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.
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...
Ancona port to free up “Incompiuta” space fro development
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – Rodolfo Giampieri, president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico (AdSP – Central...
Gas Natural Fenosa unloads in Reganosa first ship of 37 that will arrive annually with LNG of Yamal
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – The vessel Fedor Litke has arrived at Ferrol port, Galicia, Spain, carrying 172,600 m³ of liquefied...
MSC inaugurates new Spanish headquarters in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – On June 5, the shipping company MSC inaugurated the company’s new Spanish headquarters in Valencia....
Grimaldi doubles capacity on Livorno-Cagliari line
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – Naples-based Grimaldi has announced the doubling of the freight line between Livorno and Cagliari. The Eurocargo...
La Spezia port approves feasibility study for cruise project
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – La Spezia port has given the green light to the feasibility study of a project financing proposal by Royal...
Venice port improves capacity to handle larger ships
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – Venice port is extending its nautical accessibility, and thanks to a new order issued by the port, enhances its...
Livorno port reduces towing fees
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – Livorno port has decided to reduce the towing fees for the next two years, in order to increase its...
Palermo port supported by claims to revive shipbuilding
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – The local and national Fiom CGIL (Federazione italiana operai metallurgici/Italian federation of...