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.
Four investment projects of the port zone in Taman under implementation
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – The Taman terminal of bulk cargo is at the final stage of development. Land works have already been...
Dry bulk terminal of OTEKO in Taman port to start handling coal
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – The dry bulk terminal of OTEKO in the port of Taman will start handling coal in October. The dry bulk...
Bulgaria’s BMF Port Burgas launches logistics base
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – Port operator BMF Port Burgas has built and commissioned a new logistics base to receive, store and reload...
China Harbour Engineering Company progresses with Chernomorsk seaport dredging
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – Since the beginning of August, China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) has extracted...
Assoporti comments on the collapse of Ponte Morandi in Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – As well as the loss of live and the removal of inhabitants of properties under the collapsed bridge, the...
Marseille port and Naviland Cargo set to launch Swiss rail connection
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – The HAROPA ports and Marseille Fos are set to launch the “France-Helvetia” rail project on...
Sellhorn Ingenieurgesellschaft develops Durrës port
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – Piers 1 and 2 in the port of Durrës will be subject to a project that aims to increase shipbuilding...
Constanta port to benefit from new strategic projects in public–private partnership
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 –Â The Government adopted on August 23 a decision for the approval of 16 strategic investment...
PSA Terminal of Voltri Prà remains operational
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 –Â A few days after the collapse of the Morandi bridge, a priority is the possible economic and employment...
RFI brings forward re-opening of Genoa railway links
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – Given the emergency situation in Liguria following the collapse of the Morandi viaduct, FS Italiane has...
Greece’s Chania municipal fund investing in Gavdos port upgrade
Gavdos, Greece (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Greece’s Municipal Port Fund of Chania has launched a project to upgrade the infrastructure of Gavdos port...
Rijeka port to finance wastewater treatment plant in Raša
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Croatia’s Raša municipality has convened a meeting with representatives of port operator Luka Rijeka d.d....
Barcelona hopes to improve its risk prediction system with SAMOA 2
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2018 – Barcelona port has adhered this summer to SAMOA 2, the second phase of the Meteorological and...
Greece investing €3.7 million in new Ithaca port
Ithaca, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2018 – Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has examined the project for the construction of the Piso Aetos port on...
Seville port receives mobile crane for Batán dock
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – Seville port has received on board the Wiebke ship the mobile crane with the biggest capacity than it...
Genoa port copes with Morandi Bridge disaster consequences so far
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 24, 2018 – Genoa port has managed to successfully cope with the first consequences of the Morandi bridge collapse, which...
Spain’s iContainers expects difficult maritime transport high season this year
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Spanish company iContainers has warned that the high season of maritime transport will be especially hard...
Italy’s Fincantieri can rebuild Morandi bridge
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is capable of rebuilding the collapsed Morandi bridge in Genoa and in this way...
Spain’s government approves road access improvement project to Arrecife cruise pier
Arrecife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – Spain’s ecology ministry has approved a concession of a land plot to Arrecife city authorities for...
Melilla port discusses enhancement of Naviera Armas, Trasmediterránea service
Melilla, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – Melilla port held meetings with representatives of shipping companies Naviera Armas SA...