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.
Koper port creates new lifting equipment
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Experts at Koper port have developed new port lifting equipment to improve efficiency and safety at...
RFI to reopen Genoa rail link
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has announced that the railway line, blocked by the collapsed Morandi...
Koper and Trieste ports to gain from new logistics warehouse near Ljubljana airport
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – Vienna-based forwarder cargo-partner GmbH is constructing a new warehouse near Slovenia’s...
Italy’s GNV urges Genoa port to build more LNG supply facilities
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has called on Genoa port to accelerate its adoptation to...
Spain’s Cementos Tudela Veguín to build terminal at Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – Spanish company Cementos Tudela Veguín plans to build a terminal in Gijón port for the reception,...
Marghera port receives Konecranes “Model 6” crane
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – The latest generation “Model 6” crane produced by Konecranes Gottwald has been tested and will...
Valencia port to invest €1 billion in northern extension
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia)’s board of...
Development plan approved for dry port of Antequera, Málaga
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – The Junta de Andalucía has approved the Special Plan for the management of Antequera dry port at the...
Spinelli increases gate opening times in Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 8, 2018 – The Spinelli Group (Spinelli srl and VTR srl) has announced that the Genoa, Erzelli and VTR deposit...
Spain’s AR Racking executes design project near Algiers port
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – Spanish company AR Racking has executed the extension project of the logistic centre of Agility Global...
Automakers benefit from EBRD investment in Tangier and Kenitra ports
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to lend €16 million ($18.58...
Motril port ratifies Armas-FRS concession decision
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Motril (APM – Port Authority of Motril) has...
Kazakhstan Railway Company to transport up to 10,000 tons of grain to Mersin port monthly
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – Kazakhstan Railway Company (KTJ) plans to send up to 10,000 tons of grain from the Kuryk port to...
Egypt’s Damietta liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to resume activities
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – The Spanish Egyptian Gas Company (SEGAS) liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex in Damietta, Egypt, is...
New rail link between Oujda city and Mediterranean port of Nador
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – The city of Oujda is to be connected to the Mediterranean port of Nador and its future port, Nador...
Huawei to set up regional logistics centre in Tanger Med port
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – Chinese telecommunications company Huawei is to set up a regional logistics centre in the port of...
Dredging project started in İzmir port
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 6, 2018 – As part of the İzmir Alsancak Port and Port Rehabilitation Project, dredging of the İzmir Alsancak...
Italy’s Moby to suspend ferry lines linking Piombino to Sardinia
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – Italian ferry company Moby Lines is preparing to suspend the lines linking Piombino port to Olbia,...
Egypt’s Canal Shipping Agencies profit rises in fiscal 2017/18
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 4, 2018 – Egyptian company Canal Shipping Agencies Co. has said its net profit for the fiscal 2017/18, ended June...
China interested in railway development at Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 31, 2018 – Chinese Ambassador Li Ruiyu has said that China is interested in reactivating a Trieste railway station...