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.
Maersk offers Zaragoza companies rail line for exports via Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – The conviction of the Vigo port community that Maersk would never completely abandon the harbour but would increase...
Bilbao port completes construction of ro-ro ramp
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Bilbao port authority has said it completed the construction of a ro-ro ramp number 8 at the harbour.  The works...
Costa Cruises to officially launch new flagship in Savona port in Nov 2019
Savona, Italy (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – Costa Cruises plans to officially launch its new flagship, Costa Smeralda, in Savona, on November 3, 2019. The...
MSC Cruises starts procedure for terminal construction at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – MSC Cruises has started the procedures necessary for the construction of a passenger terminal at the Adossat...
New Motril port operations building on schedule for completion
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – The project to build a new port operations building, including a future headquarters of the National Police,...
Cyprus Shipping Chamber welcomes new DP World Limassol port cruise terminal
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – On May 3, 2018, DP World inaugurated its new passenger cruise ship terminal in the Cypriot port of Limassol....
Andalusia insists on overhaul of railway line to Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Andalusia’s regional government has asked the central Spanish government to invest in the modernisation of the...
Motril port constructs offices for cargo agents
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Motril port has constructed offices for cargo agents who work daily in the port area, which, together with new...
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...