals container terminal in Vado Ligure has reached over 78% completion, and scheduled to...
ANP starts the expropriations phase for new Zenata dry port
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – National Ports Agency) is preparing to begin...
Kherson port completes anchorage dredging work
Kherson, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced that Kherson port has completed dredging of...