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.
AdSP acquires land for new multipurpose platform
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) August 4, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Limakport Iskenderun installs new container tracking system
İskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 5, 2018 – Iskenderun Limakport has introduced a new container and port tracking system application.. With the...
ACP criticises government stance on Leixões port expansion
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 5, 2018 – Yesterday, the Commercial Association of Porto (Associação Comercial do Porto – ACP) issued a...
Ankaran local government hinders Koper port’s development plan
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Slovenian port operator Luka Koper d.d. is a hostage of the conflict of the municipality of Ankaran and the...
Italy’s Tirrenia constructing 4,200 linear metre ro-ro ship in Germany
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia is constructing a new 4,200 linear metre ro-ro ship in the German shipyard...
AdSP Ancona acquires Scalo Marotti area
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico (AdSP – Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority) has...
Italian port delays dredging of San Benedetto port
San Benedetto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico (AdSP – Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority)...
Italy’s Ente Bacini records decline in repair time at Genoa port’s dry docks
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – Italian company Ente Bacini Srl, which operates ship building/repair activities in the six dry docks of Genoa...
Italy’s Dario Perioli SpA receives cranes for new Marina di Carrara port terminal
Marina di Carrara, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – Italian company Dario Perioli SpA has received the equipment of the new terminal at Marina di...
Ancona city government completes Fano port dredging project
Fano, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – Ancona city government has said that the project for the dredging of Fano port basin can be considered completed,...
AdSP approves funding for Pescara port dredging
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico (AdSP – Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority)...
Rhenus Logistics completes expansion of facility at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Germany-based Rhenus Logistics has completed the expansion of its facility at Seville port, “a project...
Baleària to invest €60 million in converting ferries to natural gas
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleària plans to invest €60 million ($70.1 million) to convert five ferries...
AdSP Taranto to assess concession of Taranto dock to Yilport
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – The board of directors of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port...
Royal Caribbean applies to Barcelona port for cruise terminal concession
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2018 – Royal Caribbean has applied with Autoritat Portuària de Barcelona (APB – Port Authority of Barcelona)...
Nissan seeks to reinforce cooperation with Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2018 – Japanese carmaker Nissan’s inventory control manager Joan Inglés met with Barcelona port management...
Luka Koper to build ro-ro mooring at Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2018 – Slovenian port operator Luka Koper d.d. has said it plans to build a new mooring facility for ro-ro ships to...
Spain’s J. Gibert moves offices from Barcelona port’s logistics activities zone
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – Spanish freight forwarder J. Gibert has recently opened new and modern offices in Barcelona, where its...
Eurogate Container Terminal Limassol awarded three international standards
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) July 28, 2018 – Eurogate Container Terminal Limassol Ltd has been awarded the following standards: the ISO 9001: 2015...
Çamlıbel Cruise Port project approved by Mersin Metropolitan Municipality
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 29, 2018 – The Mersin Metropolitan Municipality has approved the Çamlıbel Cruise Port Project. The Environmental...