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.
Las Palmas port to tender extension of Puerto del Rosario dock this year
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) president Juan José...
Spanish company Viesgo to build power substation at Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – Spanish power distributor Viesgo España, S.L. plans to invest €7 million ($8.2 million) in the construction...
INEA signs €109 million grant for rail network development in Slovenia
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – A grant agreement on CEF Transport co-funding for the development of Divača-Koper railway line in...
USPA and Odessa Port Operator sign cooperation agreement
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and Odessa Port Operator LLC have signed a memorandum of...
€10 million to be invested in Varna port by 2020
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – A new investment programme of €10 million ($11.68 million) has been prepared for Port Varna, Bulgarian deputy...
Algeciras port completes overhaul of fish market of Tarifa port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has completed the works of the external...
Tuscany president urges removal of Eni’s pipe from Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – Tuscany regional government’s president Enrico Rossi has urged Italian oil and gas company Eni SpA to...
Gas Natural ends Trieste port LNG facility plans
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2018 – Spanish energy company Gas Natural has ended long-standing plans to build a liquefied natural gas facility in...
Helva port authorises dredging at Juan Carlos I area
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2018 – Huelva port has authorised the Provincial Coastal Service in Huelva, at the request of the Ministry of...
Mediterranean Corridor to be ready by end-2023
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Spanish Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing, Julio Gómez-Pomar, has assured that the...
Noatum launches railway services unit
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Noatum Logistics, the logistics unit of Noatum Maritime, has launched a new division specialising in offering...
Lebanese ports eye offshore EEZ benefits
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – The outgoing energy minister said that the first exploration period in blocks 4 and 9 of the EEZ could last...
European Investment Bank to provide financing to Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 28, 2018 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide €50m in financing to support development projects of...
AACN agency starts Marseille port competitor study
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 28, 2018 – Association des agents et consignataires de navires de Marseille-Fos (AACN – Marseille-Fos...
Brittany Ferries orders two cruise-type ferries for routes to Spain
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) May 28, 2018 – Brittany Ferries has confirmed the order for two new cruise-type ferries. The new vessels are part of a...
Ravenna LNG enters construction phase
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) May 27, 2018 – The coastal storage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Ravenna has entered the building phase. It is be the...
Haizea Wind launches wind towers plant in Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2018 – Spanish company Haizea Wind has launched the operation of its plant in Bilbao port, where it manufactures wind...
Nauticor and Gas Natural Fenosa complete first LNG bunkering of a tanker in Europe (Cartagena port)
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2018 – The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in Europe has taken place at Cartagena port. The...
Frigoríficos Estepona extends fishing concession in Estepona port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2018 – Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA – Public Ports Agency of Andalusia) has granted...
Airobotics partners Shapir-Ashtrom in Haifa port project
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – Airobotics, an Israeli startup, in partnership with Shapir-Ashtrom, will operate a project to survey the...