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.
Baleà ria to invest €60 million in converting ferries to natural gasÂ
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleà ria 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 Portuà ria 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 –Â Eurogate Container Terminal Limassol Ltd has been awarded the following standards:Â 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...
Eurispes project could add 400,000 jobs in Sicily
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2018 – The €5 billion ($5.84 billion) Eurispes project to develop Palermo port could ultimately create more than...
Design contract awarded for Darsena Europa, Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 –Â A consortium of F & M Ingegneria Spa, Haskoning-DHV Nederland, HS Marine Srl and G & T Srl has won...
Romania’s Constanta port looks for return of cruise business
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Recent geopolitical issues have seen the cruise industry in the Black Seas shrink. Nicolae Dan...
Valenciaport studies opening an intermodal dry port in Teruel
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia)Â plans to study the...
Spain’s Haizea Wind starts production of wind towers at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Spanish company Haizea Wind has completed the production of its first wind towers in the plant in the port of...
Pescara port seeks area for new shipyard
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) July 21, 2018 – At a recent meeting at the port, discussions took place to identify possible locations for a new...
Palermo port attracts interest of ferry, cruise companies
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) July 23, 2018 – Cruise companies and groups that manage ferry lines and motorways of the sea are ready to invest in the port of...
Mesta port, Chios, remains under-used
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 21, 2018 – The coastal connection of the port of Mesta, Chios island, with the port of Piraeus was the main theme of...
Gijón port to increase solid bulk traffic capacity
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 21, 2018 – In the period January-April 2018, the port of Gijón handled 5,681,940 tons of solid bulk, and the port...
Spain’s RÃa de Arousa positions tugboat in Motril port
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Naviera RÃa de Arousa has positioned the Paula S tugboat in Motril port,...
Spain’s Tax Agency to complete Castellón port customs building reconstruction in 2019
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Spain’s Tax Agency will obtain in the coming days the building permit to carry out the reform of the...
TBS-SDS container depot in Valencia port grows above forecasts
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – The container base of TBS (TransBase Soler) and SDS (Spanish Depot Service SA) in the northern extension of...