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 Adria JSC receives ISPS certificate
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) July 1, 2018 – In May 2018, Port of Adria JSC obtained ISPS certificate. The International Ship and Port Facility...
Thessaloniki Port Authority updates local chamber of commerce on port progress
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 1, 2018 – President and Managing Director of Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA/OLTH), Sotiris Theophanis, has...
GEFCO Spain opens logistics centre in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – GEFCO Spain is opening a new logistics centre in Valencia, with an area of 3,500 m² and capacity for 4,500...
Finnlines, Toro y Betolaza launch new terminal at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – The alliance between the shipping company Finnlines and Consignaciones Toro y Betolaza SA has reached a new...
Las Palmas port changes tankers berthing rules
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – Las Palmas port has set limitations of the length, draft and services to tankers in the dock of...
Spain’s Gonvarri investing €6.5 million in facilities at Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – Spanish company Gonvarri Tarragona, a unit of the Gonvarri Steel Services group, is investing €6.5 million...
Ancona is studying Northern Europe to develop as port 5.0
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – Banca Intesa Sanpaolo has organised a conference to discuss how to turn Ancona into the port of tomorrow,...
2M Alliance increase Trieste port calls
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – The Phoenix/AE12 Adriatic–Far East Service operated by 2M Alliance (Maersk and MSC) will offer from...
Companies may leave Leixões port over BIP problems
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – Several of the Vigo-based companies that unload their cargo at Portugal’s Leixões harbour are considering...
Euroports Ibérica TPS to invest €2.3 million in Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – Spanish company Euroports Ibérica TPS plans to increase its pulp storage capacity by 25% in the port of...
Turkish Ministry supports Petkim plan to expand Aliağa port
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – Petkim Petrokimya Holding A.Ş. has been given the support of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization,...
Kavala port looks to develop super-yacht capacity
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – The Kavala Port Authority SA (OLK) is looking to develop two modern marinas with the capacity to handle...
Boluda participates in transfer of first offshore wind turbine in Spain
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2018 – Last week, Boluda Towage and Salvage, using the tugboat “VB Mediterraneo”,...
Port community plans to make Vigo a global repair centre
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – The reformed Federación de Usuarios del Puerto de Vigo (FUPV – Federation of Users of the Port of Vigo),...
PSA International-owned Mersin International Port plans expansion
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – Mersin International Port (MIP) is set to expand the area of the port by 176,335 m², to be constructed...
Suez Canal president calls for regulations favouring investments
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) plans to draw up a general plan to attract more cargo traffic to the Nile...
Trasmediterránea offers 1.3 million seats for travels between Spain, Balearic Islands
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Trasmediterránea has made available to its customers 1.3 million seats to travel...
Cargill and MV Cargo Yuzhny port grain terminal 80% complete
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – U.S. Cargill, an international producer and distributor of agricultural products, and the local MV Cargo...
Ravenna port carries out dredging to secure cruise business
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – Due to a reducing draft, Ravenna port is making alternative plans for users of the cruise and passenger...
Monaco Marine company to invest €50 million in Marseille port mega-yacht facility
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 24, 2018 – The supervisory board of the Grand Maritime Port of Marseille (GPMM) has approved the launch of a Monaco...