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.
Anfac highlights Santander port’s 7 millionth car handling
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – Anfac (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Automóviles y Camiones) has reported that Santander...
EU to issue tender documents for new Vasiliko LNG terminal
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – An open tender for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) reception infrastructure (FRSU –Â Floating...
Livorno port’s Lorenzini Terminal to receive largest mobile harbour crane in Europe
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Lorenzini & C, terminal operator, has invested over €4 million in a Konecranes Gottwald HMK 8412-64...
Santander port launches logistics zone for imported vehicles
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2018 – Santander port has launched a Logistics Activities Zone (ZAL) with an area of 52,258 m² that can...
Spain’s Noatum launches overhaul project at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia, concessionaire of the container terminals of the Prince Felipe and...
Italy’s ports lag behind in economic growth generation
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – The total cargo traffic of ports in the Mediterranean region rose by 500% in the last 20 years, whereas the...
Environmentalists to protest against Setúbal port dredging project
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – Portuguese environmental associations Clube da Arrábida, Sado de Luto and SOS Sado and the fishing...
Mega-ships saturate port terminals
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – The construction of mega-ships, container vessels capable of transporting more than 20,000 TEUs, is...
Ministry approves dredging of Salerno port
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 –Â The Ministry of the Environment has authorised the dredging of Salerno port, following the support of...
Rental of logistic space in Catalonia increases 53% in 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 –Â Rentals of logistic space by companies in Catalonia increased in January-September 2018 increased by...
Tarragona port starts dredging project
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Tarragona port has started dredging the mouth of the Francolà River. The project, which was launched...
Igoumenitsa port set to finish pier construction
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – Construction of the side-mooring pier in the port of Igoumenitsa is ongoing. The pier should be...
Siemens presents Siharbour, a port energy supply system, at Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – The German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG has presented its Siharbor system in Lisbon, a system...
AdSP Civitavecchia announces EIB investment
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €195 million in financing for the expansion of...
Railway lines to Genoa port resume following bridge collapse in August
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Today, rail traffic will resume on two of the three lines suspended since August 14, following the...
EIB approves €195 million financing of projects at Civitavecchia, Fiumicino ports
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €195 million ($224.7 million) loan to...
Valencia, Sagunto, Gandia port generate €2.5 billion economic impact
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia ports generate an economic impact of €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) in the...
JTEKT hosts ground-breaking ceremony for new plant in Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – Japan’s JTEKT Corporation has hosted a ground-breaking ceremony on September 17, 2018, to...
Port Authority rebuilds beacon tower of Bajo de Picamillo
MarÃn, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 –Â Autoridad Portuaria de MarÃn y RÃa de Pontevedra (APMRP – Port Authority of Marin)Â has completed...
Container Terminal MarÃn has increasing presence in Marin port
MarÃn, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 –Â TermarÃn (Container Terminal MarÃn) has a series of investments in recent years which have helped the...