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.
Port of Genoa fully operational
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 18, 2018 – The port of Genoa is fully functional despite the Morandi bridge collapse. The National Association of...
Collapse of the Morandi bridge has hit a main artery to one of Italy’s largest ports – Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 18, 2018 – The collapse of the Morandi Bridge has hit a main artery to one of Italy’s largest ports. The...
Spain’s Haizea Wind gets five Lloyd’s certificates
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2018 – Spanish company Haizea Wind has obtained five Lloyd’s certificates in just over two months from the...
Spain’s Mercadona considers purchase of land plot from Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2018 – Valencia port has decided to extend the closing date of the auction for sale of land it acquired ten...
Norway’s Fred Olsen to celebrate 170th anniversary at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2018 – Cádiz port has received support from Norwegian shipping company Fred Olsen in its goal of becoming a...
Spain’s Baleària acquires “Visemar One” ferry for €55 million
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas SA has acquired the vessel “Visemar...
APM Terminal receives gantry cranes for Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – The “Zhen Hua 23” ship, specialised in the transport of project cargo and which has been...
Morandi bridge collapse puts Genoa port at risk
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Italian logistics industry association Federlogistica has asked for the immediate establishment of a crisis...
Rijeka port starts railway infrastructure overhaul project
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Rijeka port operator Luka Rijeka d.d. has started a project for the overhaul of the railway line leading to...
Spain’s La Luz Autoport Terminal to build car silo at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Canary Islands Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Spanish company La Luz Autoport Terminal SL plans to build a vehicle storage facility in...
Trieste-Munich rail link increases frequency
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – The Bavaria Express block train, which operates between Trieste port and Munich-Riem it set to increase...
U.N. Ro-Ro extends storage licence at Patras port
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Turkish shipper U.N. Ro-Ro has requested to the Patras Port Authority to extend its license to use the...
New ferry complex of the Kuryk port, Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – A ferry complex at Kuryk Port has been inaugurated and will function as a multimodal hub on the Kazak...
Algeria launches dry port to back Algiers harbour
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Algeria’s government has launched a dry port in the area of the Rouïba industrial zone, which will...
Moroccan entrepreneurs praise closure of customs at Melilla port
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Moroccan entrepreneurs has praised the decision of the authorities of the country to close the customs...
Siemens Gamesa investment in Izmir wind farm to benefit Çandar port
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – Siemens Gamesa, a member of the consortium that secured Turkey’s 1,000 megawatts (MW) wind power...
Ferrotramviaria looking to return to Brindisi port
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – Tonino Ricco, general manager of Ferrotramviaria SpA, has met with Ugo Patroni Griffi, president...
Cartagena port studying possible diversion of freight rail line
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 10, 2018 – Cartagena port is completing the study to determine the possibilities of diverting the railway line that...
Leixões port’s dredging project depends on archeology
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 9, 2018 – Leixões port ensures that everything is in place for launching public tenders for the upgrade of port...
Costa Crociere presents upgrade proposals for cruise buildings in Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2018 – Functional improvements and a new restyling of the maritime station are part of the plans submitted by Costa...