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.
USPA announces plans for Reni port in Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 3, 2018 –Â Bio-Line-Reny Ltd. is to implement a two-stage project to develop facilities at the port of Reni, an...
EU Commissioner Bulc in Portugal to promote rail link investments
European Commission Commissioner Bulc in Portugal to launch EU-funded rail projects Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc will be in Portugal on Monday,...
The world’s largest container-handling cranes arrive at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier
Tangiers, Morocco – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier has announced the arrival of three of the newest and largest ship-to-shore (STS) cranes in the world,...
TransNatur carries out logistics works to expand its facilities in Valencia
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish company TransNatur S.A. has confirmed that it is carrying out logistics works to expand its...
Costa Cruises starts sales for inaugural cruise of Costa Venezia ship
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Costa Cruises has opened sales for the inaugural cruise of Costa Venezia, the new ship of the Italian company...
Nexteer Automotive announces a new production facility in Kenitra, Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Nexteer Automotive has announced a new production facility in Kenitra, Morocco, to manufacture single...
Hispania Petroleum to build facilities for LNG supply at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Spanish company Hispania Petroleum applied with Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...
Land transport connections to Chornomorsk port to be upgraded
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)Â will set up a special taskforce for coordinating the...
Santander city government approves second phase of SCS project
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Santander City Council has granted a works license for the basic project presented by Santander Coated...
Spain awards contract for study on Valencia-Castellón high-speed rail project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – The Spanish Public Works Ministry has awarded a contract for the development of an information study of...
Naples receives considerable interest in LNG storage tender
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – By the end of the deadline, February 26, 2018,  there were 17 expressions of interest to build an LNG...
Livorno LNG Terminal SpA set up as new joint venture company
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – A new company Livorno LNG Terminal S.p.A. has been set up, a company jointly owned by Costiero Gas...
Interporto di Trieste agrees €14.5 million loan from UniCreditÂ
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Dry port operator Interporto di Trieste and UniCredit have signed an agreement for a loan of €14.5...
Barcelona port starts work on new railway accesses project
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has taken the first steps to promote rail...
Saudi Company Nesma visits Alexandria port
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – A delegation from Saudi Arabia’s Nesma company has visited Alexandria port to...
Valencia port to finance study for Valencia-Sagunto transport corridor project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to promote and finance a study of...
Dredging starts at Ukraine’s Izmail sea port
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 –Â The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has started dredging operations at Izmail seaport. The...
European Commissioner Bulc to attend Portuguese transport launches
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 –Â The Government is preparing for three ceremonies in the first week of March three ceremonies, which...
Livorno port adopts new cargo handling rules
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The commander of the port authority of Livorno, Admiral Giuseppe Tarzia, signed the order which sets up new...
Three Spanish ports among top 10 in Europe in container traffic
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The container traffic of the 15 biggest ports of Europe registered an average growth of 4.2% in 2017,...