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.
STX France completes shipyard expansion in Saint-Nazaire
Nantes St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – French shipbuilder STX France has completed a project for the expansion of the area dedicated...
Leixões port handles Volkswagen vehicles
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Leixões port has started receiving vehicles from Volkswagen AG’s Autoeuropa car plant in...
Suez Canal to invest €9.8 million in West Port Said berths upgrade
Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 26, 2018 – Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone has allocated EGP 200 million ($11.2 million/€9.8...
Ancona port starts demolition of Incompiuta area
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) November 26, 2018 – Ancona port has started work to demolish the Incompiuta area of the commercial port, an obsolete...
Morocco expects economic dividends from high-speed train
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 25, 2018 – Morocco’s launch of Africa’s first high-speed train (LGV) is set to have a significant impact...
Valenciaport calls for greater commitment from the EU for the motorways of the sea
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 25, 2018 –Â Aurelio MartÃnez, president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port...
Italy’s Gesmar to start operating a new tugboat at Ravenna port by end-2019
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) November 23, 2018 – Italian company Gesmar, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti SpA, expects to start handling a new tugboat...
Vado Ligure port handles 450-tonne crane at reefer terminal
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Vado Ligure port has handled a crane with a weight of about 450 tonnes at its reefer terminal, which...
Italy’s Caronte & Tourist presents LNG-fired ferry as part of Gainn4mos project
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) November 19, 2018 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. has presented the first liquefied natural gas-fired (LNG)...
Albania’s Vlora port set for €15 million investment
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) November 18, 2018 – Albania’s second port, Vlora, is to receive investment worth €15 million ($17.13 million) to...
Luka Koper receives permission for container terminal expansion
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 16, 2018 – Luka Koper d.d., operator of Koper port, has received has been informed by the Ministry of the...
Ancona port authority discusses dredging project at San Benedetto del Tronto port
San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – San Benedetto del Tronto’s mayor Pasqualino Piunti held a meeting with...
Las Palmas port to overhaul Puerto del Rosario cruise dock
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – Las Palmas port plans to invest €1.38 million ($1.56 million) to extend the esplanade of the...
Luka Koper gets permit for container terminal expansion project
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – Slovenia’s environment ministry has said it granted a construction permit to port operator Luka Koper...
Ceuta port considers construction of natgas storage tanks
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Ceuta port aims to develop projects linked to the application of natural gas in the sea transport sector, as...
Cartagena port plans increased Ro-Ro capacity
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 –Â Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) is to build two new Ro-Ro...
Turkmenbashi port in Turkmenistan – another megalomaniac project or a new Silk Road winner
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – In a rare acknowledgment of problems with one of his ambitious billion dollar projects, last...
Poor rail infrastructure may hamper Trieste port’s growth
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Trieste port is developing rapidly and aims to expand its container traffic to 3.5...
Tremestieri port dredging to start this week
Chioggia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Dredging at the port of Tremestieri will start this week, and it will take an estimated six days to...
Damietta Container and Cargo Handling Company undertakes dredging work
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Supported by the Damietta Port Authority (DPA), Damietta Container and Cargo Handling Company (DCHC) is...