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.
Noatum to complete Bilbao port rail terminal expansion in June
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao will complete in June the expansion of its rail terminal, which will...
Slovenian government agrees to second railway track between Koper and Divača
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The Slovenian government has agreed to investment in a second railway track between Koper and Divača,...
USPA dredged 10 ports and canals in 2018
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2019 – In 2018, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) directed the for dredging of six ports and four...
Ravenna port needs dredging to recover cruise traffic
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Ravenna port sees cruise traffic decline as a result of the draft risk it poses. The number of cruise...
Maersk platform at Italy’s Vado Ligure port 77% completed
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – The construction of the multifunctional Maersk platform at Italy’s Vado Ligure port is 77%...
Bayonne port starts dredging project
Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Bayonne port has started new dredging of the access to the dock and the logistics area of Saint...
Italy to accelerate road projects at Vado Ligure port
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Italy’s government plans to complete the construction of the improved road connections to Vado...
Livorno port completes maintenance works of two berths
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Livorno port has completed the maintenance of two berths after more than a year of repair works....
Cartagena port studying alternatives to El Gorguel project
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 15, 2019 – Spain’s Public Works Ministry, together with Puertos del Estado and...
Sapir receives new Liebherr lifting equipment for Ravenna port terminal
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – The Sapir group has received Liebherr lifting equipment worth €7 million ($8.02 million) for its...
Alcoa offers six-month extension to Galician plants
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – U.S. aluminium producer Alcoa has offered to turn off the electrolysis series at its plants in A Coruña...
MSC floats out MSC Grandiosa ship at Saint-Nazaire port
Saint-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has launched the MSC Grandiosa ship at the French port...
Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao to increase rail capacity
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – To consolidate its commitment to intermodal transport, Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao is working on the...
Livorno port receives largest self-propelled crane in Europe
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Livorno port has received the largest self-propelled crane in Europe, which will start operating in the coming...
Amazon gets plot concession at Seville port’s logistics zone
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Seville port authority has approved the concession of a land plot at its logistics zone to US e-commerce...
Vopak Terquimsa starts liquid bulk operations at Barcelona port terminal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Spanish company Vopak Terquimsa, a specialist in the storage, processing and transport...
Vigo port to receive €13 million EU funding for Ro-Ro terminal overhaul
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Vigo port will receive €13 million ($14.9 million) of financing from the European Union (EU) to upgrade its...
Italy’s FdS to improve intermodal infrastructure at Venice’s Mestre railway station
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Italian state-owned railway group Ferrovie dello Stato (FdS) plans to launch a project for the...
AdSP Palermo to invest in Termini Imerese port overhaul
Termini Imerese, Italy (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicily...
PSA Container Terminal of Sines surpasses TEU record of 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Until December 12, Terminal XXI (Sines container terminal) handled 1,669,295 TEU, up 5% on the same...