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.
South Korea’s Hands Corporation to open Tangiers plant
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – South Korean wheel manufacturer, Hands Corporation, is to construct a factory worth MAD 4.33 billion...
RFI, Central Tyrrhenian port authority to join forces in Naples port overhaul project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 12, 2018 – Italian railway infrastructure operator Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and the Authority of the Central...
Arteixo, A Laracha, Carballo to apply for becoming logistics zones of Punta Langosteira
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) April 12, 2018 – The municipality governments of Arteixo, A Laracha and Carballo announced that they plan to request the Port...
LNG station at Patras port will begin construction in 2020
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) April 12, 2018 – The LNG (liquefied natural gas) station at the port of Patras is expected to begin construction in 2020. It...
Elengy and subsidiary Fosmax LNG announce construction of LNG facility at Fos Cavaou terminal, near Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – Elengy and its subsidiary Fosmax LNG, owner of the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal, have announced the...
Authorities start dredging of port of Cadiz Conil de la Frontera
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, via Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (APPA –...
Costa Crociere starts managing cruise terminal in La Spezia port
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – In March 2018, Costa Crociere SpA was awarded a contract by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...
Arrecife port container terminal operator to make €2 million investment
Arrecife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – The company that manages the container terminal of the port of Arrecife is making an...
Las Palmas port authority to approve various infrastructure projects this week
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – The board of directors of Las Palmas port authority will meet on April 14 to discuss several major...
Vigo port to agree route of rail line to Bouzas terminal with Adif
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – Crucial progress has been made in the train connection with the vehicle terminal of the Bouzas terminal of Vigo...
Koper port delivers first reefer containers by rail
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 –Â Koper port container terminal has started delivering Israeli goods in reefer containers by rail to...
Dachser launches warehouses in Spain’s Logroño, Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 – Within the strategy of expansion of its network in Iberia, German logistics company, Dachser Group SE &...
Two investments will change the services offered by the Port of Arrecife
Las Palmas, Canary Islands (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port Authority of Las...
New Algiers Port’s marine passenger terminal to be inaugurated next May
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 –Â The new marine passenger terminal of Algiers port will be inaugurated in next May, Minister of Public...
Baleà ria launches the ship ‘Hypatia de AlejandrÃa’, the first ferry powered by LNG from the Mediterranean
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2018 – Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. has completed the floating of the ship Hypatia de AlejandrÃa ,...
Naples port signs railway development agreement
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Maurizio Gentile, CEO of the Italian Railway Network...
CMA CGM carries out oversized cargo operation at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – French company CMA CGM, one of the world leaders in maritime transport, has recently demonstrated its ability...
Cargill MV Cargo grain terminal set for first mln tons of grain exports in 2018
Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – The grain terminal of Cargill and MV Cargo in Yuzhny port, is forecast to transfer the first one million...
Spain’s Bikote Solar completes construction of PV plant at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Spanish company Bikote Solar has recently launched a 100 kW photovoltaic plant for refrigerated storage...
Pasaia port to handle export of train carriages to Amsterdam
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Pasaia port goes one step further in the logistics of ro-ro cargo of high added value with the start of a new...