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.
Customers see improvements at Thessaloniki port six months after privatisation
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 – There has been a general positive response to the new management of Thessaloniki Port Authority SA...
Local port authority must approve offshore Melendugno gas pipeline tunnel
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2018 – At a location offshore from San Foca, Melendugno, construction of a microtunnel for the Trans...
Local press reports Volkswagen considering new Morocco plant
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 28, 2018 – There are unconfirmed reports locally that German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen AG will soon...
Cruise project part of Antalya port development plan
Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Menderes Turel has a number of ambitious projects for...
ENI receives go-ahead for €30 million plant in Porto Torres
Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Eni SpA, an Italian multinational oil and gas company, has received permission for...
China’s COSCO Shipping Dragon Maritime Company opens office in Sarajevo
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – COSCO Shipping has inaugurated a branch office in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s...
Spain’s Portsur to build new dock at Castellón port
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 25, 2018 – Spanish bulk terminal operator Portsur Castellón SA decided to step up investment, in order to keep...
Valenciaport publishes facts to support development of Valencia-Madrid EU Ten-T transport corridor
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 –Â Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has published...
Port of Adria introduces Integrated Management System (IMS)
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – Montenegro’s Bar port cargo terminal operator Port of Adria JSC has officially introduced an...
Alcoa to complete transfer of aluminium traffic to Punta Langosteira in mid-2019
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – The transfer of the aluminium that Alcoa Corporation of the US is currently carrying out from A Coruña...
Mercitalia and PKP Cargo sign agreement to Italy-Poland rail links
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2018 – Italy’s Mercitalia Rail, a company of the Mercitalia Group (FS Italiane Group) and the Polish...
GNV says Genoa port lagging behind in LNG facilities
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 –Â Grandi Navi Veloci, the Genoa-based ferry operator, has commented that the port has been slow in...
Cotraport raises Barcelona port issues with Puertos del Estado
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Cooperativa de Servicios de Transporte (Cotraport) has sent a document to Puertos del Estado, the...
Barcelona port continues to operate at full capacity despite cyber attack
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Barcelona port continues to operate at full capacity under a contingency plan destined...
Voltri Terminal Europa of Genoa port takes delivery of Chinese electric gantry cranes
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – The Voltri Terminal Europa of the port of Genoa Pra has taken delivery of 21 new electric gantry cranes,...
Koper port constructs new entrance
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Koper port is construction a new entrance for freight transport which is scheduled to be operational...
Barcelona to become only port in Europe with terminals for Carnival, Royal Caribbean, MSC
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Barcelona will soon become the only port in Europe where the three largest cruise groups in the world,...
Las Palmas port to reorder container terminal
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Las Palmas port plans to invest in its container terminal with the aim of transforming...
Monaco Marine to sign for 50-year concession for new shipyard
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – The luxury yacht company, Monaco Marine SA, will sign this week a 50-year concession with...
Huelva port receives 40 bids for tender to build new esplanade for Ro-Ro traffic
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – A total of 40 companies have submitted bids to carry out works to enable an esplanade for intermodal...