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.
Carnival Corporation opens Helix cruise center at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – Carnival Corporation & plc has opened its second cruise terminal at the port of Barcelona with an...
President takes part in the opening ceremony of Turkmenbashi International Seaport
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has attended the opening of the new Turkmenbashi...
Porto Torres expected to benefit from investment project
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – Sales Spa has submitted plans for a €34 million ($40.56 million) project which would enable Porto...
Italian consortium to build LNG storage facility at Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – Livorno port will have its own hub for the storage and distribution of liquefied natural gas (LNG) thanks to the...
Las Palmas port to expand Puerto del Rosario commercial dock by 250 metres
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 4, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to expand the commercial dock of Puerto del...
Ancona port starts dredging project
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) May 4, 2018 – Ancona port has started a project for the dredging of more than 27,000 cubic metres of sand and mud from its...
Livorno port handles its longest container ship ever
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 4, 2018 – Less than a year ago, the prospect of hosting ships of a large size in Livorno would have been considered...
DP World Limassol inaugurates new cruise terminal in Cyprus
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – DP World has opened its new cruise passenger terminal in Limassol. An inauguration event was attended by...
Livorno port closes popular area for fishing to preserve safety
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – The Nautical Consortium of Livorno has opposed the decision of the port to forbid fishing between the Molo Novo...
Tarragona port completes emergency test aboard cruise ship
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – Tarragona port has successfully passed an emergency drill on a cruise ship. The stage was the “Costa...
Kanal Istanbul – post-election priority for Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the first initiative of his government after winning...
Cartagena port completes construction of road linking it to Escombreras docks
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) has completed the works on the service road that...
Grimaldi renews fleet with €1 billion investment
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Italian shipping company Grimaldi has renewed its fleet with investments of €1 billion ($1.2 billion) to be...
Livorno and Piombino ports set for significant railway investment
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The region of Tuscany is to provide €200 million to Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the owner of...
MSC and Royal Caribbean submit documentation for La Spezia port development
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
Egyptian government considers Red Sea and Mediterranean railway connection
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 –Â The Ministry of Transportation is studying the construction of a railway connecting the Red Sea and...
Hydro-Budservice submits leading bid for Chornomorsk port reconstruction work
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 – A tender has been issued to select a contractor to perform works on the reconstruction of the...
Work of the inspection mission of the European Marine Safety Agency in Ukraine completed
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 29, 2018 – On April 20, 2018, the work of an inspection mission of the European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA) was...
Ravenna port hub signs for European funding of €37 million
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) April 29, 2018 -At the EU TEN-T Days event in Ljubljana, the EU granted €37.377 million ($45.4 million) towards the...
DP World Limassol Celebrates Official Opening
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) April 16, 2018 –Â DP World Limassol will officially open its new cruise passenger terminal May 3, 2018. The terminal will...