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.
“Mediterraneo” floating dock is operational again in Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – The “Mediterraneo” floating dock is operational again: normal haulage activities suspended...
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Venice port authority sign railway upgrade agreement
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Maurizio Gentile, Managing Director and General Manager of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (FS Group), the...
Amazon will open a second logistics centre in Seville port
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Amazon, a U.S. electronic commerce, cloud computing, and consumer...
Italy’s RFI approves overhaul of rail network near Venice port
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Italian state-owned railway operator Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has approved an investment project for...
Carnival set to start operations at new Tenerife port cruise terminal
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 –Â Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Port Authority of...
Spain has two of 44 automated ports globally
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Spain has two of the total 44 ports worldwide with one or more automated terminals, namely Barcelona, with...
Algeciras port could multiply freight rail traffic by 15 by 2030
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Algeciras port could multiply by 15 the number of freight trains it handles annually by 2030 if it has a...
Port of Izmir to be connected to BTK railway
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 9, 2018 – Turkey plans to connect the port of Izmir to the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway corridor (BTK) by rail, the...
Sines port introduces new model for road freight handling
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – A new model for delivery and collection of cargo by road will be launched at the beginning of 2019 at the...
Edison launches the first integrated small scale LNG logistics chain in Italy that will make heavy and maritime transport sustainable
Milan, Italy, November 30, 2018 Edison launches in Italy the first integrated logistics chain of small scale LNG (liquefied natural gas plants on a small...
Edison: Agreement with Knutsen for the chartering of the ship that will supply the small scale GNL storage unit in Ravenna
Milan, Italy, November 30, 2018 Edison Spa announces the stipulation with the Norwegian shipowner Knutsen OAS Shipping of a 12-year long-term contract...
Italy’s PIR Group, Edison to start construction of LNG storage facility at Ravenna port in Jan 2019
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Italian company Depositi Italiani GNL, a 51/49 joint venture of PIR-Petrolifera Italo Rumena group...
Spanish ports plan investments to challenge Rotterdam
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Spain carried out its great port works 20 years ago. The ports spent billions of euros, but the crisis came...
Cartagena port to launch LNG terminal project in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2018 – Cartagena port plans to launch next year projects for the construction of a terminal for the supply of...
Rijeka port again delays deadline for container terminal construction
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 30, 2018 – Rijeka port has again delayed the deadline for the completion of the construction of a new container...
USPA continues development planning for Mykolaiv sea port
Mykolaiv, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 30, 2018 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) is continuing with plans to develop Mykolaiv sea port...
Moby Lines to halt Bastia-Nice line
Nice, France (PortSEurope) November 29, 2018 – Italian shipping company Moby Lines plans to cease the service between the ports of Nice and Bastia at the...
Italy to issue certification for Azimut Benetti’s floating dock in Livorno on Nov 30
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Italian Naval Register technicians plans to test the Mediterranean floating dock in Livorno on...
AutoEuropa to use Leixões port as alternative to Setúbal for car exports
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Portuguese automotive assembly plant operator AutoEuropa Automóveis, Lda., part of Volkswagen...
Kumport looks to develop as leading transfer hub
Kumport, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Kumport Limani (Kumport) CEO Özgür Soy has stated that the port is growing together with its...