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.
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 –Â 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...
FrigorÃficos Estepona extends fishing concession in Estepona port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2018 – Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (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...
Gijón port to enable area for solid bulk handling
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – In recent months, Gijón port has carried out various actions for the refurbishment of an area of 19,359 square...
France’s GEFCO looks to increase warehousing in Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – GEFCO Ukraine, a logistic operator, a representative of France’s GEFCO Group, plans to triple warehouses...
Feasibility studies start at ports of Olvia and Kherson, Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – In March, MTBS (Maritime & Transport Business Solutions), local partner Interlegal and other consortium...
APPA visits La Negrilla logistics area
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2018 – Managing director of Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (APPA – Public Ports Agency of Andalusia),...
New Sines port terminal receives environmental report approval
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – An Environmental Impact Study (Estudo de Impacto Ambiental) has concluded that the new terminal at Sines...
Civitavecchia inaugurates new Amerigo Vespucci terminal
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – The Roma Cruise Terminal (RCT), designed to handle the largest cruise ships, has been inaugurated in...
Spain’s Cepsa adds new ship to fleet at Tenerife port
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – Spanish company Cepsa has said it added a new vessel for the supply of marine fuels to its fleet in Tenerife...
New terminal for treatment and storage of sulphuric acid in Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – A new €11 million ($12.89 million) terminal for the treatment, processing and storage of sulphuric (sulfuric)...
Concasa looks at increasing activity in Cádiz container terminal
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – CompañÃa Gaditana de Contenedores, SL (Concasa) is looking to increase its activities at the Cádiz...
AlmerÃa port starts demolition of Cable Francés mineral loading bay
AlmerÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – AlmerÃa port has begun the withdrawal of the elements detached during the repair work of the Cable Francés...
Fos Cavaou LNG terminal ready in 2019 for LNG ship service
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – The Fos Cavaou LNG terminal is forecast to be operational in 2019, when the terminal will be able to...
HHLA participates in Odessa port investment
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 22, 2018 – Mast-Bud LLC resumed works to build a breakwater pier under the project on construction of the first stage...