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.
Coated Solutions starts second phase of Santander port project
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Spanish company Coated Solutions has started investing the €45 million ($52.2 million) planned for the...
Italy’s Tarros improves service linking La Spezia to Eastern Mediterranean
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – Italian multimodal transport company Tarros SpA has recently updated its “GPS – Great Pendulum...
Suez Canal Authority completes 90% of tunnel construction project
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority has said that the projects for the construction of seven new tunnels between Sinai,...
EC includes Galician rail link into Aveiro port-France corridor
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – The European Commission has approved the inclusion of the Galician rail link between A Coruña and Palencia in...
Morocco launches fishing port, marina in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – One of the last parts of the redevelopment programme for the Tangier city port area has just come into...
Noatum Terminal Castellón starts operating Liebherr craneÂ
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Noatum Terminal Castellón has since the end of April utilised a new Liebherr crane in its machinery...
Start of Oil Deposit Corunna’s project at A Coruña port may be delayed
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Spanish company Oil Deposit Corunna has said it plans to start operating a terminal for the storage, mixing,...
Tuscany approves canal expansion project
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Tuscany’s regional government has approved the project agreed with the Ministry of Infrastructure and...
Venice port completes dredging project
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Venice port has completed the project for the expansion of Malamocco-Marghera canal, which will increase the...
Tangier port initiates new fishing port and marina
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – As part of the Tangier port area rehabilitation program, King Mohammed VI initiated a new fishing port...
Venice ports completes canal work to welcome larger vessels
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The project to excavate and improve the Malamocco-Marghera canal has been completed. The operation, which is...
Completion of Trentaremi safety work at Naples
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – The works to secure the beach and the marine area in front of the Trentaremi Bay in Posillipo have been...
AdSP Genoa president attends Phine-Alpine corridor conference in Brussels
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – The president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea...
PSA Voltri-Prà to install electric cranes
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – PSA Voltri-Prà is continuing the electrification process at its terminal, replacing old diesel yard cranes...
Aveiro port looks to develop logistics platform
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Infrastructure Project for the Logistics and Industrial Activities Zone of Porto de Aveiro (ZALI...
Castellón port installs traffic lights to control truck traffic, reduce pollution
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Castellón port has installed traffic lights in the perimeter road of the north zone of the port with the aim...
Introduction of Vizzavona ship demonstrates success of Corsica Linea
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – The private French shipping company Corsica Linea is to introduce the Vizzavona vessel, a mixed cargo...
Consorzio Bettolo signs contract to build new container terminal in Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority)...
Tenerife port applies for change of status of land plotÂ
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Tenerife port has applied with the Tenerife City Council for the change of the usage of a land plot it owns in...
Pantelleria, Navy divers in action to ‘free’ the port
Trapani, Italy (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – A navy operation has destroyed a huge boulder that prevented the docking of the ferries at Pantelleria port....